Best Photos of the Day

This striking image of Maharana Jagat Singh II and Thakur Sirdar Singh stalking deer is one of the gems in the exhibition Gods, Gardens and Princes: Indian Works on Paper at Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd. Mewar, India, dated V.S. 1800 / 1743 A.D. Opaque colours with gold on paper, 11 3/8 by 18 ½ in., 28.8 by 47 cm. folio. Asia Week New York.

From left, David Benioff, Alexander Woo and D.B. Weiss, the creators of the new Netflix series “3 Body Problem,” in Austin, Texas, March 7, 2024. In an interview, the series creators discussed life after “Game of Thrones,” their personal ties to “3 Body Problem” and the trick to making physics sexy. (Eli Durst/The New York Times).

Liam Cunningham in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 12, 2024. The loquacious Irish actor has reunited with the creators of “Game of Thrones” for “3 Body Problem,” a science fiction epic on Netflix. (Ryan Pfluger/The New York Times).

River Shook at home in Apex, N.C., March 12, 2024. After a tumultuous childhood in an ultraconservative family, River Shook finally heard country music at 23 — it prompted a long journey of self-discovery. (Lissa Gotwals/The New York Times).

Asian Art Week began on a high as Japanese and Korean Art totaled $6,662,254, selling 112% of its low estimate, and 81% by lot. The day’s top lot was a complete set of Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, which made $3,559,000, setting a new world record for the artist at auction, breaking the old record set by Christie’s last year. © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

In an undated image provided by Christie's Images Ltd., a letter Pattie Boyd received from Eric Clapton in spring 1970 while she was married to George Harrison. Eric Clapton’s handwritten messages, being auctioned this week, shed light on how he wooed Pattie Boyd away from George Harrison and on the impassioned songs the affair inspired. (Christie's Images Ltd. via The New York Times).

In an image provided by Christie's Images Ltd., Pattie Boyd and George Harrison in Esher, England, in 1968. Eric Clapton’s handwritten messages, being auctioned this week, shed light on how he wooed Pattie Boyd away from George Harrison and on the impassioned songs the affair inspired. (Christie's Images Ltd. via The New York Times).

In an undated image provided by Christie's Images Ltd., the original cover art (“La Jeune Fille au Bouquet” by Emile Théodore Frandsen de Schomberg) for the album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.” Eric Clapton’s handwritten messages, being auctioned this week, shed light on how he wooed Pattie Boyd away from George Harrison and on the impassioned songs the affair inspired. (Christie's Images Ltd. via The New York Times).

In an undated image provided by Christie's Images Ltd., a letter that Eric Clapton wrote to Pattie Boyd in 1971 on a page torn from John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.” Eric Clapton’s handwritten messages, being auctioned this week, shed light on how he wooed Pattie Boyd away from George Harrison and on the impassioned songs the affair inspired. (Christie's Images Ltd. via The New York Times).

Visitors study the multimedia installation “The Juniper Tree” (1976/1994) in the exhibition “Joan Jonas: Good Night Good Morning” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, March 15, 2024. The installation suggests a stage set with its bannerlike 24 works on silk, a string of wooden balls, tools and other props. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times).