visual arts

October 27, 2026

A polar bear, seen peeking into a hole in sea ice, viewed from underwater, looking up through the hole

Books

The Greek Island That Taught Me the Art of Living

Platon

October 25, 2026

A black and white photograph of an elderly man in a cap

Photography

Winners of the 2026 Epson International Pano Awards

Alan Taylor

October 20, 2026

Tall cliffs and rock formations rise above a flat, arid landscape.

Photography

Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

Alan Taylor

October 15, 2026

An elephant splashes water toward zebras and a giraffe at a watering hole.

Culture

The Marriage That Captures a High Point of American Art

Sebastian Smee

October 8, 2026

Black-and-white photo of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock walking in a field.

Art

The Vanity of Kings

Susan Tallman

November 2026 Issue

photo of close-detail of golden Egyptian sculpted mask with slight smile, lapis-blue eyebrows, and lapis-lined eyes

Culture

The Artist Who Ripped Up the Rules of Drawing

Sebastian Smee

September 16, 2026

Culture

Why Does Donald Trump Hate This Sculpture?

Kelsey Ables

September 14, 2026

"Infinity," an abstract sculpture seen in front of the National Museum of American History

Culture

September 9, 2026

A crocodile, seen underwater, swimming just beneath the surface, near mangrove roots and seagrass

Culture

This Was a Good Sculpture

Tom Healy

September 9, 2026

The sculpture "Blue" by Joel Shapiro seen in front of the Kennedy Center.

Culture

The Limits of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity

Sebastian Smee

August 28, 2026

Culture

The Painter Who Shaped Rothko

Sebastian Smee

August 27, 2026

A man sits in a chair in front of a painting.

Technology

Another Pot of Paint Thrown in the Public’s Face

Matteo Wong

August 20, 2026

Image collage of a black-and-white photo of the front of the SF MoMA building (left) and a Matisse painting of a woman in a large hat (right).

Culture

The New History Wars

Kelsey Ables

August 20, 2026

White House is seen framed through a fence in Lafayette Park

Culture

Do Not Paint Granite!

Dorothy Robyn

August 6, 2026

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House

Art

Look Closer: David Hockney’s Rules of Beauty

Susan Tallman

September 2026 Issue

Fine-art print with dappled orange, yellow, and green walls with central window, shade partway down, with formal garden beyond and reflective wooden parquet floor in foreground.

Technology

Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools

Matteo Wong

July 31, 2026

A collage of false AI images showing explosions

The Wonder Reader

How to Open Yourself Up to a New Passion

Isabel Fattal

July 25, 2026

Photography

Winners of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year

Alan Taylor

July 13, 2026

An aerial view of many gently rolling hills covered by young green grasses and other plants

Culture

How the Elite See Rome

Cullen Murphy

August 2026 Issue

Color photo of Roman interior with ornate door flanked by large sconces opened to inner room.

Art

Look Closer: Pieter De Hooch’s Puzzle Box

Susan Tallman

August 2026 Issue

oil painting of ornate 1663 Dutch interior with two women unloading sheets from a large open wooden cupboard on left, and young girl in doorway near stairs

Culture

What AI Will Do to Art

Spencer Kornhaber

August 2026 Issue

photo of woman standing and man sitting at table on wheels with large artwork leaning against wall behind and blur of toddler in foreground

Art

Did Marcel Duchamp Ruin Art?

Sebastian Smee

August 2026 Issue

Marcel Duchamp's "Multiple Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1917": five images of Marcel Duchamp clad in a suit and smoking a pipe around a small table

Photography

Photos of the Week: Chair Hat, Shouting Choir, Demolition Derby

Alan Taylor

June 19, 2026

A woman rides a horse in very shallow water at sunset.

Ideas

Why AI Is Incorrigibly Didactic

Adam Kirsch

June 15, 2026

Art

What Are Frederic Church’s Stunning Landscapes Trying to Tell Us?

Susan Tallman

July 2026 Issue

A painting of a varied landscape, including a waterfall feeding into a pool, a footpath, a church, and mountains.

Culture

The David Hockney Painting That Makes You Look, and Then Look Again

Kelsey Ables

June 13, 2026

Museum viewers in front of David Hockney's painting 'A Bigger Splash'

Books

The Work That Goes Into ‘Effortless’ Style

Jacob Brogan

June 11, 2026

A black-and-white photo of a grouping of hats on a table by a stairway

Books

Where Dogs Go On With Their Doggy Life

Judith Shulevitz

July 2026 Issue

sepia-toned ink sketch of man dressed in rags with walking stick in one hand and the other holding out a hat, with a leashed dog lying at his feet

Culture

How Raphael Made It All Look So Easy

Susan Tallman

June 2, 2026

Culture

Donald Trump’s Paint Jobs

Janay Kingsberry

May 22, 2026

Culture

Trump Is Missing the Entire Point of Arches

Tyler Green

May 21, 2026

A collage of Trump and a group of famous arches

Culture

A Strikingly Complex Portrait of a Founding Father

Lily Meyer

May 17, 2026

A painting of George Washington on a horse with golden strips of canvas on top of him

Culture

The Art Lover’s Dilemma

Sebastian Smee

May 16, 2026

A view of the French artist JR's work entitled "Il Gesto" on a canal in Venice.

Sections

The Print Edition

Winners of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

The Greek Island That Taught Me the Art of Living

Winners of the 2026 Epson International Pano Awards

Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

The Marriage That Captures a High Point of American Art

The Vanity of Kings

The Artist Who Ripped Up the Rules of Drawing

Why Does Donald Trump Hate This Sculpture?

George Lucas’s Next Great Epic Is an Art Museum

Look Closer: Edward Steichen’s Sunflower

Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026

This Was a Good Sculpture

The Limits of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity

The Painter Who Shaped Rothko

Another Pot of Paint Thrown in the Public’s Face

The New History Wars

Do Not Paint Granite!

Look Closer: David Hockney’s Rules of Beauty

Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools

How to Open Yourself Up to a New Passion

Winners of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year

How the Elite See Rome

Look Closer: Pieter De Hooch’s Puzzle Box

What AI Will Do to Art

Did Marcel Duchamp Ruin Art?

Photos of the Week: Chair Hat, Shouting Choir, Demolition Derby

Why AI Is Incorrigibly Didactic

What Are Frederic Church’s Stunning Landscapes Trying to Tell Us?

The David Hockney Painting That Makes You Look, and Then Look Again

The Work That Goes Into ‘Effortless’ Style

Where Dogs Go On With Their Doggy Life

How Raphael Made It All Look So Easy

Donald Trump’s Paint Jobs

Trump Is Missing the Entire Point of Arches

A Strikingly Complex Portrait of a Founding Father

The Art Lover’s Dilemma