11th Havana Biennial Attracts Americans

Sat, 19 May 2012 05:24:56 GMT

With fewer travel restrictions to Cuba, more than 1,300 Americans — collectors, curators, dealers and others — have registered to attend this year’s Havana Biennial, close to the high reached in 2000.

Maryhill Museum of Art, With Revenue From the Wind

Sat, 19 May 2012 05:27:04 GMT

Financed partly by income from wind turbines, an addition is helping the rural Maryhill Museum of Art in Washington State attract new visitors — and survive.

Barbara D’Arcy White, Interior Design Guru, Dies at 84

Sat, 19 May 2012 04:07:45 GMT

Ms. D’Arcy was an interior decorator whose eclectic sense of style helped change Americans’ taste in home furnishings in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, when she worked at Bloomingdale’s.

ArtsBeat: Gehry Changes Design for Eisenhower Memorial

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:12 GMT

The changes came in response to concerns that a youthful statue failed to represent the former president’s significant achievements.

ArtsBeat: Knoedler Seeks to Have Lawsuit Over Disputed Painting Dismissed

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:05:29 GMT

A collector says he was sold a fake Jackson Pollock painting.

ArtsBeat: Painting Made With Blood of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty Is Sold

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:07:03 GMT

"Ladylike," a painting for which Amy Winehouse contributed a minimalist self-portrait and which uses an artistic technique Pete Doherty calls "arterial splatter," yielded only about half the price it was expected to draw at an auction in London.

Art Review: The Barnes Foundation, From Suburb to City

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:50:25 GMT

Some lovers of the Barnes Foundation’s art collection were fearful that moving it to a new space in Philadelphia would be disastrous. They were wrong, the critic Roberta Smith says.

Art Review: ‘Domenico Gnoli: Paintings 1964-1969,’ at Luxembourg & Dayan

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:07:05 GMT

Domenico Gnoli’s paintings on view at Luxembourg & Dayan are humorous in an oddly solemn way, though they do not parody styles of contemporary advertising or product design.

Art Review: ‘Monet’s Garden’ at the New York Botanical Garden

Sat, 19 May 2012 15:02:29 GMT

The main attraction in “Monet’s Garden,” at the New York Botanical Garden, is a living abbreviated approximation of the two major gardens that Monet created.

Exhibition Review: ‘Spy: Secret World of Espionage’ at Discovery Times Square

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:07:05 GMT

Visiting “Spy: The Secret World of Espionage,” a new show at Discovery Times Square, is a little like being privy to backstage preparations for a magic show.

Minneapolis Tussles Over Peavey Plaza

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:47:04 GMT

Preservationists and Minneapolis city planners are at odds over a proposal to demolish and replace a Modernist public plaza opened in 1975.

A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:27:04 GMT

The pinup, once fodder for magazines with evocative titles like Eyeful and Wink, has evolved from the all-American calendar girl to an emblem of hip femininity.

Front Row: Art’s Turn on the Catwalk

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:07:05 GMT

The artist K8 Hardy is preparing a fashion show for the Whitney that aims to provoke questions.

New Delay in Opening Museum for African Art

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:27:04 GMT

The Museum for African Art has been forced to delay the opening of its new location in East Harlem because it has not raised enough money.

Design: Reflections on a Soup Spoon

Mon, 14 May 2012 07:27:12 GMT

The Danish architect Arne Jacobsen achieved perfection in the late 1950s.

Tom Sachs Prepares for Liftoff at Park Avenue Armory

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:27:04 GMT

The artist Tom Sachs is going on a mission to Mars, but it will only go as far up as Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where he will examine the compulsion to explore outer space.

Neighborhood Joint | Williamsburg: At the Brooklyn Art Library, a Home for Personal Sketchbooks

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:27:04 GMT

The Brooklyn Art Library houses the ongoing Sketchbook Project, an endeavor that has amassed some 12,500 sketchbooks made by people from more than 130 countries.

Exhibition Review: ‘Maya 2012: Lords of Time,’ at the Penn Museum

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:07:05 GMT

“Maya 2012: Lords of Time” at the Penn Museum explores the culture of the Maya, who thrived in a classic period from A.D. 250 to 900 in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and El Salvador.

Art Review: ‘Picasso and Françoise Gilot,’ at Gagosian

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:12 GMT

A new exhibition at Gagosian Gallery looks at Picasso’s years with Françoise Gilot, when his work reflected family and even domesticity.

Inside Art: Jeff Koons Retrospective Coming to Whitney Museum

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:08 GMT

For the Whitney Museum’s farewell show at its current building in 2014, it will mount a giant retrospective of Jeff Koons’s work.

Art Review: ‘Lucian Freud Drawings’ at Acquavella Galleries

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:13 GMT

An ambitious and revealing show of Lucian Freud’s drawings at Acquavella Galleries spans eight decades of his life.

Art In Review: AOA Tribal Art Fair

Sat, 12 May 2012 06:27:16 GMT

More than a dozen galleries are participating in the AOA Tribal Art Fair at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion.

Art In Review: ‘EVERY EXIT IS AN ENTRANCE’: ‘30 Years of Exit Art’

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:08 GMT

“Every Exit Is an Entrance: 30 Years of Exit Art” is the final show at that exhibition space. There are plenty of pets in Anne Arnold’s “Sculpture From Four Decades,” at Alexandre Gallery.

Art Review: Vuillard Works at Jewish Museum and Jill Newhouse Gallery

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:05 GMT

Exhibitions at the Jewish Museum and the Jill Newhouse gallery reveal characteristics of Édouard Vuillard’s later work.

Tomás Saraceno’s ‘Cloud City’ on Roof at Metropolitan Museum

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:10 GMT

Tomás Saraceno’s futuristic modular habitat of reflective stainless steel and acrylic opens Tuesday on the rooftop garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a nearly six-month exhibition.

Art In Review: ANNE ARNOLD: ‘Sculpture From Four Decades’

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:05 GMT

There are plenty of pets in Anne Arnold’s “Sculpture From Four Decades,” at Alexandre Gallery.

Art Review: ‘Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations’ at Met

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:44:06 GMT

“Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art imagines what two designers of different generations might talk about, were they to talk about clothes.

Antiques: The Ceramist Toshiko Takaezu’s Studio in Quakertown, N.J.

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:05 GMT

The New Jersey studio and home of Toshiko Takaezu, the Japanese-American ceramist who died last year, is opening to the public.

Art In Review: ROTIMI FANI-KAYODE: ‘Nothing to Lose’

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:05 GMT

An exhibition of Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s work at the Walther Collection Project Space highlights the accomplishments of an artist who made breakthroughs before his death at 34.

Basquiat Painting Brings $16.3 Million at Phillips Sale

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:50:04 GMT

The third major contemporary art auction this week brought in another $88.9 million, including a record price for a Jean Michel Basquiat work, despite the mixed quality over all.

Lichtenstein and Bacon Paintings Top Sotheby’s Sale

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:17:12 GMT

Classic images by Roy Lichtenstein and Francis Bacon brought identical prices of $44.8 million Wednesday at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale.

Architecture Review: A New Visitor Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:27:05 GMT

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden will unveil a new visitor center and gateway at the northeast corner of the garden next Wednesday.

Rothko Painting Sells for Record, Nearly $87 Million, at Christie’s

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:47:04 GMT

“Orange, Red, Yellow,” a 1961 canvas by Mark Rothko, sold for nearly $87 million, and prices for artists like Pollock also brought record amounts.

Museum and Gallery Listings for May 18-24

Fri, 18 May 2012 05:27:05 GMT

A critical guide to installations and exhibitions in the New York area.

Inside Art: A KAWS Character Is Headed Up in the Air

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:07:05 GMT

The Brooklyn artist KAWS is the latest artist invited to create a balloon for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Antiques: ‘Gilded Age Magic’ at Hudson River Museum, and Golf Auctions

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:27:04 GMT

Howard Thurston and other magicians are featured in the show “Gilded Age Magic” at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, and antique golf equipment goes up for auction in London.

Art In Review: LORRAINE O’GRADY: ‘New Worlds’

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:09:03 GMT

Lorraine O’Grady calls on her ethnic background — she was born to Jamaican parents in Boston — again, with deep ambivalence in two black-and-white photomontages.

Art In Review: MERLIN CARPENTER: ‘Tate Café’

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:27:04 GMT

Merlin Carpenter, the British Conceptual painter, is settling a score by recreating a space in the Tate Modern, which he detests.

Art In Review: ‘ANIMISM’

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:27:04 GMT

“Animism,” an unapologetically didactic show at e-flux, is a good prompt for a discussion of the implications of modern magical thinking.

Barrio by Barrio

Sat, 19 May 2012 02:56:44 GMT

The Colombian city of Medellín is making its case for the power of architectural activism.

‘Spy: The Secret World of Espionage’

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:54:37 GMT

Images from the new exhibition at Discovery Times Square.

The New Barnes

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:26:56 GMT

Photos of the new Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.

The Mars Project

Sun, 13 May 2012 01:50:18 GMT

The artist Tom Sachs is preparing for liftoff at the Park Avenue Armory.

T Magazine: Finnish Lines | Tiina in Amagansett, N.Y.

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:36:36 GMT

Tiina Laakkonen's store, which opens next week, will have a bevy of design items inspired by the objects in her new home.

T Magazine: The Get | Fredericks & Mae Kites

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:59:59 GMT

A 21st-century Brooklyn iteration of the ancient form takes flight at the design store Matter.

T Magazine: Arms in the Air

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:06 GMT

For the travel issue's T, the artist and photographer Adam Wallacavage turned his trademark - tentacled chandeliers - into the magazine's.

The Scoop: New York City iPhone App

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:20:32 GMT

Get a selection of the listings on your iPhone with The Scoop, The Times’s guide to what to eat, see and do in New York.