The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Monday Jan. 19, 2026

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

TR16414.19

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

News: Jackie Robinson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Noon – 3 pm

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community
Family

Jackie Robinson MuseumTribeca

3 SUBMERGE, BEYOND THE RENDER, at ARTECHOUSE. photo courtesy of ARTECHOUSE

Noon – 7 pm

SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render

Ages: All
Art
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

Tuesday Jan. 20

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

631.1994

All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

TR16414.19

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

3 SUBMERGE, BEYOND THE RENDER, at ARTECHOUSE. photo courtesy of ARTECHOUSE

Noon – 7 pm

SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render

Ages: All
Art
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

Wednesday Jan. 21

Ruth-Asawa-Tamarind-Prints-front-cover-241×300

All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Screenshot 2025-10-17 at 12.04.53 PM

All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

631.1994

All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

TR16414.19

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

3 SUBMERGE, BEYOND THE RENDER, at ARTECHOUSE. photo courtesy of ARTECHOUSE

Noon – 7 pm

SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render

Ages: All
Art
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

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3:30 – 4:30 pm

Paint Your heART Out! Painting Class for Kids

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Family
Free

The Art Studio NYManhattan

Thursday Jan. 22

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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