Telling the story of Auschwitz

By Christopher Moore

The most comprehensive exhibition about the Nazi death camp ever presented in North America opens at the Museum of Jewish...

Voices past and present

By Mary Gregory

Art and objects from the ancient Middle East embody both the fleeting nature of time and the enduring impact of long-ago cultures

Princess Zhaojun: a timeless tale

By Mary Gregory

A breathtaking production tells the story of an iconic Chinese heroine from 36 B.C., a story about peace and the power of the...

T. rex to the max

By Teddy Son

If you thought you knew Manhattan’s biggest and baddest resident, think again. Here are 10 surprising facts about the...

Mirror images

By Val Castronovo

Self-portraits, most done by German and Austrian artists in the first half of the 20th century, capture souls — and a...

Miró: poetry in pictures

BY MARY GREGORY

An imaginative new exhibition offers fresh insights into the work of the popular and beloved artist

A custom-made Armory Show

By Mary Gregory

With so much amazing art to choose from, our critic curated her own exhibit of great works by women

A cult favorite

by val castronovo

Moroni, a little known Italian Renaissance painter, is having a big moment at The Frick Collection

The museum at FIT turns 50

By Val Castronovo

“Exhibitionism” celebrates a half-century of collecting and curation at the Manhattan fashion mecca

Honoring Jackie Robinson

By Lorraine Duffy Merkl

An exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York features Look magazine photos of the baseball legend and his family —...

Old masters in a new light

By Mary Gregory

The Met’s gorgeous show of Dutch treasures turns an overwhelming cache of riches into a jewel box of wonders

The woman who pioneered abstract painting

By Val Castronovo

Hilma af Klint was ahead of her time, and of all the men who followed in her footsteps

Beauty, tension and Mapplethorpe

By Mary Gregory

In pursuit of “perfections in form,” the New York photographer made art that challenges and awes, in equal measure

Covarrubias: the art and life of a polymath

By Val Castronovo

Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) was one of the 20th century’s preeminent Mexican artists, arguably best known in...

Native American art, and stories

By Mary Gregory

There are many stories in the Metropolitan Museum’s “Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker...

Outside comes in at outsider art fair

By Mary Gregory

In 2014, art critic Walter Robinson made a wave (that swelled to a tsunami) in art world circles when he identified a...

Ailey troupe celebrates 60 years

By JOCELYN NOVECK

One of the world’s best-known dance companies marks a milestone anniversary by looking back at its founder

A masterpiece finds its mate at The Frick Collection

By Mary Gregory

Devotional Art from a Medieval Carthusian Monastery

Aaron Sorkin hits Broadway with an iconic courtroom drama

By MARK KENNEDY

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a contemporary adaptation of the beloved Harper Lee novel

Behind the surface

Warhol at the Whitney

From object to subject

The Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia’s new Manhattanville campus stages a groundbreaking show about the evolving...

All that Glitters at The Met

By Mary Gregory

Jewelry across the world and the ages

Eternal beauty from an enduring culture

By Mary Gregory

Treasures from Armenia at The Met

Tintoretto in Focus

The Met Fifth Avenue and The Morgan join commemorations of the Venetian artist’s 500th birthday

A Mannerist master at the Morgan

A recent restoration of an outstanding 16th century painting by Jacopo Pontormo created an opportunity to revisit the...

Man about town

BY VAL CASTRONOVO

Dance and Broadway legend Jerome Robbins’s centennial year is celebrated at the Library for the Performing Arts with a...

They painted a revolution

Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde

Decoding Delacroix

BY VAL CASTRONOVO

The Met Fifth Avenue stages the first full-scale retrospective in North America of the works of the 19th century French painter

Microbes in Manhattan

by ALIZAH SALARIO

A new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York focuses on NYC in sickness and in health

More Than Pretty

A new show at The Museum at FIT examines the history of pink in fashion