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Thursday Jan. 22, 2026

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9:30 – 11:45 pm

Superstar Open Set

Art
Free

Pink MetalBrooklyn

Friday Jan. 23

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

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

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

6:30 am – 8:30 pm

JAZZ & ART at Sable Gallery

Art
Music

Sable GalleryBrooklyn

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

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis GalleryBrooklyn

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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

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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 Jan. 24

Ruth-Asawa-Tamarind-Prints-front-cover-241×300

All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

All day

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

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Screenshot 2025-10-17 at 12.04.53 PM

All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

631.1994

All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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: Teeny Tiny Things to See

Ages: All
Art
Family

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 – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5:30 pm

Drop-In Workshops: Life at Sea

Ages: All
Art
Family

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

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

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

Noon – 7 pm

SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render

Ages: All
Art
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

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