Best Photos of the Day

Installers with works that were to be placed on the walls at the de Young Open, a sprawling exhibition of Bay Area artists at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Sept. 11, 2023. Almost 8,000 pieces were submitted --- the 883 chosen works make up a dizzying, bursting-at-the-seams extravaganza of an exhibition. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

Captain Kenneth Force conducting the Merchant Marine Academy band at the dedication in Uniondale, N.Y. on Oct. 18, 1989. Force, who as the leader of the Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band from 1971 to 2016 was one of the nation’s foremost experts in the art of military pomp, died on Oct. 7, 2023 in Rye, N.Y. He was 83. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)

The mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as the pilot Jess in Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s new opera “Grounded,” in Washington, Oct. 4, 2023. In the spring, anger erupted after Washington National Opera listed the presenting sponsor of the production as General Dynamics, the military contractor. (Melissa Lyttle/The New York Times)

Clotaire Fouchereau is thrown into the air by fellow Compagnie de Chaillot acrobats at the Chaillot-Théâtre National de la Danse in Paris, Oct. 9, 2023. The choreographer Rachid Ouramdane works with acrobats and a highliner in “Corps Extrêmes,” a hypnotic production coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. (Elliott Verdier/The New York Times)

In an undated image provided by History Colorado, An elk hide painting from 1994 created by Eugene Ridgely Sr. (Northern Arapaho) that depicts the brutality of the Sand Creek Massacre, on display at the History Colorado Center in Denver. A revised exhibit about the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado drew heavily on the views of members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. (History Colorado via The New York Times)

Thurston Moore in London, Oct. 9, 2023. Moore helped change the trajectory of rock music with Sonic Youth — but in his new memoir, “Sonic Life,” he’d rather talk about the musicians who enriched his world. (Rosie Marks/The New York Times)

Visitors climb through the rooftop exterior maze, set amid statuary including a giant praying mantis, at City Museum in St. Louis on Aug. 18, 2023. City Museum, where visitors are invited to explore and get lost, is also home to a growing collection of contemporary art. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times)

Danny and Lucy DeVito at the American Airlines Theater in Manhattan, where they are starring in “I Need That,” Oct. 7, 2023. Theresa Rebeck wrote the play with the father and daughter in mind and integrated details from their lives. (OK McCausland/The New York Times)

In an undated image provided by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, “Latona Giving Birth to Apollo and Diana on the Island of Delos,” an engraving by Diana Mantuana, also known as Diana Scultori. An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, examines how women faced barriers to equality but often overcame them to contribute to the culture of the era. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston via The New York Times)

Jake Roxander flying in Harald Lander’s “Études,” in New York, Oct. 18, 2023. Susan Jaffe presents her first New York season as American Ballet Theater’s leader, starting with a program of Alexei Ratmansky, Jiri Kylian and Harald Lander. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)