Mr. Fontein, a renowned scholar who had organized the important exhibitions “Zen Painting and Calligraphy” in 1970 and “Unearthing China’s Past” in 1973, put the museum on a new course almost immediately. Continue reading the main story Under his leadership, the museum presented a canny blend of challenging, specialized exhibitions …

Photo A scene from the 2016 “Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular.” Credit Craig Blankenhorn/NBC Fireworks light up the skies over New York and Washington, and American presidents, lawmakers and celebrities recite the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. What’s on TV MACY’S FOURTH OF JULY …

CNBC Data glitch: Nasdaq-listed stocks Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft were showing prices of $123.47 per piece “As part of its normal process, the UTP distributed test data and certain third parties improperly propagated the data. Nasdaq is working with third party vendors to resolve the matter,” the spokesman said. …

At a little more than 100 small-format pages, the book, which is structured as the narrator’s personal and creative diary, leaves little room for set-up, so we get it in quick succession: He and his wife fight, a lot. He’s writing “Besties 2,” a sequel to his most commercially successful …

Photo Paul Gauguin’s “Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?),” from 1892. Credit Artothek/Associated Press A legal dispute has revealed that a painting thought to be the world’s most expensive artwork is not the most expensive one after all. Paul Gauguin’s 1892 oil painting “Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You …

Getty Images Founder and Partner at 500 Startups, Dave McClure speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. McClure resigned from 500 Startups after a New York Times report said he sent inappropriate messages to a female entrepreneur. Dave McClure, the founding partner of tech incubator 500 Startups, has resigned just …

Photo Clay timbers in Oaxaca, Mexico, that will be used for Bosco Sodi’s installation “Muro.” Credit Via Studio Bosco Sodi A wall will go up in Washington Square Park on Sept. 7, but come down by the end of the day. Called “Muro,” this wall will be the artist Bosco …

Etienne Laurent | Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron walks through the Galerie des Bustes (Busts Gallery) to access the Versailles Palace’s hemicycle for a special congress gathering both houses of parliament (National Assembly and Senate), near Paris, France, July 3, 2017. A 23-year-old was arrested and charged with plotting to …

Photo A giant statue of Azog, a character from “The Hobbit,” at Comic-Con in New York in 2014. Warner Bros. and the estate of the author J.R.R. Tolkien have settled a lawsuit over online merchandising. Credit Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Warner Bros. and the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien …

Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media | AP In this Sunday, July 2, 2017, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, uses the beach with his family and friends at the governor’s summer house at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey. The deeply unpopular governor then returned by helicopter …