The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Wednesday Oct. 22, 2025

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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

10 am – 5 pm

Diwali: A Festival of Lights at CMOM

Ages: All
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Family

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

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

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El Museo del BarrioManhattan

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

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Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman

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6 – 8 pm

Visible Mending Class (Child Care available)

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Scribble Art WorkshopNEW YORK

Thursday Oct. 23

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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

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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 – 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 – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman

Art
LGBTQ+

SoMadFlatiron

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3 – 4 pm

The Art of Immigration: Italian Art in an American Chruch

Italian American MuseumLittle Italy

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6 – 8 pm

Water Colors w/ Francis Hseuh

Art

Northern Manhattan Arts AllianceWashington Heights

Inwood Art Hangs

6 – 8 pm

Inwood Art Hangs

Art
Classes

Scribble Art WorkshopNEW YORK

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6 – 7:30 pm

AIGA NY presents Designing Motherhood: A Conversation on Design, Health, and Humanity

Museum of Arts and DesignColumbus Circle

Morgan After Hours Illuminated Evening

6 – 9 pm

Morgan After Hours: Illuminated Evening

The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattan

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6 – 10 pm

European Literature Night 2025

Ukrainian Institute of AmericaUpper east side

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7 – 8:30 pm

Sip & Paint with Nina Molloy

Art

Moxy ChelseaManhattan

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7 – 9:30 pm

`Tiff Baira x Airbnb Experiences

Art

Recreation at The Moxy DowntownManhattan

STONEWALL PRESENTS

8 – 9:30 pm

Stonewall Presents: The Halloween Slay Cabaret Starring Musical Comedian Ben Hawes

Art
Comedy

The Stonewall InnWest Village

Friday Oct. 24

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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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