The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Saturday Oct. 18, 2025

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8 am – 5 pm

THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP AT 100 A New Special Exhibit Celebrating a Century of Cultural Impact

Art

The New York HistoricalManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8:30 am – 5 pm

Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

Watson Adventures Indoor Kids (S)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Watson Adventures Indoor Kids (S)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Move to the Music: Vogue

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community
Family

Museum of the City of New YorkEast Harlem

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes
Family

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EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE

1 – 6 pm

EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE

Art
Free

TheaterlabGarment District

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2 – 3 pm

Basket Weaving Workshop with Saung Budaya

Colonels Row on Governors IslandManhattan

Brought to you by Lailani Gibson & The NYC Art Meetup

2 – 4 pm

Art Meetup at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

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3 – 6 pm

Day of the Dead Celebration

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Hispanic Museum & LibraryWashington Heights

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3 – 6 pm

Mano a Mano’s Day of the Dead Celebration at the Hispanic Society

Hispanic Society Museum & LibraryWashington Heights

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

Sunday Oct. 19

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP AT 100 A New Special Exhibit Celebrating a Century of Cultural Impact

Art

The New York HistoricalManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8:30 am – 5 pm

Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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