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Thursday Feb. 12, 2026

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9:30 – 11:45 pm

Superstar Open Set

Art
Free

Pink MetalBrooklyn

Friday Feb. 13

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

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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10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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Noon – 7 pm

SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render

Ages: All
Art
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

Copy of Nick Abeel & Kyle Schaefer. Photo by Jacob Hiss

1 – 8 pm

Hold On To Your Butts

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

SOHO PLAYHOUSEManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Saturday Feb. 14

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

Poster HouseManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Love for Woodland Friends

Ages: All
Art
Family

Wave Hill HouseThe Bronx

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

TR16414.19

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

11 am – 5:30 pm

Drop-In Workshops: Life at Sea

Ages: All
Art
Family

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

3 SUBMERGE, BEYOND THE RENDER, at ARTECHOUSE. photo courtesy of ARTECHOUSE

Noon – 7 pm

SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render

Ages: All
Art
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

Copy of Nick Abeel & Kyle Schaefer. Photo by Jacob Hiss

1 – 8 pm

Hold On To Your Butts

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

SOHO PLAYHOUSEManhattan

Bonsai Bar Workshop at The Loft at Japan Village

2 – 4 pm

Bonsai Bar Workshop at The Loft at Japan Village

Art
Classes

Japan VillageBrooklyn

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

WA MNH Pottery (S)

5 – 7:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

Sunday Feb. 15

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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