The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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A guide to all the best art shows, art events and art exhibits

Wednesday May 17, 2023

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Thursday May 18

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Friday May 19

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Saturday May 20

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Sunday May 21

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Monday May 22

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Tuesday May 23

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Wednesday May 24

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Thursday May 25

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Friday May 26

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Saturday May 27

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Sunday May 28

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Monday May 29

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Tuesday May 30

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Wednesday May 31

1985_KATZ_Tulum-after-Catherwood-The-Castle

10:30 am – 5 pm

Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

Thursday June 1

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents Signals: How Video Transformed The World

Art

Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtMidtown Manhattan

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All day

Art in Focus: Basil Kincaid at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Rockefeller CenterMidtown

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All day

Breaking Boundaries: Mariette Pathy Allen – 50 Years of Images

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

This is New York: 100 YEARS OF THE CITY IN ART AND POP CULTURE

Art
Film

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORKManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Mariette Pathy Allen and Culture Lab LIC announce Pride exhibitions

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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8 am – 5 pm

Mariette Pathy Allen and Culture Lab LIC’s Pride exhibitions, June 1 – July 30

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring Exhibitions: Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party and Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art

Poster HouseManhattan

Manhattan Small is Beautiful

10 am – 7 pm

Small is Beautiful, Miniature Art Exhibition

Ages: All
Art
Family

Small is Beautiful, Miniature Art ExhibitionEast Village

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10 am – 5 pm

Milk & Honey Month

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

Queens County Farm MuseumQueens

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Missing Generations: Photographs by Jill Freedman

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Macklowe Gallery presents “Tiffany in Color” Exhibition

Art
Free

Macklowe GalleryManhattan

10:30 am – 6 pm

Whitney Museum- Josh Kline: Project for a New American Century

Art

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

5 – 9 pm

Queens Seen: What Artists are Creating in the World’s Borough – Art Exhibit

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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6 – 8 pm

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Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

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7 – 10 pm

EXCHANGE Presents “Flashes of Utopia” by Brendan Fernandes

Art
Dance

Water Street ProjectsFinancial District

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7 pm

WET BRAIN by John J. Caswell, Jr.

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsMidtown

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