Mrs. Newman’s donation of artworks greatly bolstered the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s standing as an exhibitor of modern art.

After a six-month search, the Museum of Modern Art has chosen one of its own curators, Ann Temkin, to succeed John Elderfield, who retired as chief curator of painting and sculpture in July.

John Beerman is one of the better-known modern transcendentalist painters in New York.

Daniel Hauben’s pieces at the Freeman Street subway station in the Bronx have been hailed as examples of exemplary contemporary public art.

The curious case of William Milliken Vanderbilt Kingsland began a few months after he died. He left no will, and his apartment turned out to be full of artworks — that turned out to be stolen.

A graffiti artist and onetime protégé of Keith Haring has seriously altered a mural of Haring’s on the Lower East Side.

Elena Climent’s large trompe-l’oeil mural in New York University’s Languages and Literature building depicts works and work places of six writers, using authentic details.

A futuristic art pavilion, commissioned by Chanel and designed by London architect Zaha Hadid, will make a temporary appearance in Central Park this fall.

A coalition of arts organizations has asked the city for $15 million that would go to so-called culturally specific organizations, serving blacks, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and American Indians.

As art museums and galleries have developed larger collections, an art services industry that has sprung up in the dark warehouses of New York City’s boroughs is also growing.