Best Photos of the Day

Following the appearance of her retrospective in New York City, the Wichita Art Museum stages a career survey for artist Beth Lipman. This major loan show, “Beth Lipman: All in Time,” displays exquisite work presenting the development and strength of this exceptional artist. The exhibition is on view through September 25, 2022, in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A. Photos by Kirk Eck.

Daryl McCormack in London, July 29, 2022. The Irish actor’s performance as a sympathetic sex worker in “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” this summer “has definitely opened up doors for me,” he said. Next up is the Apple TV+ series “Bad Sisters.” Kalpesh Lathigra/The New York Times.

George R.R. Martin outside his office in Santa Fe, N.M., Aug. 12, 2022. Martin pushed for “House of the Dragon” to be the first “Game of Thrones” spinoff at HBO — eventually, he got his wish. Kalen Goodluck/The New York Times.

Abby, Big Bird, and Elmo during a taping of Sesame Street at Kaufman Studios in New York on May 16, 2019. HBO Max took down classic episodes of “Sesame Street” as it prepares to combine with Discovery+, a move that came as a surprise to fans, who worried about what it signals. Landon Nordeman/The New York Time.

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs outside the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, Aug. 18, 2022. The orchestra, convened just a month ago, showed its defiance with a performance of sophistication, craft, rigor and subtlety. Caitlin Ochs/The New York Times.

From left, Hsiao-Jou Tang, Jennifer Payán and Leah Ives of the Trisha Brown Dance Company rehearse “Group Primary Accumulation” for the Beach Sessions at Rockaway Beach in New York, Aug. 15, 2022. The esteemed company is taking over the shoreline from Beach 97th Street to Beach 110th Street with a program highlighting a selection of works chosen for the way they would interact with the beach. Angelo Silvio Vasta/The New York Times.

The conductor James Gaffigan rehearses Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, N.M., July 21, 2022. Gaffigan’s future once seemed on the symphony stage, not in an opera house. Ramsay de Give/The New York Times.

Ceramic birds adorn a fireplace mantle in Keila Tirado-Leist’s home in Milwaukee on Aug. 14, 2022. Ruffles and their close cousin chintz — the often bright floral fabric with a glossy finish — are returning, partly in rebellion to the minimalist aesthetic that has dominated interior design for so long. Sara Stathas/The New York Time.

In a photo provided by Hawaii Tourism Authority shows, John De Fries, the president and chief executive of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. De Fries, the first native Hawaiian to lead the state’s tourism authority, discusses the delicate balance of tourism, culture and the environment — and why he got hooked on the TV show “The White Lotus.” Hawaii Tourism Authority via The New York Times.

A photo provided by Erin Baiano shows AIM dancers in Kyle Abraham’s “Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth,” at the Rose Theater in New York, on Aug. 11, 2022. With a score by the innovative electronic musician Jlin, Abraham’s dance has beautiful skeins of motion but lacks cohesive structure. Erin Baiano via The New York Time.