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Wednesday Sep. 17, 2025

Art is Alive Flyer

All day

ASASE YAA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS NINTH ANNUAL ART IS ALIVE FESTIVAL

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts FoundationBrooklyn

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Chantal Akerman: The Long View

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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8:30 am – 5 pm

Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 8 pm

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Art

Agora GalleryManhattan

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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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

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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5 – 7 pm

Cavalier Galleries’ Midtown Homecoming Opening September 17

Cavalier GalleryMidtown West

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7 – 10:30 pm

NYC’s #1 Ghost Tour Reopens for Spooky Season

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7:30 – 10 pm

WORD PLAY – Poetry Slam!

Sugar MouseEast Village

Thursday Sep. 18

Clashing Steel

All day

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

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

Art is Alive Flyer

All day

ASASE YAA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS NINTH ANNUAL ART IS ALIVE FESTIVAL

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts FoundationBrooklyn

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

alwaysforpleasure

8 am – 5 pm

When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Chantal Akerman: The Long View

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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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Landscape in Layers: Plein Air Watercolor Workshop Series

Art
Classes

Postcard front

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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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11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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