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Giacometti’s Goddesses Have Entered the Temple

You may stand a little straighter after visiting the Met’s Temple of Dendur, whi...

At Art Basel, a Nervy, Make-or-Break Mood

The auction market is buoyant, but business feels precarious for dealers at the ...

Can a Federal Plan Fix Dismal Penn Station? There’s Hope.

Everyone agrees that Penn Station is a disaster, but not on how to fix it. Now a...

Bruce Nauman on How to Make Art: Don’t Try

The artist’s latest videos and drawings stem from physical and mental exercises ...

In 30,000 Gallons of Water, Hundreds of Bowls Play Musi...

The French sound artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates an unlikely symphony b...

How Artisans Are Recreating the American Revolution

In the spirit of 1776, these shipwrights, printers and textile workers are comme...

A History of American Utopia in 10 Acts

Exploring some of the significant experiments that have best captured the countr...

In Venezuela, a 91-Year-Old Weaver Sticks to Traditions

Though electric machines are now standard, the Venezuelan weaver Margarita Mora ...

Vandals Damage Work by Black Artist at Houston Museum, ...

Two men scraped and punctured a $23,000 painting at the Houston Museum of Africa...

How David Hockney Taught Los Angeles to See Itself

A Brit, he became a symbol of the city’s culture, stylish and alienating, with h...

Brazilians Revive a World Cup Ritual to Cheer on Their ...

After years of dampened enthusiasm about the World Cup, Brazilians are excited a...

David Hockney and the Bliss of Not Standing Still

“As important as the boys and the pools and the light,” a memoirist writes, “the...

David Hockney’s Sense of Style Never Wavered

The painter David Hockney’s clothes roared with mirth and maximalism.

Framing David Hockney’s Greatest Art

Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist...

JR Conjures a Mountainous Illusion Out of the Pont Neuf...

Four decades after the conceptual artist Christo draped the Pont Neuf with fabri...

With iPhones and Faxes, David Hockney Embraced Tech

Polaroids and photocopiers also gave the artist possibilities for creating in fo...