The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

Art shows in NYC

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

Thursday May 25, 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

Friday May 26

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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

Saturday May 27

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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 28

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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 29

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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

Tuesday May 30

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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

Wednesday May 31

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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 June 9

All day

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

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

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

All day

River To River Festival

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Downtown New YorkLower Manhattan

All day

The Museum Of Modern Art Presents The Craft: Casting Directors Ellen Lewis And Laura Rosenthal

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

Johyun Gallery Presents Origin, Emergence, Return at Rockefeller Center

Art

Rockefeller CenterManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Remedy Recall – A Bookmaking Workshop

Art
Classes

Center on the SquareGreenwich Village

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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

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10 am – 5 pm

Milk & Honey Month

Ages: All
Animals
Art
Family

Queens County Farm MuseumQueens

11 am – 8 pm

2023 Tribeca Festival – Games & Immersive Experience

Spring StudiosTribeca

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11 am – 8 pm

2023 Tribeca Festival – Tribeca Games & Immersive Experience

Spring StudiosTribeca

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11 am – 8 pm

POP-UP in SoHo- Luxe Accessories and Fashion

Art
Free

POP-UP in SoHo- Luxe Accessories and FashionSoho

Arlette St Hill Adoration 2011 Acrylic Mixed Medium Collage on Canvas 20X23

3 – 5:30 pm

Spirituality and Ritual in the African Diaspora

Harlem, NY123rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue

4 – 7 pm

Queer Teen Night

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Dance
Family

Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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4 – 6 pm

River To River Festival

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4:30 pm

Folding Fridays, MoMath’s Origami Series

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

National Museum of MathematicsVirtual

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5 – 8 pm

Museum of Drag Grand Opening

Brick Aux GalleryWilliamsburg

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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5 – 7:30 pm

LGBTQ+ Teen Night: In This Town, We Show Pride

Art
Free

Brooklyn MuseumProspect Heights

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6 – 8 pm

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Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

Co-hosts organizations

6 – 9:30 pm

LGBTQ+ Latinx Arts Festival: FUERZAFest

Art
Comedy

Julia de Burgos Cultural CenterHarlem

6 – 9 pm

Art Exhibition Opening: I Am Kinky Concrete

Art
Free

Radiator ArtsLong Island City

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6 – 9 pm

3 WORKSHOPS – Focusing on the Self-expression of Immigrants: Playwriting, Theater and Poetry Workshops

Art
Classes

ID Studio TheaterMott-Haven

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