The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Thursday Sep. 25, 2025

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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

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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

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

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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 – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

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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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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Noon – 6 pm

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman

Art
LGBTQ+

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4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean
Family

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

Rose & Acanthus by Joseph Grusczak for Charterhouse; Date Unknown, Pen and Ink on Paper (Joseph Grusczak Archive @ NYSID)

6 – 8 pm

Sketching the Surface Exhibition Opening

Art
Free

New York School of Interior Design170 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021

Jazz Poetry Open Mic

6 – 9 pm

Jazz Poetry Open Mic

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination NYC: Light Festival

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Blood Orange Poster

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Blood Orange

Art
LGBTQ+

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresMidtown

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8 – 10 pm

“How To Hot-Wire A Lamppost” World Premiere

Art
Theater

Unit J LoftBrooklyn

Friday Sep. 26

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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

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

Face Value

10:30 am – 8:30 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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