Best Photos of the Day

From left foreground, a mask created by the Nigerian sculptor Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye depicting a war general; another mask attributed to Bamigboye, depicting a ruler, and a third mask, by Bamigboye, depicting a war general, on display at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 13, 2022. This was a year whose high points included an adult-feeling Whitney Biennial, a major survey of contemporary Puerto Rican art, and one of the great big-little exhibitions of all time. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times)

Audra McDonald stars in "Ohio State Murders,” at the James Earl Jones Theater in New York, Nov. 10, 2022. McDonald plays both halves of a role usually split between an older and younger actor in this revival of Adrienne Kennedy’s rigorously unconventional 1991 play about the worst imaginable crime, and the world that made it inevitable. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)

An offering left on a former Mauna Loa lava flow off a major highway near Hilo, Hawaii, Dec. 4, 2022. Volcanic eruptions are an integral part of the culture of Native Hawaiians. The slow-moving lava flow from Mauna Loa’s rare eruption is drawing excited tourists, while drawing out long-simmering cultural tensions. (Ronit Fahl/The New York Times)

LaTasha Barnes and Tyedric Hill perform in “The Jazz Continuum” at the Joyce Theater in New York on Oct. 11, 2022. After a few slow, sad years, the dance calendar returned to something like abundance, with standout shows that leaned into joy and community. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)

Cole Doman, foreground left, and Hannah Cabell act out a scene of Mary Magdalene washing Jesus’ feet in New York, Oct. 23, 2022. In the background are, from left: Annie Fang, Savidu Geevaratne and Mia Pak. Julia May Jonas’s play-as-Mass for LCT3 is imaginative, but falters as it nears the finish line. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)

Sean M. Decatur, president of Kenyon College, at his office in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, on Dec. 05, 2022. Decatur a biophysical chemist will become the museum’s first Black leader when he succeeds Ellen V. Futter. (Amber N. Ford/New York Times)

Emma Corrin in New York, Oct. 28, 2022. Onscreen and off, the nonbinary star of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “The Crown” has been exploring gender and the cost and responsibility of being heard. (Josefina Santos/The New York Times)

Medieval armor from the personal collection of Ronald Lauder is displayed at the Neue Galerie in New York, Nov. 29, 2022. A showcase of memorabilia at the Neue Galerie spotlights the Central European exiles who crafted Hollywood’s great wartime love story. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)

A western hognose snake at the Bronx Children's Museum in New York, Nov. 29, 2022. After more than 10 years of busing exhibits across the borough, the museum opens a permanent home along the Harlem River. (Charlie Rubin/The New York Times)

An undated photo provided by Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, shows “The Triumph of Bacchus” by Michaelina Wautier. The work of Wautier was long overlooked. — She is belatedly gaining recognition as an old master, as the first U.S. show of her work opens in Boston. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna via The New York Times)