Art and Design

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Young Artists Rode a $712 Million Boom. Then Came the Bust.
Artists saw six-figure sales and heard promises of stardom. But with the calamitous downturn in the art market, many collectors bolted — and prices plummeted.
By Zachary Small and Julia Halperin
CreditYsa Pérez for The New York Times
critic’s notebook
As California Clears Homeless Camps, Two Projects Point a Way Forward
While L.A. County grapples with homelessness, elegant new housing projects in Long Beach and Venice signal the solutions — and challenges — ahead.
By Michael Kimmelman
CreditJake Michaels for The New York Times
1. How Tau Lewis Channels the Spirit World
  Her first solo museum exhibition, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, is full of towering, mysterious beings. The exhibit is “all grief work,” she said.
  By Hilarie M. Sheets
  CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times
2. Was That a James Turrell I Just Skied By?
  Why yes it was, courtesy of the Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, who is underwriting a big outdoor art program at the ski resort he bought.
  By Ted Loos
  CreditDrew Rane/Carlson, via Powder Mountain

An Undersung and Unruly Woodstock in Pictures, 30 Years On
A new photography show celebrates the 30th anniversary of Woodstock 1994, middle child to the festivals of 1969 and 1999.
By Annie Aguiar
CreditDanny Clinch
Illuminating a Trailblazing Artist Who Died Too Young
In her first American museum show, Paula Modersohn-Becker looks bracingly modern.
By Arthur Lubow
CreditAnnie Schlechter
Critic’s Pick
The Odd Duck of Antiguan Art, in His Ecstatic, Expressionist Glory
At the Drawing Center, the revival of the polymath Antiguan artist continues with a stack of his written archive displayed alongside his expressionist paintings.
By Walker Mimms
Creditvia The Walter Family and The Drawing Center, New York
Art Review
This Enormous Artwork Turns a Palace Into a Pawnshop
Christoph Büchel’s vast installation in Venice is compelling, obsessive and sometimes hilarious.
By Scott Reyburn and Matteo de Mayda
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What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August
This week in Newly Reviewed, Walker Mimms covers the overlooked artist Ker-Xavier Roussel, Fritz Scholder’s paintings and a group show in a modest office-like space.
By Jillian SteinhauerMartha Schwendener and Walker Mimms
Creditvia Paul Gagner and Hashimoto Contemporary, New York

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A Project That Celebrates Collaboration and Cooperation
For T Magazine, Kate Guadagnino set out to identify the many people involved in creating a single object or artistic work, including a luxury handbag, a performance piece, a pizza and more.
By Sarah Bahr
36 Hours
36 Hours in Provincetown, Mass.
P-town offers overlapping identities: one of America’s oldest art colonies, nature preserve, thriving L.G.B.T.Q. resort and historic Portuguese fishing village.
By Brett Sokol
Black Art Week in San Francisco Bay Area Is in the Works for the Fall
The executive director of the Museum of the African Diaspora says the goal is to “celebrate the rich Black art landscape” of the region.
By Jori Finkel
Bronx Museum’s Executive Director Leaves During $33 Million Expansion
Klaudio Rodriguez will become the executive director and chief executive of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Fla.
By Annie Aguiar
An Artist Faces Climate Disaster With Hard Data and Ancient Wisdom
Research meets poetry in Imani Jacqueline Brown’s exploration of oil extraction and its consequences for her native New Orleans — and for the planet.
By Siddhartha Mitter
How TO: Hang a Gallery Wall
So You’ve Framed Your Art? Now Try Hanging a Gallery Wall.
Framing artwork is just the first step. Figuring out how (and where) to hang it takes some doing.
By Tim McKeough
The Fix
How Hard Is It to Frame Your Own Artwork? Harder Than It Looks.
We asked the experts for some shortcuts — because “budgets don’t always allow for a professional framer.”
By Tim McKeough
For the Rescuer of an Ancient Shipwreck, Trouble Arrived in the Mail
The packages were sent to a woman whose work had led to the heralded recovery of the Kyrenia, and to new insights into classical Greek seafaring. But their ancient contents were a problem.
By Graham Bowley and Seamus Hughes
New Public Art Rides the Rails in Chicago, Timed to the Convention
When the Democratic National Convention kicks off on Aug. 19, an array of art tied to the election season will greet visitors and Chicagoans alike.
By Laura van Straaten
For a ‘Citizen Artist,’ Creativity Is a Matter of Survival
Her residency and exhibition at the University of Chicago highlights vanessa german’s determination to tap into the power of love and art to heal traumas — including her own.
By Aruna D’Souza