These highlights drew the big crowds in the early days, from a sonorous symphony made by fruit, to an underwater spectacle to a modern-day Tintoretto.
By Jason Farago, Alex Marshall, Julia Halperin, Jillian Steinhauer, Zachary Small, Casey Kelbaugh and
The spring exhibitions display Horn’s work across many mediums — a reflection of how the artist, known for her serene glass sculptures, sees herself.
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Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world.
By Jennifer Schuessler and
Melissa Cody mastered a weaving tradition dating back millenniums, but her eye-dazzling patterns joyously venture beyond it.
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In Venice, a Conservative Painter Stages an Unpopular Rebellion
Poland’s right-wing government tapped the artist Ignacy Czwartos for the Venice Biennale before it was voted out of office. The new government canceled his show, but he is staging it anyway.
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After 70 Years, Si Lewen’s Wrenching ‘Parade’ Marches On
This sequence of 63 bravura antiwar drawings hasn’t been shown in New York in nearly seven decades but they’re up again now, thanks to Art Spiegelman.
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Norman Lear’s Art Goes to Auction
The television producer’s prime pieces will be featured in a special evening sale at Christie’s in May.
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What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April
Blake Gopnik reviews Richmond Barthé’s celebrated sculptures, Claude Viallat’s paintings on fabric and Maarten Baas’s one-of-a-kind “Sweeper’s Clock.”.
By Blake Gopnik, Roberta Smith and
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A new documentary takes a hard look at the persistent rumors around Robert Rauschenberg’s win in Venice in the midst of the Cold War.
By Nina Siegal
Rather than having a solo retrospective, Julie Mehretu chose to have a show in Venice that includes works by her artist friends.
By Rebecca Schmid
A look at pivotal years at the art festival, including when Mussolini brought Hitler to the show.
By Nina Siegal
To promote its fourth biennale, the city has mounted an exhibit in a 17th century palazzo on the Grand Canal.
By David Belcher
A new version of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s Paper Log House is on display at the Glass House in New Canaan, Conn.
By Tim McKeough
This season’s beginners, from Ice Spice to Tyla to Sarah Pidgeon.
Interviews by Juan A. Ramírez and Emily Lordi
As visitors pour in, parallel art displays are cropping up around the city, including lesser-known de Kooning works and an installation that has incensed locals.
By Farah Nayeri
Shedding its conservative reputation, the Bavarian capital is finding unusual ways to balance tradition and innovation.
By A.J. Goldmann
At the art world’s seminal event, national pavilions offer a place to make a strong statement. Ukraine’s message? “The war is still going on.”
By Farah Nayeri
Drawing on her background in theater, the curator Cagla Ilk sees strength in collaboration, which she contends does not occur often enough in the world of art.
By A.J. Goldmann
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