Best Photos of the Day

Alexander Reben's retrospective exhibit "AI AM I?" on display at the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 19, 2023. Reben is taking his tech-savvy perspective to OpenAI, a company that some in the art world believe is a threat to their future. (Rozette Halvorson/The New York Times)

George Miller tries to open Lee Krasnow's famed clutch box in Scottsville, N.Y., March 15, 2023. Earlier this year, the Millers relocated the world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles from their home in Florida — but first they took a road trip. (Lauren Petracca/The New York Times)

A contemporary remake of the 1993 show "The Theater of Refusal" includes, on floor, 2022 sculpture by Leslie Hewitt and 2023 sculptures by Torkwase Dyson on wall in wood graphite, acrylic and string. A blue-chip gallery asks, does the infamous Whitney Biennial or "The Theater of Refusal" measure up 30 years later, when artists of color have moved to the mainstream? (Matt Grubb/Hauser & Wirth via The New York Times)

Alice Robb at Steps, a historic dance studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Feb. 17, 2023. From the pop supernova Olivia Rodrigo to a memoirist whose long-held ballet aspirations stalled at the barre, young women gave voice to their longing this year in memorable ways. (Laurel Golio/The New York Times)

A rehearsal of the new production of "Carmen" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Dec. 15, 2023. The British director Carrie Cracknell's production, opening on New Year's Eve, resists the idea that the opera's climactic scene is a crime of passion. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)

Kimmy Scotti at the Art Production Fund's annual gala in New York, March 15, 2023. (Dolly Faibyshev/The New York Times)

Participents play a game at "Squid Game: The Trials," an interactive experience based on the popular, dystopian Netflix franchise, in Los Angeles, Dec. 10, 2023. Streamers and networks are creating live experiences to promote series like "Squid Game" and "Only Murders in the Building" — but do they amount to anything more than just marketing? (Jamie Lee Taete/The New York Times)

A giant model crab claw in a display case at the Crab Musem in Margate, England, Nov. 25, 2023. The tiny museum is gaining attention for its irreverent crustacean exhibits that also teach visitors about climate change and capitalism. (Sam Bush/The New York Times)

In an undated image provided by Alexandra de Cossette/Galerie Kreo, Ronan Bouroullec's two- and three-dimensional ceramics on display at Galerie Kreo in Paris. The Bouroullec brothers, the most influential French designers since Philippe Starck, have broken up. (Alexandra de Cossette/Galerie Kreo via The New York Times)

Jean Lichty and Tim Daly in La Femme Theater's revival of "The Night of the Iguana" at Pershing Square Signature Center in New York, Dec. 5, 2023. A new revival directed by Emily Mann and starring Tim Daly leans into its flailing characters' confusions. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)