https://www.nytimes.com/section/arts/design en-us Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:01:13 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:26:30 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/section/arts/design https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/arts/design/david-hockney-los-angeles-pool-paintings.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/arts/design/david-hockney-los-angeles-pool-paintings.html A Brit, he became a symbol of the city’s culture, stylish and alienating, with his vivid swimming pool paintings and embrace of SoCal light, hedonism and gay liberation. Jori Finkel Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:26:16 +0000 Art Hockney, David Content Type: Personal Profile Color Homosexuality and Bisexuality Los Angeles (Calif) Nathanael Turner for The New York Times David Hockney repainted his own pool — and signed and dated it July 8, 2017, the day before his 80th birthday. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/arts/houston-museum-black-art-vandalized.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/arts/houston-museum-black-art-vandalized.html Two men scraped and punctured a $23,000 painting at the Houston Museum of African American Culture last month, the museum said. It decided to display the damaged artwork. Derrick Bryson Taylor Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:13:18 +0000 Museums Vandalism Houston Museum of African American Culture Heyward, Clarence (Artist) Houston (Tex) Black People Discrimination Houston Museum of African American Culture The damaged painting, “Man in the Garden” by the artist Clarence Heyward, was part of an exhibition called “Eden.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/arts/design/david-hockney-lawrence-weschler-appreciation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/arts/design/david-hockney-lawrence-weschler-appreciation.html “As important as the boys and the pools and the light,” a memoirist writes, “the most important thing was becoming the driving.” It would inspire an obsession with moving focus into the future. Lawrence Weschler Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:38:27 +0000 Hockney, David Art Content Type: Personal Profile Men and Boys Photography Bachardy, Don Birtwell, Celia England Los Angeles (Calif) Clark, Ossie https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/gerhard-richter-landschaften-zwirner-close-read.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/gerhard-richter-landschaften-zwirner-close-read.html Our critic Jason Farago on how the artist conceived a new way forward for landscape painting. Jason Farago Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:20:10 +0000 Art Zwirner, David, Gallery Richter, Gerhard Germany https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/duane-michals-artist-of-wit-and-courage.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/duane-michals-artist-of-wit-and-courage.html Our conversations over the years were, at times, philosophical, metaphysical, honest about the daily circumstances of our lives, and dishy, a photography critic says, as he looks back. Philip Gefter Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:51:03 +0000 Art Homosexuality and Bisexuality Photography Michals, Duane Content Type: Personal Profile https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/arts/design/meg-webster-land-artist.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/arts/design/meg-webster-land-artist.html Meg Webster creates works that are often fleeting. At 82, with a new show at the Paula Cooper Gallery, now she’s looking for a place in history. Julia Halperin and Sara Messinger Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:51:27 +0000 Art Webster, Meg Sculpture Flowers and Plants Cooper, Paula, Gallery Dia Art Foundation Morgan, Jessica Chelsea (Manhattan, NY) Sara Messinger for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/nevada-museum-of-art-reno.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/nevada-museum-of-art-reno.html At the Nevada Museum of Art, five examples of artist-activists shining a light on the Great Basin Desert and beyond. Jonathan Griffin Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:58:50 +0000 Art Museums Indigenous People Global Warming Nevada Museum of Art Into the Time Horizon (Exhibit) Reno (Nev) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-partworks-photostack.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-partworks-photostack.html Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist always reinvented the world he saw, with psychological insight. Holland Cotter Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:33:28 +0000 Hockney, David Art Great Britain Los Angeles (Calif) Homosexuality and Bisexuality Content Type: Personal Profile https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/orlan-louvre-lectures.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/orlan-louvre-lectures.html Orlan transformed herself through plastic surgery in the 1990s for an art project. Now, she is lecturing at the Louvre about changing perceptions of beauty. Nina Siegal Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:41:43 +0000 Art Museums Beauty (Concept) Plastic Surgery Content Type: Personal Profile Orlan Louvre Museum Paris (France) Elliott Verdier for The New York Times Orlan, with horn-like cheek implants in her forehead, has also created what she calls “bio-art” performances. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-ipad-iphone-photocopier-fax.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-ipad-iphone-photocopier-fax.html Polaroids and photocopiers also gave the artist possibilities for creating in forms vastly different from his paintings. Alex Marshall Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:47:28 +0000 Hockney, David Art iPhone Innovation Photography David Hockney “Mulholland Drive, June 1986,” a homemade print from a photocopier. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/arts/design/ai-gemini-thrift-store-painting-sale.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/arts/design/ai-gemini-thrift-store-painting-sale.html When a son got curious about the origins of a painting his mother bought at a secondhand shop decades ago, Google Gemini had some intriguing thoughts. Malia Mendez Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:27:21 +0000 Art Auctions Artificial Intelligence Appraisals and Valuation (Property) Thrift Shops Cadell, Francis C B Lyon & Turnbull Helene Plotkin Scotland https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/arts/design/frida-kahlo-diego-rivera.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/arts/design/frida-kahlo-diego-rivera.html Diego Rivera’s great patron Dolores Olmedo regarded Frida as a rival but bought 26 of her artworks, the largest collection. Their work is on view in Mexico City. Victoria Burnett and Pablo López Luz Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:24:52 +0000 Collectors and Collections Museums Art Restoration and Renovation Kahlo, Frida Rivera, Diego Mexico City (Mexico) Olmedo, Dolores Olmedo, Dolores, Museum (Mexico City) Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Frida Kahlo, “Autorretrato con Changuito (Self-Portrait With Monkey),” 1945 at the reopened Dolores Olmedo Museum in Mexico City. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/arts/design/dataland-ai-museum-los-angeles-art-artificial-intelligence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/arts/design/dataland-ai-museum-los-angeles-art-artificial-intelligence.html A look inside Dataland in Los Angeles, dedicated entirely to A.I.-generated art. Refik Anadol, its founder, says it’s for human dreamers. Will critics be convinced? Frank Rose and Sela Shiloni Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:43:24 +0000 Museums Artificial Intelligence Art Birds Disney, Walt, Concert Hall Anadol, Refik Amazon Jungle Los Angeles (Calif) Gehry, Frank Govan, Michael Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles Philharmonic Museum of Modern Art Sela Shiloni for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/arts/design/art-gallery-shows-to-see-in-june.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/arts/design/art-gallery-shows-to-see-in-june.html This week in Newly Reviewed, Andrew Russeth covers Lee Kang So’s ephemeral beauty, Altoon Sultan agriculture, Antonia Lucy Gehnrich’s mirrors and perfume, and a group show in a warehouse. Andrew Russeth and Will Heinrich Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:11:01 +0000 Art Sculpture Korean Cultural Center New York Lee Kang-So (1943- ) Altoon Sultan Hoffman Donahue gallery Antonia Lucy Gehnrich Alex Berns gallery Yu Ji Keith Edmier Matthew Barney Jean-Luc Moulene https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/arts/design/weaving-traditional-venezuela-margarita-mora.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/arts/design/weaving-traditional-venezuela-margarita-mora.html Though electric machines are now standard, the Venezuelan weaver Margarita Mora has clung to a mix of ancestral Indigenous and Spanish practices to create surprisingly modern work. Silvia Benedetti and Andrea Hernández Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:58:22 +0000 Weaving Handicrafts Textiles Content Type: Personal Profile Mora, Margarita (Artist) Venezuela Andes Mountains internal-open-access-from-nl Andrea Hernandez for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/world/americas/world-cup-brazil-street-art.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/world/americas/world-cup-brazil-street-art.html After years of dampened enthusiasm about the World Cup, Brazilians are excited about their national team again — and they’re showing it by painting the streets. Ana Ionova and Dado Galdieri Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:02:36 +0000 Brazil World Cup 2026 (Soccer) Murals Neymar Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Dado Galdieri for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/fashion/hockney-style-color.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/fashion/hockney-style-color.html The painter David Hockney’s clothes roared with mirth and maximalism. Jacob Gallagher Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:34:16 +0000 Hockney, David Fashion and Apparel Color Nathanael Turner for The New York Times Color, so integral to David Hockney’s paintings, was part of his outfits as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/pont-neuf-jj.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/pont-neuf-jj.html Four decades after the conceptual artist Christo draped the Pont Neuf with fabric, JR, a French street artist, offers his own trick of the eye. Mark Landler and Elliott Verdier Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:28:13 +0000 Art Bridges and Tunnels JR Christo Paris (France) Elliott Verdier for The New York Times The bridge has been wrapped with fabric that was then inflated to create a craggy appearance. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-norman-rosenthal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-norman-rosenthal.html The curator Norman Rosenthal knew the artist for over 60 years and still discovered something new when they collaborated on a final blockbuster show. Norman Rosenthal Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:24:29 +0000 Art Content Type: Personal Profile Hockney, David Norman Rosenthal Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation Great Britain Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times Journalists looking at David Hockney’s work before the opening of the exhibition “David Hockney 25” at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris in April 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/design/david-hockney-dead.html His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defying the dominant abstract schools of the mid-20th century. Holland Cotter Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:23:16 +0000 Hockney, David Deaths (Obituaries) Art Homosexuality and Bisexuality England internal-open-access-from-nl https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/william-coupon-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/arts/design/william-coupon-dead.html Self-taught, he became a go-to portraitist for politicians, rock stars and other celebrities. He also documented Indigenous people and inmates on death row. Jeré Longman Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:51:58 +0000 Coupon, William (1952- ) Photography Pop and Rock Music Indigenous People Celebrities Deaths (Obituaries) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/arts/design/duane-michals-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/arts/design/duane-michals-dead.html A self-taught artist, he brought narrative to modern photography with sequences of staged black-and-white images, often accompanied by wry or lyrical captions. Richard B. Woodward Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:00:45 +0000 Michals, Duane Deaths (Obituaries) Photography New York City https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/arts/design/julio-le-parc-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/arts/design/julio-le-parc-dead.html His socially engaged works, created over a 70-year career, sought to engage viewers through shifting lights, motors and even Ping-Pong balls. Clay Risen Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:42:25 +0000 Le Parc, Julio (1928- ) Art Deaths (Obituaries) Emiliano Lasalvia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/movies/albert-wolsky-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/movies/albert-wolsky-dead.html A go-to designer for directors like Bob Fosse and Paul Mazursky, he won two Oscars and created Olivia Newton-John’s indelibly sultry ensemble in “Grease.” Alex Williams Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:24:30 +0000 Wolsky, Albert Deaths (Obituaries) Costumes Movies Design Fashion and Apparel Fosse, Bob Mazursky, Paul All That Jazz (Movie) Grease (Movie) Emily Berl for The New York Times Albert Wolsky in 2012. Warren Beatty, who worked with Mr. Wolsky on “Bugsy” and “Rules Don’t Apply,” described his taste as “faultless.”