The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Saturday May 24, 2025

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

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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

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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

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Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

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

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Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Turtle Friends

Ages: All
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Craft & DIY
Family

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
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

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

What Will People Think? // NYAAF Debut Exhibition

104 Charlton StSoho

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

4 Artists

Noon – 5 pm

TABLA RASA GALLERY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

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Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

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Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

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

3 – Florencia Cuenca and Company

2 – 4:30 pm

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Art
Comedy

James Earl Jones TheatreManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

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Comedy

INTARHell’s Kitchen

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2 – 4 pm

HOW TO BECOME AN OCTOPUS – Free training session

Art
Classes

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3 – 6 pm

connect→collide→collab | a creative community matchmaking event

Between Space StudioBrooklyn

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

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Art
Comedy

INTARHell’s Kitchen

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7:30 – 9 pm

TANGO NIGHTS – Ajkun Ballet Company and the National Ballet of Kosovo

Ajkun Ballet Company at Theater at St. JeanNew York City

3 – Florencia Cuenca and Company

8 – 10:30 pm

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Art
Comedy

James Earl Jones TheatreManhattan

Sunday May 25

Unknown

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

All day

DanceAfrica Festival 2025

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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All day

Lower East Side Festival of The Arts

Theater for the New CityEast Village

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

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