The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Sunday May 18, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors LobbyManhattan

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All day

New York Landmarks Conservancy Hosts 2025 Sacred Sites Open House Weekend

Art
Free

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

Brooklyn

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival APRIL 16 – MAY 24, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction APRIL 20 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause MAY 3 – JULY 6, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Red Thread: Larry Gottheim’s Films MAY 15 – MAY 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Carte Blanche: Rosa Barba MAY 13 – MAY 18, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

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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 – noon

Party on Wheels

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 3 pm

Guggenheim Museum Free Sunday Funday

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: NYCxDESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

St. PaulBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Shelter by Afternoon Light

Art
Markets

The Starrett-Lehigh BuildingChelsea

11 am – 1 pm

Printmaking Workshop

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Family

Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & StorytellingSugar Hill

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Family Concert – Dan + Claudia Zanes

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Family
Music

The Jewish MuseumUpper East Side

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

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Noon – 4 pm

Black Food Rising: The People’s Lunch

Weeksville Heritage CenterBrooklyn

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12:15 – 2:15 pm

Colorful Collage Accordion Books: Drop-In Gallery Activities

Ages: 3 – 4
Art
Family
Free

Jewish MuseumUpper East Side

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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

Art
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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