Art Is a Splash, Grand and Tiny, in Miami

By MELENA RYZIK

Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times

The people, places and approaches to creativity that are Art Basel Miami and its offshoots make it a destination for both global collectors and seekers of the avant-garde.

An artist’s rendering of the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by Frank Gehry.

A New Art Capital, Finding Its Own Voice

By CAROL VOGEL

As plans for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi go forth, those involved are hoping to speak to the art history of many nations.

Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 5-Dec. 11

A selected guide to the visual arts in New York City.

December 5, 2014

Architect Submits A Plan to Save Brutalist Building in Orange County

An architect who hopes to save a Paul Rudolph-designed building in Orange County, N.Y., presented his detailed proposal to county leaders there on Friday.

December 5, 2014

International Arts Events Happening in the Week Ahead

A slideshow of arts events taking place across the world this coming week.

December 4, 2014

Boston College to Move and Expand Art Museum

The McMullen Museum of Art will double its exhibition space by moving across the street into the former home of Boston’s archbishops.

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Arthur Leipzig, a Photographer Inspired by Everyday Life in New York, Dies at 96

By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Known for his crisp, emotionally provocative images, Mr. Leipzig was of a generation of socially minded photographers who took to the streets to record life as they encountered it.

Art Review

Silence Wrapped in Eloquent Cocoons

By HOLLAND COTTER

Judith Scott, who was born with Down syndrome, created sculptures from objects swathed in cloth and twine, the subject of a show at the Brooklyn Museum.

Art Review

Bones collected by Georgia O’Keeffe are part of the show

Bullet Holes to Bones: Artifacts With Meaning

By KEN JOHNSON

Places and artifacts connected with celebrated figures from the past make up a show of 82 photographs by Annie Leibovitz, “Pilgrimage,” at the New-York Historical Society.

Art Review

A depiction of Jacqueline Kennedy in “Greer Lankton: Love Me.”

The Artist and the Work, Both Intricate and Fluid

By HOLLAND COTTER

The works in “Greer Lankton: Love Me” delve into the artist’s skill and her gender-bending life.

Art in Review

“Eternal Feminine (II)” (2014) is one of a series of felt paintings by Alexander Tovborg, a Danish artist, making his New York gallery debut.

Alexander Tovborg: ‘Eternal Feminine’

By ROBERTA SMITH

Alexander Tovborg’s “Eternal Feminine,” at Nicelle Beauchene, is a series of eye-catching paintings on felt, each featuring two rainbows.

Art in Review

A still from “Titan,” 2008, photographed in black and white by the Swiss-born artist Klaus Lutz from a projection of a 16-millimeter film.

Klaus Lutz: ‘Selected Stories’

By KEN JOHNSON

“Selected Stories,” at the Kitchen in Chelsea, includes homemade films, in which Lutz makes cameos as a tiny figure dressed in white.

A Stage, a Pool, a Flood of Ideas

By WILLIAM GRIMES

For his installation “Tears Become ... Streams Become ...,” which features piano concerts by Hélène Grimaud, the artist Douglas Gordon has made the Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall a vast pool.

Art in Review

Sara Greenberger Rafferty

By KAREN ROSENBERG

Changing direction after a period of fun with celebrity images, Sara Greenberger Rafferty seeks out transparent materials and approaches them with an eye toward preservation.

Art Review

Picasso's “Jacqueline With Paloma and Catherine

Controlling Images: A Mature Picasso

By KAREN ROSENBERG

For those who can’t get enough Picasso (and his muses), there are two shows in New York right now, at the Pace Gallery and Gagosian.

Art in Review

‘Pier 54’

By KAREN ROSENBERG

The 27 women in “Pier 54,” a High Line Art project, reinterpret the all-male effort of the “Pier 18” show at MoMA in 1971.

Massoud Hassani’s metal-and-bamboo Mine Kafon, which detonates land mines, is on display at a Tokyo design exhibition, “The Fab Mind.”

Fixing Stuff, Repairing the World

By ALICE RAWSTHORN

“The Fab Mind,” a Tokyo exhibition, celebrates the art of repair with examples of aesthetic creativity applied to humanitarian ends, like recycling and land mines.

Elizabeth Velazquez, who is of Puerto Rican and Peruvian heritage, is part of “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations.”

A Look at Looking Different

By FELICIA R. LEE

Mixed heritage, including dozens of oral histories, is the subject of “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations,” at the Brooklyn Historical Society.

Special Section

Picasso and a Great Pyrenees, left, from “Picasso & the Camera” at the Gagosian Gallery and “Jacqueline aux Fleurs” by Picasso, from “Picasso & Jacqueline” at the Pace.

Fine Arts & Exhibits

A special section highlights upcoming events and exhibitions, and surveys new developments in prominent museums.

Interactive Feature

Fall Arts Preview - Times 100

How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.

Inside Art

Two dealers plan to create a Shaker environment at Maastricht. A cupboard, circa 1850s.

A European Show for Shaker Furniture

By CAROL VOGEL

Philippe Ségalot, a contemporary-art dealer, fell in love with Shaker furniture eight and now plans to show and sell it at the European Fine Arts Fair.