Photo Credit Kunstmuseum Bern Critic’s Notebook The Void at the Heart of ‘Gurlitt: Status Report’ Cornelius Gurlitt’s trove of inherited art, hidden for decades, is finally on view in two exhibitions. But bringing it into the light can’t dispel his ghost. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Photo Credit Collection Antoine Maamari, Beyrouth Critic’s Notebook What Christian Artifacts of the Middle East Can Show Us About Tolerance An exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris looks at 2,000 years of Christians in the Arab World. It has a message for France ? and for us all. By JASON FARAGO
Photo Credit Vincent Tullo for The New York Times Art Review The Comedic Beauty of Laura Owens’s Work At the Whitney, this artist’s superb midcareer survey and catalog highlight her art, life and times ? and a world of possibility for painting. By ROBERTA SMITH
Photo Credit Benjamin Norman for The New York Times Critic’s Notebook That $450 Million Leonardo? It’s No Mona Lisa. Our critic won’t weigh in on the painting’s authenticity, but he will tell you what he saw: a blank-eyed Christ, meek and monotonous. By JASON FARAGO
Art Review Photo Credit Neue Galerie, New York ‘Wiener Werkstatte’: Going Broke for the Love of Beauty An exhibition of covetable objects at the Neue Galerie explores a Viennese collective that was better at fabricating teapots and textiles than at turning a profit. By JASON FARAGO
Photo Credit Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs The price was astounding, even more so because some experts criticized a Christie’s marketing campaign that glossed over the painting’s flaws. By ROBIN POGREBIN and SCOTT REYBURN
Photo Credit A Struggling Historic Library Says It Needs to Sell Its Art To the dismay of some residents of Jamestown, N.Y., its historic library is selling a respected collection of art because it needs additional funds. By COLIN MOYNIHAN
Photo Credit Richard Avedon Foundation Why Richard Avedon’s Work Has Never Been More Relevant The photographer’s social conscience, revealed in a show at Pace/MacGill and a new edition of “Nothing Personal,” deepens his enduring legacy. By PHILIP GEFTER
Photo Credit 2017 Holiday Gift Guide: Arts & Leisure The New York Times and Wirecutter bring you this indispensable guide to the best gifts of the holiday season. Browse by interest or price; we promise you’ll find something nice.
Albert Paley Selling a Sampling of His Metalwork The auction will consist of about 55 works, including 1960s moonstone jewelry, recent steel tables and fireplace tools. By EVE M. KAHN
Creator of Brazil’s Outdoor Museum Inhotim Sentenced to Prison Bernardo Paz, the founder of the Inhotim Institute, was convicted of money laundering. By ERNESTO LONDONO
A Shortlist of What We Like Right Now Understated furniture from Fendi, dramatic ceramics, pine on your plate and more. By T MAGAZINE
After Leonardo’s Sky-High Sale, the Art World Asks, Is There Still a Ceiling? “People keep asking me, ‘When are we going to see the billion-dollar painting?’” By ROBIN POGREBIN
Homesick for Downton Abbey? Here’s a Way to Go Back There “Downton Abbey: The Exhibition” comes to Manhattan, offering fans of the series a cleverly immersive period wonderland. By LOUIS BAYARD
After ‘Vandalism Got Vandalized,’ a Banksy Is Brought Back to Life On Saturday, a formerly graffiti-covered work by Banksy is to be unveiled, coinciding with the opening day of the art show Prospect New Orleans. By TED LOOS
With Big Gift and Tighter Oversight, the Met Gains Solid Ground Coming off a tumultuous year, the museum is reducing its deficit and aiming to increase transparency. An $80 million donation helps. By ROBIN POGREBIN
By Design A London Penthouse, in Shades of Gray The interior designer Faye Toogood creates a moody home that, like its owner, comes alive at night. By NANCY HASS
New York Public Library Unveils $317 Million Master Plan The plan improves circulation and opens up underused spaces, while also announcing a study on the hotly contested issue of the library’s stacks. By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
Paris Restaurants Get a Design Boost Six new (and newish) places with good food, relaxed ambience ? and big-name architects and design firms behind them. By LINDSEY TRAMUTA
Park Avenue Armory Unveils Its 2018 Season Its vast drill hall will host productions by artists including Ivo van Hove, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and William Kentridge. By JOSHUA BARONE
An Artist Turns Her Lens on a New Art City: Miami With a major retrospective at the Perez museum, the Miami filmmaker Dara Friedman talks about her art, her career ? and her city as a cultural capital. By BRETT SOKOL
Holocaust Artist’s Legacy Is Contested in Germany Rosemarie Koczy, whose works memorialized genocide victims, was accused by archivists of faking a past in Nazi concentration camps. By ANNALISA QUINN
Washington’s Tent: A Detective Story How the Museum of the American Revolution found the only known depiction of George Washington’s traveling headquarters during the Revolutionary War. By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
Chagall’s Romantic Love Story Leads Sotheby’s Impressionist Sale “These Impressionist sales aren’t the events they were, but the prices gave buyers some confidence,” said a London dealer. By ROBIN POGREBIN and SCOTT REYBURN
An All-Woman Art Fair During Art Basel Miami Beach A platform for female artists, aimed at righting gender inequality, will coexist with the commercial art fair in December. By ROBIN POGREBIN
What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week New shows feature discarded objects and negative space; arrangements of plants, fabric and knickknacks; and the overlooked portraits of Marcia Marcus. By ROBERTA SMITH, MARTHA SCHWENDENER and WILL HEINRICH
Palmyra, Plato and Play Doh: Getty Plans New Shows for Renovated Villa The exhibitions will starting in April include one on Middle Eastern sculpture and another featuring contemporary artists on Plato’s legacy. By JORI FINKEL
Olga Viso, Embattled Leader of Walker Art Center, Steps Down Her 10-year tenure will end following a controversy over a sculpture that depicted gallows. By ANDREW R. CHOW
Albert Paley Selling a Sampling of His Metalwork The auction will consist of about 55 works, including 1960s moonstone jewelry, recent steel tables and fireplace tools. By EVE M. KAHN
Creator of Brazil’s Outdoor Museum Inhotim Sentenced to Prison Bernardo Paz, the founder of the Inhotim Institute, was convicted of money laundering. By ERNESTO LONDONO
A Shortlist of What We Like Right Now Understated furniture from Fendi, dramatic ceramics, pine on your plate and more. By T MAGAZINE
After Leonardo’s Sky-High Sale, the Art World Asks, Is There Still a Ceiling? “People keep asking me, ‘When are we going to see the billion-dollar painting?’” By ROBIN POGREBIN
Homesick for Downton Abbey? Here’s a Way to Go Back There “Downton Abbey: The Exhibition” comes to Manhattan, offering fans of the series a cleverly immersive period wonderland. By LOUIS BAYARD
After ‘Vandalism Got Vandalized,’ a Banksy Is Brought Back to Life On Saturday, a formerly graffiti-covered work by Banksy is to be unveiled, coinciding with the opening day of the art show Prospect New Orleans. By TED LOOS
With Big Gift and Tighter Oversight, the Met Gains Solid Ground Coming off a tumultuous year, the museum is reducing its deficit and aiming to increase transparency. An $80 million donation helps. By ROBIN POGREBIN
By Design A London Penthouse, in Shades of Gray The interior designer Faye Toogood creates a moody home that, like its owner, comes alive at night. By NANCY HASS
New York Public Library Unveils $317 Million Master Plan The plan improves circulation and opens up underused spaces, while also announcing a study on the hotly contested issue of the library’s stacks. By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
Paris Restaurants Get a Design Boost Six new (and newish) places with good food, relaxed ambience ? and big-name architects and design firms behind them. By LINDSEY TRAMUTA
Park Avenue Armory Unveils Its 2018 Season Its vast drill hall will host productions by artists including Ivo van Hove, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and William Kentridge. By JOSHUA BARONE
An Artist Turns Her Lens on a New Art City: Miami With a major retrospective at the Perez museum, the Miami filmmaker Dara Friedman talks about her art, her career ? and her city as a cultural capital. By BRETT SOKOL
Holocaust Artist’s Legacy Is Contested in Germany Rosemarie Koczy, whose works memorialized genocide victims, was accused by archivists of faking a past in Nazi concentration camps. By ANNALISA QUINN
Washington’s Tent: A Detective Story How the Museum of the American Revolution found the only known depiction of George Washington’s traveling headquarters during the Revolutionary War. By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
Chagall’s Romantic Love Story Leads Sotheby’s Impressionist Sale “These Impressionist sales aren’t the events they were, but the prices gave buyers some confidence,” said a London dealer. By ROBIN POGREBIN and SCOTT REYBURN
An All-Woman Art Fair During Art Basel Miami Beach A platform for female artists, aimed at righting gender inequality, will coexist with the commercial art fair in December. By ROBIN POGREBIN
What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week New shows feature discarded objects and negative space; arrangements of plants, fabric and knickknacks; and the overlooked portraits of Marcia Marcus. By ROBERTA SMITH, MARTHA SCHWENDENER and WILL HEINRICH
Palmyra, Plato and Play Doh: Getty Plans New Shows for Renovated Villa The exhibitions will starting in April include one on Middle Eastern sculpture and another featuring contemporary artists on Plato’s legacy. By JORI FINKEL
Olga Viso, Embattled Leader of Walker Art Center, Steps Down Her 10-year tenure will end following a controversy over a sculpture that depicted gallows. By ANDREW R. CHOW