Best Photos of the Day

A Xing Ruyi-Form Cosmetic Box and Cover with Molded Duck and Knot Design, Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD, China Length: 11 cm and a Small Sancai Eagle-Head Ewer, Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD, China Height: 16.5 cm are just two of the many splendid objects in The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection of Chinese Ceramics, offered at Zetterquist Galleries during Asia Week New York (March 16-24).Photo: Zetterquist Galleries.

The A arte Invernizzi gallery opened a solo exhibition by Mauro Staccioli on Thursday 9 March 2023, ten years after his last solo show in the same spaces, and five years since he passed away. Partial view of the exhibition Mauro Staccioli. Sculpture as Transformational Thought. A arte Invernizzi, Milano, 2023. Courtesy A arte Invernizzi, Milano. Ph. Bruno Bani, Milano

From left, Rianna Simons, Asa Haynes and DJ Hills attend a monthlong residency led by the American playwright Jeremy O. Harris at the Monteverdi Tuscany in Castiglioncello del Trinoro, Italy, March 21, 2023. The finalists for the 2023 Yale Drama Series Prize suddenly find themselves in Italy, with plenty of time to write, reflect and make pasta. (Guido Gazzilli/The New York Times)

In an undated image provided by Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, “View over Holmens Canal to the Stock Exchange, Christiansborg Palace, and Holmens Church” (1846), ink over black chalk. ‘‘Beyond the Light’’ at the Met is a luminous, move-close exhibition whose paintings and drawings render a volatile world with purity of heart and line. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York via The New York Times)

Toheeb Jimoh in Los Angeles, March 6, 2023. Just as his character on “Ted Lasso,” Sam Obisanya, has grown over the hit series’ seasons, the actor’s career has also soared. (Erik Carter/The New York Times)

The artists noé olivas and Patrisse Cullors outside Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown, Los Angeles, where their show, “Freedom Portals,” is running through April 8, on March 13, 2023. Cullors and olivas trade activism for spiritual reflection in a joint exhibition that emphasizes the Ifá religious tradition. (Tracy Nguyen/The New York Times)

A month after winning the Miss Universe crown, Marisol Malaret accepted applause from Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York and others at a reception at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan in 1970. Malaret, who in 1970 overcame a difficult childhood to become the first woman from Puerto Rico, and from the Caribbean, to win the Miss Universe pageant — and who then brokered her fame into a career as a television host, editor and entrepreneur — died on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in a hospital in San Juan, P.R. She was 73. (Neal Boenzi/The New York Times).

Inside the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, the association that has been responsible for restoration and preservation of the Duomo since 1387, in Milan. Maintenance for Milan’s cathedral has been nonstop since 1386, but despite the constant need for refurbishment, the beloved landmark’s hold on the city is unbreakable. (Fabio Bucciarelli/The New York Times).

A handout photo shows scientists examining plants stored at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. The museum participated in a new inventory of 1.1 billion objects at 73 natural history museums in 28 countries. (Chip Clark/Smithsonian Institution via The New York Times).