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The National Portrait Gallery, which is displaying a series of such pictures, will soon show a 1989 studio photograph of a self-confident 40-something Donald J. Trump.

The emotional toll of visiting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Art galleries glow with gold, as do sneakers and celebrities. And artisans continue to gild objects the way it was done centuries ago.

With four new stations as blank canvases, Chuck Close, Vik Muniz, Jean Shin and Sarah Sze celebrate the culture and community of New York City.

The Times critic Michael Kimmelman reflects on how architects have changed New York City this year, making it more livable, humane and energizing.

These exhibitions celebrate unusual subjects, from simple household objects to newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island.

The executive, Patricia Barbizet, will be vice chairwoman. Mr. Cerutti is taking over at a time when auction houses are struggling to fill sales with inventory.

While the tragedy has prompted vows to be safer, there is a sense of agitation among artists, who often do not have the resources to ensure their industrial event spaces are up to code.

A retired doctor visited a Paris auction house in March with a portfolio of drawings. It contained a work now attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and valued at about $15.8 million.

The collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a number of remarkable depictions of powerful women. Here’s our 50-minute critic’s guide.