Cherry Grove, Where Gay New Yorkers Became ‘Their Real Selves’

In the 1950s, the Fire Island hamlet was a refuge for gay men and lesbians. Dozens of enlarged photos from the era are now on view outside the New-York Historical Society.

The Oldest Museum in New York Is Expanding

The New-York Historical Society is making way for the first L.G.B.T.Q. history and culture museum in the city.

The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See

The father figure of modern painting also drew, every day. A show of the master’s ‘trembling outlines’ offers testimony to how a new kind of art was forged.

Celebrating Pride Around the City

After a more subdued 2020, we’re closing out a revived Pride Month with parties, demonstrations and family celebrations.

The Pompidou Center Gets a New Leader

Laurent Le Bon, a well-known figure in France’s art world, will become president of the Paris institution in July. He’ll oversee a major renovation and plans to open an outpost in New Jersey.

‘Red Tourism’ Flourishes in China Ahead of Party Centennial

New and improved attractions dedicated to the Communist Party’s history, or a sanitized version of it, are drawing crowds.

Stripping Away History’s Layers, and Revealing a New Museum

About 200 of France’s top craftspeople collaborated to restore the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris to its original 18th-century splendor.

Unanimous Vote Is Final Step Toward Removing Roosevelt Statue

The American Museum of Natural History’s sculpture of the ex-president, flanked by a Native American man and an African man, will be sent to an institution dedicated to his life.

How Do You Move a 30-Ton Diego Rivera Fresco? Very Carefully.

Diego Rivera’s rarely seen “Pan American Unity,” which celebrates the Americas, has been carefully extracted from its home at City College and moved to SFMOMA.

Why Geology Is Our Destiny

A visit to the renovated hall of gems and minerals at the American Museum of Natural History reveals how the cosmos works in the real world.

Artwork Ranking Women by Their Looks Sets Off a Furor in a Changing China

Critics called the piece, which shows thousands of unsuspecting college students, a misogynistic affront, eight years after it was on display in a different museum to little reaction.

The Shakers Are Movers, Too

The country’s most significant collection of Shaker objects, out of public view for a decade, will relocate to an $18 million museum complex designed by Annabelle Selldorf.

The Enslaved Artist Whose Pottery Was an Act of Resistance

Poetic jars by David Drake are setting records at auction and starring in art museums, showcasing the artistry of enslaved African Americans.

Brontë Auction Is on Hold as Group Tries to Keep Library Intact

Sotheby’s has agreed to postpone a highly anticipated auction as a consortium tries to raise $21 million to acquire a “lost” private library for the British public.

He Likes ‘Staying Under the Radar,’ but His Art Is Getting Noticed

With paintings of friends and family members in a Los Angeles biennial, the artist Brandon D. Landers is having his breakout moment. “I’m not totally prepared,” he says.

A Towering Figure in South Korean Art Plans His Legacy

As the painter Park Seo-Bo, 89, pursues two museums for his art, the shows keep coming — along with a candid book by his daughter.

In Rome, an Apartment Rich in Color and History Opens to the Public

One of the leading figures of Italian Futurism, Giacomo Balla turned his home into proof of his idea that art should live in all things.

Reimagined Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Will Triple Its Gallery Space

The new building, once a Safeway grocery store, is just around the corner from the museum’s current home in Santa Fe, N.M., and is about 47,000 square feet bigger.

Racist Mural Puts Tate Galleries in a Bind

Problematic sections of a work painted on Tate Britain’s walls have caught museum officials between the demands of activists and the policies of the British government.

Officials Remove Tile Viewed as Offensive From Museum-Sponsored Mural

The tile, installed beneath a mural sponsored by the Detroit Institute of Arts and intended to honor police officers, contained imagery that some associate with a rebuke of racial justice.