Art and Design

Highlights

In the Elite World of Private Schools, a James Turrell Skyspace Gets an A.
These schools are renowned for their amenities, but Friends Seminary has unveiled a rare Skyspace from the acclaimed master of light for its students — and for the public.
By Hilarie M. Sheets
CreditGeorge Etheredge for The New York Times
Critic’s Pick
The Met Aims to Get Harlem Right, the Second Time Around
The museum catches up to the vital lessons of the Harlem Renaissance, with its American, European and African exchanges and its cultural solidarity.
By Holland Cotter
CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times
1. Bidders Chase Elton John Items and a Banksy at Christie’s Auctions
  The objects most closely associated with John’s public persona as a performer, showman and style icon captivated the crowd in the first week of sales.
  By Julia Halperin
  Creditvia Christie's
2. With ‘Gems’ From Black Collections, the Harlem Renaissance Reappears
  An ambitious new show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art uncovers work by long-ignored artists with the help of loans from Black colleges and family collections.
  By Aruna D’Souza
  CreditGioncarlo Valentine for The New York Times

Six Artists Reflect on the Legacy of the Harlem Renaissance
A century later, the first African American modernist movement continues to inspire and challenge.
By Aruna D’Souza
Creditvia Nina Chanel Abney and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Ray Francis, Celebrating Blackness
A founder of the Kamoinge Workshop, he made lush, powerful photos that document and honor members of the African diaspora.
By Blake Gopnik
Creditvia Bruce Silverstein Gallery
Critic’s Pick
The Artist Whose Oct. 7 Series ‘Attracts Fire’
Seismic world events in Ukraine and the Middle East draw Zoya Cherkassky’s highly personal responses. “There was nothing to be ironic about,” she said.
By Marc Tracy
CreditClark Hodgin for The New York Times
A.I. Art That’s More Than a Gimmick? Meet AARON
The British painter Harold Cohen spent over four decades refining his collaborator: an image-generating robot.
By Travis Diehl
CreditHarold Cohen Trust, via Whitney Museum of American Art
Critic’s Pick
Following Yoko Ono’s Anarchic Instructions
A major retrospective at Tate Modern instructs visitors to draw their own shadows, shake hands through a canvas and imagine paintings in their heads.
By Emily LaBarge
CreditClay Perry
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What’s in a Name? For This Rembrandt, a Steep and Rapid Rise in Price.
A painting with an estimated value of only $17,000 two years ago, sold for almost $14 million after experts decided it didn’t just look like a Rembrandt — it was one.
By Colin Moynihan
Neil Gaiman on the Collectibles He’s Auctioning
Art by Moebius, a Christmas card by Gaiman and a Swamp Thing cover are among the items.
By George Gene Gustines
Living small
She Wanted an R.V. He Wanted a Sailboat. This Was Their Compromise.
Instead of rolling down roads, their motorboat floats down rivers — and it’s as cozy as a woodland cabin. Think of it as a floating R.V.
By Tim McKeough
36 Hours
36 Hours in Mérida, Mexico
Rich in culture and history, the city is an antidote to the wall-to-wall all-inclusive resorts of the Yucatán coast.
By Freda Moon
Critic’s Pick
When Zines Walked the Earth
An extraordinary exhibition of dissident and countercultural takes at the Brooklyn Museum shows the power of the copy machine.
By Martha Schwendener
6 Objects That Explain New Rules on Native Displays in Museums
A look at how the Field Museum in Chicago is responding to recent federal regulations that have led officials to cover objects they may need to return to tribes.
By Julia Jacobs
On Location
A Bed-Stuy Loft Transformed With an Out-of-the-Ordinary Renovation
They didn’t expect their new Brooklyn home to flood a week after they moved in. But ‘with the destruction, there was an opportunity.’
By Tim McKeough
How to Choose Wallpaper
Choosing the right wallpaper is tricky. Los Angeles designers Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe offer some tips.
By Tim McKeough
How To: Hang Wallpaper
Are You Guilty of ‘Abuse of Wallpaper’? Here’s How to Avoid It.
If you’re thinking of wallpapering a room but are afraid to get started (or even choose a pattern), you’re not alone. We’ve got some suggestions.
By Tim McKeough
The Saturday Profile
Architect Embraces Indigenous Worldview in Australian Designs
Jefa Greenaway is a leading proponent of “Country-centered design,” which calls for collaboration with Indigenous communities and puts sustainability concerns at a project’s core.
By Will Higginbotham