Exhibitions

Two Hundred Rare Chanel Looks Are Coming to London This Fall

“Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto” is the first retrospective of the iconic designer’s work staged by a major British museum

March 30, 2023

Women Who Shaped History

History Forgot Minerva Parker Nichols, the Country’s First Solo Woman Architect

A new exhibition celebrates the pioneering designer, who opened her own practice in the late 1880s

March 30, 2023

The Museum of Failure Celebrates Some of the World’s Biggest Flops

Now on view in New York City, the traveling exhibition presents failure as a critical learning opportunity

March 29, 2023

See How History’s Great Artists Painted Their Dogs

A new exhibition showcases portraits of pets by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and David Hockney

March 28, 2023

Ai Weiwei Unveils Recreation of Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ Made Entirely of Legos

In a new exhibition, the renowned Chinese artist explores beauty, technology and growing up in exile

March 27, 2023

Claude Monet’s Older Brother Helped Shape the Impressionist Movement

A new exhibition explores the legacy of Léon Monet, who taught Claude about color and purchased his art

March 21, 2023

A Nostalgic Trip Awaits at the World’s Largest Lunchbox Museum

Take a journey back to your elementary school cafeteria with a visit to the Georgia outpost

March 14, 2023

How Artists’ Day Jobs Shape Their Craft

A new exhibition examines the generative relationship between work and creativity

March 10, 2023

Cool Finds

Workers Stumble Upon Lost Courbet Painting in University Basement

After a years-long authentication process, “The Source of the Lison” goes on display in Philadelphia

March 10, 2023

Thousands of Artists Reimagine Vermeer’s ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’

A Dutch museum selected winning works by five artists—and one A.I. image generator

March 9, 2023

Discover Alaska

For 100 Years, the Alaska Railroad Has Been a Critical Artery Pumping Passengers and Freight Through the State

Along with celebrations, the centennial offers a chance to consider the effects the rail system has had on the state and its people

March 7, 2023

Dutch Artists Compete to Paint Like Vermeer in New Reality Show

The contestants are tasked with recreating six of the old master’s lost works

March 6, 2023

Did Salvador Dalí Paint This Enigmatic Artwork?

After two curators began doubting the painting’s authenticity, they made an unexpected discovery about its origins

March 1, 2023

Andy Warhol Exhibition Opens in the Saudi Desert

Critics say the show helps bolster the regime’s reputation—and obscure its human rights violations

February 27, 2023

David Hockney Is the Subject of His Own Immersive Experience

Using projections and voiceovers, “Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away)” examines the renowned artist’s career

February 24, 2023

Life-Size 1865 Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Stands Tall at the National Portrait Gallery

The W.F.K. Travers painting hid in plain sight at a New Jersey town hall for 80 years before it was restored and brought back to Washington

February 17, 2023

Did Vermeer’s ‘Girl’ Really Have a Pearl Earring?

A real pearl of that size would have been “astronomically expensive,” art historian says

February 15, 2023

Photographer Evelyn Hofer’s Timeless Portraits Get a Second Look

Taken a half-century ago, her images strike a contemporary pose

March 2023

To Spider-Man, With Love

A new exhibition features letters children sent to the superhero’s address in Queens, where a real-life Parker family lived for decades

February 2, 2023

Follow Pablo Picasso’s Footsteps Through Spain

A full slate of events honors the painter’s life in timing with the 50th anniversary of his death

February 1, 2023