The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Friday Feb. 20, 2026

Noon – 4 pm

Drop-In Workshops: Life at Sea

Ages: All
Art
Family

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

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1 – 8 pm

Hold On To Your Butts

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Comedy
Family

SOHO PLAYHOUSEManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents The Greatest Show On Earth®

Art

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

4 – 5 pm

Button and Jewelry Making Workshop

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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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

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6 – 9 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents The Greatest Show On Earth®

Art

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Saturday Feb. 21

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: Fan of Lunar New Year!

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

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11 am – 2:30 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents The Greatest Show On Earth®

Art

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

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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

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Noon – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Indigenous Cooking

Ages: All
Art
Family
Food & Drink

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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1 – 3 pm

Winter Workspace 2026: Open Studios

Art
Free

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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3 – 5 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents The Greatest Show On Earth®

Art

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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7 – 10 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents The Greatest Show On Earth®

Art

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Sunday Feb. 22

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: Fan of Lunar New Year!

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

AFAM-0926-install-with-people-23_1_7771f8

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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