Best Photos of the Day

Among the highlights in the exhibition, Selection of Japanese Art: New Acquisitions, at Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art during Asia Week New York (March 16-24), is Folding Screens with Painting of Amusements in Spring and Autumn (Takao, autumn side) (detail), Edo period, early 17th century, ink and color on gold-leaf paper. Photo: Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art.

Matthew Macfadyen in Central Park in New York on, Feb. 6, 2023. (Mark Sommerfeld/The New York Times).

President Joe Biden presents a National Medal of the Arts to Bruce Springsteen during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times).

Ann Duskus photographs a pair of custom shoes at her office studio in San Francisco on Feb. 1, 2023. Duskus and VVicky uong are sneaker artists who equipped their office with a studio for giving online classes, taking product shots and recording unboxing videos. (Kelsey McClellan/The New York Times).

The Kebaya Dining Room at Seven Terraces, a restored hotel where the design showcases the city’s distinctive Peranakan culture, in George Town, Malaysia, Feb. 15, 2023. The colonial port on Malaysia’s island of Penang dazzles visitors with its winding alleys, pastel-painted storefronts, sumptuously restored hotels and mouthwatering food. (Lauryn Ishak/The New York Times).

Kelsea Ballerini in New York, March 2, 2023. The country singer and songwriter has long tested Nashville’s boundaries while revealing herself to her listeners — touring behind a recent album and a surprise EP, she’s finding new heights. (Sabrina Santiago/The New York Times).

Zoë Chao in New York, March 9, 2023. Starz’s beloved cater-waiter comedy “Party Down” hit awfully close to home when Chao was still hustling to make ends meet at a bar. (Justin J Wee/The New York Times).

Taylor Swift performs on the opening night of The Eras Tour at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on March 17, 2023. Sometimes, Swift joined her dozen-plus dancers in crisp choreography. (Cassidy Araiza/The New York Times).

Melanie Lynskey in Los Angeles, March 6, 2023. In series like “Yellowjackets,” the actor specializes in revealing the turbulent emotions of women who seem innocuous and mild on the surface. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times).

In a photo provided by David Zwirner shows, Gerhard Richter’s executed in 2016 and ’17, that come in different sizes and color combinations. The German artist says the 14 paintings here are among his last and even so, their freshness and spontaneity feels like a new beginning. (via David Zwirner via The New York Times).