NYT Art & Design

Exhibition Review | 'Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop': Flights of Mind, Brought to Life

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 2:21pm
The Discovery Times Square Exposition’s show actually brings you closer to understanding the real workshop of Leonardo: his mind.

Chicago News Cooperative: Modern Art for Modern Museumgoers

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 10:46am
A new wing is giving the Art Institute of Chicago room to breathe.

Jeanne-Claude, Christo’s Collaborator on Environmental Canvas, Is Dead at 74

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 10:23am
Jeanne-Claude worked with her husband, Christo, on dozens of environmental arts projects, including “The Gates” in Central Park in 2005.

Museum and Gallery Listings

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 1:27am
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Art Review | 'Alias Man Ray': Mercurial Jester, Revealing and Concealing

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:49pm
A traditional retrospective on Man Ray, with an irresistible biographical hook, at the Jewish Museum.

Antiques: Comeback for Furniture at Carnegie Museum

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:47pm
The furniture galleries at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh reopen on Saturday and now explore design trends that spread globally during the last five centuries.

Inside Art: Bronzino Is Given His Museum Moment

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:45pm
In January, a 16th-century draftsman finally gets his due at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Art Review | 'The Origins of El Greco': Saints at a Cultural Crossroads

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:41pm
A lustrous exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center of Venetian Crete, where East met West, and artists painted the divine.

Art Review | 'Tim Burton': A World of Macabre Misfits

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:36pm
Given the appeal of Tim Burton’s movies, you would hope that the Museum of Modern Art’s expansive retrospective of his noncinematic art would be equally exciting. Alas, it is a letdown.

Warhol Fetches $43.7 Million at Auction

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 9:59pm
The price rose at breakneck speed at Sotheby’s auction of “200 One Dollar Bills” as collectors vied for the classic.

Art Reviews | 'Victorious Ones,' 'Peaceful Conquerors': Compassionate Masters of the Universe

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 9:57pm
Two exhibitions on Jainism provide an in-depth survey of a great art tradition and a complex faith that has nearly five million followers in India.

Art in Review

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:34pm
Carl Fredrik Hill at Scandinavia House, Dexter Sinister with Performa, Frederick Hayes at Number 35 and more.

Abroad: Unveiling the Hanging Gardens of Armenia

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:40am
The Cafesjian Center for the Arts is a mad work of architectural megalomania and one of the most spectacular museum buildings in ages.

City Council Influences Landmarks Decision

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 2:33am
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted last week to give landmark protection to the 100-year-old B. F. Goodrich tire company building on Broadway just north of 57th Street.

How to Conserve Art That Lives in a Lake?

Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:49am
As part of a conservation effort, the Dia Art Foundation is working to systematically document Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” over time.

A Gallery of Heroes, Up for Sale

Tue, 11/17/2009 - 1:23pm
Fans of Joe Kubert will have a chance to peruse and even own some of his older work, when 18 covers and interior pages, published from the 1940s to 1990, are put up for sale.

A Revolutionary War Widow’s Estate Becomes a Preservation Battleground

Tue, 11/17/2009 - 12:13am
The former owners of Montgomery Place, and others, are concerned about the future of the graceful property overlooking the Hudson.

Design: Nonprofit Laptops: A Dream Not Yet Over

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 3:05pm
With a new Uruguayan project, the “$100 laptops” might finally start living up to their own hype.

Art Prices (and Mood) Inch Back Up

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 2:19am
The last two weeks of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions saw the return of a surprising number of collectors, their wallets open, but only if the price was right.

Yemen Finds Dreamland of Architecture

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 1:37am
Traditions in Yemen have stayed largely alive because of deep poverty and long isolation, making the capital’s Old City one of the world’s architectural gems.