This article is part of a special section on the Climate Forward conference hosted by The New York Times. Pontevedra may be a smaller city in northwest Spain, but it has been a pioneer in favoring pedestrians over cars for more than 20 years. The city has

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This article is part of our Women and Leadership special report that coincides with global events in March celebrating the accomplishments of women. This conversation has been edited and condensed. Sheila Watson credits her upbringing in a working-class c

This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it. Jon Shirley discovered Alexander Calder in a book for a high school humanities class, and then saw his work in person on

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This article is part of our special section on the Climate Forward event that will include policy and climate leaders from around the world. Over 20 years, Fayetteville, Ark., steadily built a 110-mile bicycle network of paved and natural-surface trails t

This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences. Beatrix Potter’s tales about the frolics and misadventures of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck an

Opening in May at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, the exhibition will delve into the instrument’s myriad representations and stars who have played it. This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to ne

This article is part of our Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on how museums, galleries and auction houses are embracing new artists, new concepts and new traditions. The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston has bold ambitions for “To Begin Again: Arti

This article is part of a special report on Climate Solutions, which looks at efforts around the world to make a difference. Mattia Grandi grew up cycling everywhere on the narrow cobblestone streets of Bologna, Italy. Now 40 and an administrator at the U

Visionaries is a limited series that looks at figures who are trying to transform the way we live. For more than 30 years, Julie Bargmann, a landscape architect and founder of D.I.R.T. Studio (Dump It Right There) in Charlottesville, Va., has focused on c

This article is part of our latest special section on Museums, which focuses on new artists, new audiences and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. Nikita Kravtsov, a Ukrainian artist born in Crimea and now based in Paris, recently traveled to New York

This article is the last in a limited series on artificial intelligence’s potential to solve everyday problems. Each year, about 1.35 million people are killed in crashes on the world’s roads, and as many as 50 million others are seriously injured, accord

In April 2017, a man drove a stolen truck into a crowded shopping district in central Stockholm and crashed it into a department store, killing four people and injuring 15 others. The terrorist attack prompted the Swedish government to investigate how dig

This article is part of a special report on Climate Solutions, which looks at efforts around the world to make a difference. When consumers in the United States and other wealthy nations shed their gas-fueled cars for more environmentally friendly, cleaner ones, like hybrids and electrics, they feel like they are being good citizens, helping to improve air quality and make the planet better.

This article is part of our latest Fine Arts & Exhibits special report, about how art institutions are helping audiences discover new options for the future. Twenty-five-hundred years ago in a workshop in Athens, a master potter and his apprentice were creating a vase depicting Hercules driving a bull to sacrifice when the potter had a eureka moment — instead of painting figures the usual black, why not red.