This work by Stephanie J. Woods on display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is part of a competition that recognizes excellence in portraiture.

President Trump gave King Charles a replica of a sword belonging to Dwight D. Eisenhower last month during his state visit to Britain. The administration had sought a real one.

Since 2021, military veterans have been helping archaeologists excavate near Fort Ligonier in western Pennsylvania. From left, James F. Cawley, Mike Strausner and Jeff Brock.

Kim Sajet at the National Portrait Gallery in 2022. It is unclear if President Trump has legal grounds to fire her.

“Anne Frank the Exhibition” recreates the secret annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and seven other Jews hid for two years. This is the reconstruction of the room she shared with Fritz Pfeffer, a dentist.

The Rubin Museum of Art, on West 17th Street, will close its doors on Oct. 6.

Gallery 625 in the newly reopened European Paintings wing at the Met, which features new skylights and highlights of Spain’s Golden Age, including a portrait by Velázquez of Juan de Pareja, a man of African descent.

Clearing debris on Monday after an overnight missile strike near an art museum in Odesa, Ukraine.

Nairy Baghramian in her Berlin studio. “A vertical swimming pool doesn’t exist, but I would like to swim in it,” she said. “There’s no such thing as a horizontal staircase — but I would like to imagine it.”