Best Photos of the Day

"La Belle Epoque Auction House is presenting their Holiday Season Multi-Estates Auction at their stunning 7,000 square-foot space at 71 8th Avenue on the border of the Meatpacking District and the West Village in New York City. This Siouxsie and the Banshees French poster is one of only two in existence... the other being at MOMA. Estimated at $1500-3,000.

The Savers thrift store where the Wyeth painting was bought by the Donahues, in Manchester, N.H., on Sept. 16, 2023. A New Hampshire couple was quite happy when a rare N.C. Wyeth work they stumbled upon sold for so much at auction. But when the buyer reneged, the sale and their vacation dreams were undone. (Joe Klementovich/The New York Times)

A clown uses bubbles in an act during a performance by the German troupe Circus Theater Roncalli at the Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, Nov. 15, 2023. Christmas classics, comedic musicals and a star-studded Sondheim revival: New York has a variety of shows to see this season. (Ye Fan/The New York Times)

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra during a rehearsal of "Émigré" an oratorio about Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, in Shanghai,Nov. 15, 2023. When the joint Shanghai-New York project was announced, "Émigré" was hailed as a sign of the power of cultural exchange between China and the United States in a time of increasing tensions. (Qilai Shen/The New York Times)

Beyoncé during her opening show for the North American leg of her tour, at the Rogers Center in Toronto, July 8, 2023. Beyoncé decided to skip the red carpet entirely at the Los Angeles premiere of her new concert documentary, "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé," and entered only after the lights had been turned off and the movie was seconds away from beginning. (The New York Times)

From left, Rosa Middleton, a minister; Robert L. Adams, executive director of the Penn Center; and Minniefield at Coffin Point Community Praise House on St. Helena Island, S.C., in August 2023. The Gullah Geechee fight to preserve praise houses, a cradle of the Black church, before they're erased by sprawl, climate change and fading memories. (Candace Dane Chambers/The New York Times)

An art show organized for 32 BJ SEIU, the union that represents building workers, which included work from artists who are superintendents, porters and security guards, in Manhattan, Oct. 23, 2023. Peter Rutkowski, a harried super at a five-building co-op in Westchester County, carves out time in his mornings to return to his easel and oil paints. (Karen Dias/The New York Times)

Dancers, drawn from 14 countries across Africa, rehearse Pina Bausch's "Rite of Spring" at L'Ecole des Sables in Toubab Dialao, a fishing village outside of Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 18, 2023. On any given night, a particular dancer may be performing one of a handful roles. (Carmen Abd Ali/The New York Times)

The JACK Quartet, from left: John Pickford, Jay Campbell, Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, Oct. 26, 2023. Its stylistic range, precision and passion have made the group one of contemporary music's indispensable ensembles. (Ulysses Ortega/The New York Times)

Center from left, Mel Semé, Natalie Venetia Belcon and Renesito Avich in "Buena Vista Social Club" at the Linda Gross Theater in New York, Nov. 16, 2023. The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago --- now it's an Off Broadway musical. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)