Milan, Zurich, Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm: Our writer devised her own urban grand tour to some of the continent’s most dazzling cities.
Category: Art & Museums
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The Art World’s Next Big Thing: Tiny Paintings
Works the size of postcards and bathroom tiles are challenging the market’s appetite for grand scales.
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Anne Imhof’s ‘Doom’ at the Armory Has Everything, and Nothing
Anne Imhof’s three-hour spectacle of moody youth at the Armory is sweet sorrow, full of moping and muttering. Still, almost despite itself, it points to true art.
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Mirrors That Are Designed to Dazzle
Sometimes, the art of making mirrors has little to do with reflection.
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Juan Hamilton, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Companion and Contested Heir, Dies at 79
As a young potter, he turned up on the doorstep of an octogenarian master of modern painting. They grew so close it became a scandal.
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Why Is Hollywood Obsessed With Architects? ‘The Brutalist’ Gives Us a Hint.
The trope of the embattled auteur exerting their will is too tempting for filmmakers to ignore.
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Woodworking Is Losing Its Macho Edge Thanks to These Women
As contemporary woodworking loses its macho edge, it gains a whole new dimension.
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Can a Finnish Sauna Improve Society?
Contemporary sweat baths reflect the country’s architectural past — and propose a future in which simple, sustainable buildings can still be sublime.
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In Sardinia, a Showcase for Craft and Culture Rises From Ruins
A couple restored an abandoned farmstead as a rural haven where curious visitors can immerse themselves in the treasures of the island.
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Hal Hirshorn, Artist of Otherworldly Photos and Paintings, Dies at 60
A ubiquitous presence in New York’s art world, he also existed outside it, using 19th-century techniques to create ethereal, haunting images.
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After ‘The Brutalist,’ a Few Predictions for the Next Big Architecture Movie
As “The Brutalist” heads into Oscar night with 10 nominations, Hollywood is clamoring for its next big architecture hit. Our illustrator has some ideas.
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Guggenheim Lays Off 20 Employees as Financial Challenges Persist
The museum has suffered from rising costs and lower attendance. The cuts followed those at the Brooklyn Museum, which trimmed 10 percent of its staff this month.