Critic’s Pick
White Lies, Inner Truth: The Contradictions of Henri Rousseau
His naïve style landed him outside the firmament, but his painterly innocence was more seductive — and intentional — than many critics appreciated.
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Trisha Donnelly’s Mysteries
The artist isn’t known for her drawings, but in a new show these cryptic, sometimes unsettling works speak volumes.
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Creditvia The Drawing Center, New York The Man From Plains Was Also a Painter
Amy Carter, the daughter of former president Jimmy Carter, selected paintings and memorabilia for two Christie’s sales. The prices might surprise you.
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CreditPhotographs via Christie's The New Museum Sets Reopening Date With New Artist Commissions
After over three years of construction, the museum will open its new building on March 21 with an ambitious show exploring how technologies have changed what it means to be human.
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The Smithsonian Faces New Pressure to Submit to Trump’s Will
The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and will see turnover that could reshape its governing board.
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CreditSalwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images In Sayre Gomez’s Art, L.A.’s Problems Move From Real to Hyper-Real
The city’s towering challenges include an abandoned skyscraper covered in graffiti. At David Kordansky Gallery, it inspires a tower of its own.
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Credit John Wilson’s Enduring Art of Racial Politics and Personal Memory
“Witnessing Humanity” at the Met, with more than 100 artworks, and a gaze both inward and outward, is the artist’s first New York survey.
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CreditEstate of John Wilson/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; via The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Critic’s PickConvention-Defying in Life. In Art, Not So Much
“Carving Out History” offers the career highlights of Emma Stebbins, from the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park — a powerful symbol of hope and healing in “Angels in America” — to a standout sculpture of the woman she loved.
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Creditvia The Heckscher Museum of Art Art ReviewEverything Happens at Once in Faith Ringgold’s Mini-Retrospective
A show highlights the artist’s extraordinary range with oil paintings, gouaches, figurines, textile works and ‘story quilts.’
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Harvey Pratt, Who Designed the Native American Veterans Memorial, Dies at 84
A self-taught artist, he also spent more than half a century creating forensic sketches and reconstructions for law-enforcement agencies.
By Trip Gabriel
36 Hours36 Hours in Sapporo, Japan
The snowy capital of the island of Hokkaido offers a quieter alternative to Japan’s congested “Golden Route” of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.
By River Akira Davis, Kiuko Notoya and Hiroko Masuike
Smithsonian Turns Over More Records in the Face of a Trump Deadline
The institution, which is viewed as independent, has sought to reduce tensions with the White House by complying with some of its demands for documents.
By Robin Pogrebin and Graham Bowley
How to Arrange Your Desk
Tips for upgrading your work space and feeling both more organized and more creative.
By Megan O’Sullivan
critic’s notebookHow Readers Voted on 17 Ways to Improve New York City
The top suggestions include spending more of the city’s budget on parks and libraries and fixing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
By Michael Kimmelman
After Sudden Loss, Park Avenue Armory Hires New Artistic Leader
Deborah Warner, known for directing theater and opera, succeeds Pierre Audi, who died last year. Her own work is expected to be part of her programming.
By Joshua Barone
In Los Angeles, an Eclectic Home Where Textiles Tie It All Together
The rooms of the interior designer Sean Leffers’s West Hollywood home are filled with his own fabric designs and many, many antiques.
By Molly Creeden
Style DetectiveOn the Trail of an Elusive Midcentury Chair
We help a reader track down furniture from a photograph taken in the early 1950s.
By Tom Delavan
In the Path of a Raging Wildfire, a Luthier’s Precious Wood
Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Then he was forced to evacuate.
By Matt Stevens and Michael Schmelling
Great SpacesOur Favorite Home Libraries
From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike.
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