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October 15 at 7pm +26
New Museum · Lower East Side
The New Museum champions emerging artists with challenging, experimental exhibitions that make you work for it. Housed in a distinctive stacked building on the Bowery, it's where you go to discover what's next in contemporary art.
October 15 at 11:30pm +3
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Long Gallery Harlem pulses with purpose. Expect bold exhibitions by Black artists, lively panel discussions, and events where community and creativity collide.
October 15 at 7pm +59
The Shirley Project Space · Crown Heights
The INTERSECTION video glows through the gallery windows nightly, a luminous beacon for passersby. Inside, you'll find Brooklyn-based female artists, intimate openings with performances, and the kind of community warmth that makes art feel like home.
October 15 at 2pm +3
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx • $4-$39
Step back into the 1960s at this vibrant flower show where peace, love, and petals collide. Wander botanical displays, vintage photography, and groovy installations that invite you to find your own meaning in flowers.
Oct. 16 & Oct. 17 at 10am
Hauser & Wirth · Chelsea
Spanning sixty years of work, this exhibition explores Anna Maria Maiolino’s expansive practice through drawing, photography, sculpture, and installation, tracing her evolution from early figurative prints to rhythmic, ritual-like clay forms.
Every day from May 5 to Dec. 31
Fraunces Tavern Museum · Financial District • $10
Experience the American Revolution where it actually happened. This new exhibit inside Fraunces Tavern traces the path to independence through personal letters, artifacts, and art from 1775 to 1776, all housed in the very rooms where Washington bid farewell to his officers.
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Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
SVA Theatre · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Thu, Oct 15 · 11:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 11:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Thu, Oct 15 · 9:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
SVA Theatre · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 9:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Thu, Oct 15 · 6:30 PM
Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA) · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 11:57 PM
TKTS Times Square · Theater District
Thu, Oct 15 · 11:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Thu, Oct 15 · 6:30 PM
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Upper East Side
Free
Thu, Oct 15 · 8:00 PM
Art Central El Dorado Galleria · Midtown
$225-$395
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 9:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Thu, Oct 15 · 11:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Thu, Oct 15 · 9:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 PM
New Museum · Lower East Side
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:00 AM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
Susan Sheehan Gallery · SoHo
Fri, Oct 16 · 1:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 8:00 AM
The Africa Center · East Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 9:30 AM
Museum of Broadway · Theater District
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx
$4-$39
Fri, Oct 16 · 5:30 PM
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
Free
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:30 AM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 AM
Barretto Point Park · Hunts Point
Fri, Oct 16 · 9:00 AM
Westbeth Artists Housing and Center for the Arts · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 11:30 AM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PM
Amos Eno Gallery · Lower East Side
Fri, Oct 16 · 4:30 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Harlem
Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:30 AM
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Manhattan
$0-$30
Fri, Oct 16 · 12:00 PM
Smack Mellon · Dumbo
Fri, Oct 16 · 5:00 PM
Whitney Museum of American Art · West Village
Fri, Oct 16 · 12:00 PM
King Manor Museum · Jamaica
Free
Fri, Oct 16 · 1:00 PM
Art Cake · Sunset Park
Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PM
School of Visual Arts · Kips Bay
$0
Fri, Oct 16 · 1:00 AM
Fashion Institute of Technology · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 9:00 AM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 5:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 3:00 PM
Long Gallery Harlem · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 12:00 PM
Kentler International Drawing Space · Red Hook
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:30 AM
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
$17-$30
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
New York Transit Museum Gallery & Store · Midtown
$$
Fri, Oct 16 · 5:00 PM
The New York Historical · Upper West Side
Fri, Oct 16 · 5:00 PM
440 Gallery · Park Slope
Fri, Oct 16 · 5:00 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 7:00 AM
SVA Theatre · Manhattan
Fri, Oct 16 · 12:00 PM
Pioneer Works · Red Hook
$5
Fri, Oct 16 · 10:00 AM
Chelsea Piers · Manhattan
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