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    2. PhotoFaith Ringgold at her dining table in Englewood, N.J., surrounded by her work “California Dah #3, 1983,” envisioning what her mother experienced when she died. “I always have to feel something to paint it,” Ms. Ringgold says. The doll is Cassie, from her children’s book, “Tar Beach.”
      CreditMeron Tekie Menghistab for The New York Times

      Faith Ringgold Will Keep Fighting Back

      After the loss of her husband and a pandemic lockdown, this ardent activist was creatively blocked. Now, after watching the protests, she is inspired again.

      By Bob Morris

  4. PhotoA Julius Klinger poster for the eighth Austrian war bond (1918).
    CreditJulius Klinger and Merrill C. Berman Collection

    2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home

    Galleries and museums are getting creative about presenting work online during the coronavirus crisis. Here are two shows worth viewing virtually.

  5. PhotoProtesters outside the Whitney Museum in May of last year, when they demanded that Warren Kanders be removed from the museum’s board of trustees.
    CreditAndrew White for The New York Times

    Warren Kanders Says He Is Getting Out of the Tear Gas Business

    Amid protests in which his company’s products have been used by the police, the ex-Whitney Museum trustee said that the company, Safariland, would sell off its crowd-control products divisions.

    By Robin Pogrebin

  1. The Artist’s Caretaker: Once He Controlled Everything. No More.

    When Robert Indiana died, the man who had directed his affairs was supposed to help run the artist’s foundation and its new museum. Those plans have changed.

    By Graham Bowley

  2. Five Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now

    Cauleen Smith’s experimental films about black life, Kyle Marshall’s dance improvisation dedicated to victims of police brutality: Here are some of the Instagram accounts brightening our art critic’s daily feed.

    By Jillian Steinhauer

  3. Museums Collect Protest Signs to Preserve History in Real Time

    Curators surveyed the area outside the White House on Wednesday for artifacts that will help record the emotional turmoil.

    By Graham Bowley

  4. Modigliani Expert Says a Nonprofit Is Holding His Research ‘Hostage’

    Marc Restellini, an art historian, is fighting the Wildenstein Plattner Institute over the ownership of a research archive he spent decades compiling.

    By Julia Jacobs

  5. Soothing Incense, Recommended by T Editors

    Scented smoke for the good of your space and state of mind.

  6. Galleries to Open in the Hamptons. It’s Not Business as Usual.

    Masks will be required and there will be limited or no staff for some in-person viewing experiences.

    By Sophie Haigney

  7. A Museum Canceled a Show About Police Brutality. Here’s the Art.

    MoCA Cleveland has apologized to the artist Shaun Leonardo, whose charcoal drawings represent victims of police violence.

    By Brian Boucher

  8. As the Art World Goes Online, a Generation Gap Opens

    Young collectors are still viewing and buying pieces, but they’re spending far less time and money than their older counterparts once did. That’s a problem for the industry.

    By Scott Reyburn

  9. Art Basel Cancels September Fair

    Galleries had pushed back, saying coronavirus concerns would prevent visitors from attending the prestigious art gathering.

    By Scott Reyburn

  10. Paint Fades, but Murals Remember People Killed by Police

    Across the country, artists have created portraits of George Floyd, Amadou Diallo, Eric Garner and others as markers of pain and loss.

    By Zachary Small