Gretchen Dow Simpson, Creator of New Yorker Covers, Dies at 85
A Massachusetts native, she painted geometrically precise images of rural and seaside New England dwellings that found fans among the storied magazine’s ardent readers.
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Trump Administration Seeks Artists for ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statues
Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
With ‘Étoile,’ Amy Sherman-Palladino Gives Ballet Another Whirl
Her “Bunheads” and other ballet shows were canceled quickly. This new series, created with her husband, centers on fictional companies in New York and Paris.
Juilliard Plans $550 Million Drive to Go Tuition Free
The goal is to make the school’s programs more accessible and to ease the burden on graduates pursuing careers in the arts.
In Philadelphia, Art Shows by Women Teem With Eros and Audacity
Devotees of the human figure, Cecily Brown and Christina Ramberg turn the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a showplace for the female gaze.
8 Standouts at the AIPAD Photography Fair
This year’s colorful and wide-ranging edition of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers fair is a bursting capsule history of the medium.
Ai Weiwei Installation Coming to Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island
The Chinese artist’s commentary “on what is unfolding politically and culturally in our time” has a lighthearted note: cat-patterned camouflage. The work inaugurates a new art series at the park.
Penn Station’s Not-So-Secret Other Life: The People’s Dance Studio
As the train to Ronkonkoma pulled into Penn Station, Jason Lockhorn threw his arms up, bending his elbows like goal posts. But he wasn’t a frustrated commuter. He was dancing. And he wasn’t the only one. Nearby, a man and woman twirled in the sinuous …
The N.B.A.’s Hidden Game: Arranging Courtside Celebrities
Atlanta is a movie production hub and the home to prominent rappers, so the Hawks have dedicated resources to recruit famous faces like Anne Hathaway and Gucci Mane.
‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Revenge of the Killer Nerd
Affleck returns as a brilliant C.P.A. who moonlights as a mysterious, gun-toting fixer and gets help from his little bro, played by Jon Bernthal.