The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

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Family Art Project: Woodland Worlds

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

BLOCK-PARTY-HORIZONTAL

MAD Open House

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Family
Food & Drink

Museum of Arts and DesignManhattan

Manhattan MAD Open House x Clixo Activation

MAD Open House x Clixo Activation

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean
Family

Museum of Arts and DesignManhattan

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Grounding Feeling: Performance Series

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Arte Pa Mi Gente: 2nd Latiné Children’s Music Day

Ages: All
Art
En Español
Family

Teatro SEA at The Clemente CenterLower East Side

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Family Time August 2025: Art-Making for All Ages

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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MOCACREATE: Summer Sun Prints with Teaching Artist Yu Rong

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Chinese in AmericaChinatown

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Watson Adventures’ Cloisters Capers Scavenger Hunt

The Met CloistersWashington Heights

WA MNH Pottery (S)

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

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Echoes in Light

Art
Free

Holographic StudiosEast Village

La Boix – 1 Year Anniversary Edition

Art
LGBTQ+

Young Ethel’sBrooklyn

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Under the Sea, Just Like Me! at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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Monday Family Art Hour

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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The Guggenheim Museum – Curious about the Building?

Ages: All
Art
Family

The GuggenheimNY

Uncontaminated Sound Live: In Conversation with musician Jeffrey Lewis

Art
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreBrooklyn

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Ghost Writer, An Abolitionist’s Tale Premieres at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

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Drink and Draw: Figure Drawing with a Live Model with Ty Peterson

Art

DUMBO ArchwayBrooklyn

Back to School Night: The Art in Sports

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

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EROSION: The Playground – An Immersive Art, Sound, and Community Experience

Pinky SwearManhattan

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Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Food & Drink

Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up ExperienceManhattan

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In Conversation – “War Threads” with Oksana Parafeniuk and Sara Ickow

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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Cordovas w/ Gavin Kattesh Band

Art
Music

GrooveManhattan

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ICP Community Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

Farmhouse Family Day: The Power of the Sun

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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Summertime Splash Bash

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

OtherWorlds Fair

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Govenors IslandBrooklyn

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BOMB Small Press Flea 2025

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

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Family Art Hour: Image Transfer Collage and Exquisite Corpses

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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Poster Kids: Pass the Poster

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Poster HouseChelsea

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Animals of the Water at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Art
Family

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

Ray Borchers Invite AUG 2025

Ray Borchers – Paintings – 1 Night Exhibition at The Living Gallery (Bushwick Brooklyn) Tues AUG 19, 2025

Art
Free

The Living GalleryBrooklyn

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