The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Wednesday Aug. 13, 2025

3 – 5 pm

Summer Art Series from Safe Pathways

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Health & Fitness

VNS Health FRIENDS ClinicBronx

Drink and draw

6 – 8 pm

Drink and Draw: Figure Drawing with a Live Model with Ty Peterson

Art

DUMBO ArchwayBrooklyn

Anne of a Thousand Faces – Banner

6 – 7 pm

‘Anne of a Thousand Faces’ Premieres at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival – Aug 6–16

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

Thursday Aug. 14

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

IT WALK 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Michael Caine: A Shock of Recognition AUGUST 7 – SEPTEMBER 8, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Michael Caine: A Shock of Recognition

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 8 pm

Shaping American Art: A Celebration of the Art Students League of New York at 150

Art

Arts Students LeagueManhattan

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

Under the Sea, Just Like Me! at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

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 – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11:30 am – 7 pm

Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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Noon – 6 pm

Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED The Immersive Rock Experience

ARTECHOUSEChelsea Market

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Bryant ParkManhattan

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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2 – 4 pm

Teen Summer 2025 Celebration at the Park

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park South PlaygroundBronx

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean
Family

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

4 – 7 pm

Back to School Night: The Art in Sports

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

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7 – 11:30 pm

EROSION: The Playground – An Immersive Art, Sound, and Community Experience

Pinky SwearManhattan

GW PIC

8 – 9:30 pm

Ghost Writer, An Abolitionist’s Tale Premieres at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

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