The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Saturday Sep. 7, 2024

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10 am – 5 pm

New York Aquarium ‘Washed Ashore’ Experience

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

New York AquariumBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Papery Partners

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community
Family

Wave HillThe Bronx

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10 am – 10 pm

FLASHBACK 5: CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF ARTECHOUSE NYC

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

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10 am – noon

Shantell Martin Art Sundae Children’s Workshop

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Rockefeller Center

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumManhattan

Tanu Family Day

11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Exhibition Tour and Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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11 am – 7 pm

Seedling at BLOOM by HERO in Rockefeller Center

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Attractions
Family

HERORockefeller Center

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Noon – 6 pm

Exhibition of Antiguan Artist Frank Walter | The Drawing Center | through Sep 15

Soho

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Noon – 6 pm

Six Foot Platform: HISAYASU TAKASHIO – UNCONSCIOUSNESS

Art
Free

Washington Street in DumboBrooklyn

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1 – 5 pm

The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Presents: Dual Currents: Perspectives in Paint

Art
Free

Gowanus Dredgers BoathouseBrooklyn

2 – 7 pm

“Grow In BedStuy, It’s The Hattie Carthan Way” Art Exhibition & Open House

Art
Free

Herbert Von King Cultural Arts CenterBrooklyn

Wajdi Cherif Jazz Explorations Trio

3 – 4 pm

Jazz Explorations Trio

Queens Museum – Flushing Meadows-Corona ParkCorona

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5 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5 – 6 pm

Saturday Stand Up Comedy Matinee at New York Comedy Club

New York Comedy Club – MidtownGramercy

Sunday Sep. 8

All day

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Sky’s The Limit: Style As Resistance

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue SEPTEMBER 15th – JANUARY 11th

Art

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

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2 am – 5 pm

Emergence Arts Presents A Fall Fashion Clothing Swap!

Art
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Endless Life BrewingBrooklyn

8 am – 5 pm

Modern Matinees: Family—The Faith Hubley Centennial

Ages: All
Art
Family

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

New York Aquarium ‘Washed Ashore’ Experience

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

New York AquariumBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Papery Partners

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community
Family

Wave HillThe Bronx

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10 am – 10 pm

FLASHBACK 5: CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF ARTECHOUSE NYC

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

10:30 am – 6 pm

Free Second Sundays

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Artfully Arranged: Floral Works from the Collection

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 8 pm

Seedling at BLOOM by HERO in Rockefeller Center

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Attractions
Family

HERORockefeller Center

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11 am – 1 pm

3 – 5 pm

Workshop with GrowNYC: Thriving Instead of Surviving

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Classes
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtMeatpacking District

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11 am – 4 pm

Slow Down and Sketch: Still Life from Nature

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtMeatpacking District

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11 am – 2 pm

Drawing in the Grove

Ages: All
Art
Classes
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtMeatpacking District

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Noon – 6 pm

Exhibition of Antiguan Artist Frank Walter | The Drawing Center | through Sep 15

Soho

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Noon – 4 pm

Uptown Kid Lit 2024 – Music Edition

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Inwood Hill ParkInwood

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