1Whitney Biennial 2026
America's most-watched contemporary art survey reads the national mood through 56 artists wrestling with AI, climate grief and power.
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2Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at MoMA
Kahlo and Rivera reunite at MoMA—paintings, a drawing and vintage portraits staged inside a theatrical, opera-inspired installation.
3Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew
A reimagined look at Korean art invites you to see familiar forms from unexpected angles across centuries of craft and ideas.
4Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930
Vivid devotional prints from a transformative era show how mass printing brought Hindu gods into homes across generations.
5Kite Festival - Brooklyn Bridge Park
Hundreds of kites rise over Brooklyn Bridge Park in colorful mid-day flight.
6CCCADI Juneteenth Celebration Brings Carnival to Harlem - Celebrate, Socialize and Explore
A carnival-spirited Juneteenth celebration brings J'ouvert energy, masquerade but diaspora culture to the streets of Harlem for one charged afternoon.
7Juneteenth : NYC Parks
Concerts, ranger-led tours but kids' workshops spread across parks citywide to mark Juneteenth with music, history but open-air celebration.
8The 5 Best Booths at Frieze New York 2026 | Artsy
Major international contemporary art fair showcases cutting-edge galleries and emerging visual voices.
9Makers Market in Brooklyn | by Pop Up Gallery, Wild East Brewing Co., Brooklyn, 20 June 2026 | AllEvents
Makers market spotlights independent artisans, crafts but small-batch goods from local creators.
10Fall in New York - Hauser & Wirth
Contemporary art exhibition exploring seasonal themes and diverse artistic perspectives.
11TOYIN OJIH ODUTOLA
Solo exhibition featuring the distinctive figurative work of a recognized contemporary painter.
12Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Many A Moonlit Caveat « Exhibitions « Jack Shainman Gallery
Gallery exhibition presenting paintings and works by a contemporary figurative artist.
13Mark Manders, Field Fragment , 2026 | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Exhibition of sculptural and installation work exploring site, space but material presence.
14Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street - Contemporary & Modern Art Gallery - Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth's Manhattan gallery features contemporary and modern art across multiple disciplines.
15Eliza Douglas: GHOSTS, Park & 75, New York, May 12–July 31, 2026 | Gagosian
Large-scale installation and work exploring themes of presence, absence but memory.
16From Our Hands Art Market in New York – June 20, 2026 | AllEvents
Artist-run market celebrating handmade goods, crafts but original work from independent creators.
17NYX’s First-Ever NYC Pop-Up Opens This Weekend Only With Free Lip Balms, Custom Charms, & Candy-Inspired Scents
Limited-time pop-up offers exclusive products, interactive experiences but giveaways from the beauty brand.
18David Byrne | Pace Gallery
Gallery exhibition spotlighting the diverse artistic output of a multidisciplinary contemporary practitioner.
19New York Galleries | David Zwirner
David Zwirner showcases contemporary and modern art across painting, sculpture, photography but emerging media.
20William Kentridge
Immersive visual storytelling from a master of animation and collage.
21Lucy Liu: Hard Feelings on artnet
Lucy Liu explores raw emotion and vulnerability through painting.
22Wake, mayfly... on artnet
A poetic meditation on transience and natural cycles in visual form.
23Door to Life on artnet
A solo presentation of work exploring life, identity but visual narrative.
24Tara Donovan | Pace Gallery
Sculptural installations made from everyday materials create layered, immersive spaces.
25Gerhard Richter: Landschaften | New York: 20th Street | May 7—July 10, 2026 | David Zwirner
Gerhard Richter's sweeping landscapes explore abstraction and representation.
26Jasper Johns: Copy/Trace | New York: 20th Street | May 7—June 26, 2026 | David Zwirner
Jasper Johns investigates the slippery boundary between copy and original.
27Life With P. - Philip Guston: Paintings and Drawings 1964 – 1978 - Hauser & Wirth
Philip Guston's bold, expressionistic paintings from his most prolific period.
28Set in Stone | New York: 69th Street | May 12—June 26, 2026 | David Zwirner
Sculpture carved from stone meets contemporary artistic inquiry.
29Statics of an Egg | New York: Tribeca | May 8—June 27, 2026 | David Zwirner
An enigmatic exploration of form, fragility but domestic still life.
30Pace: 65 Years | Pace Gallery
Six and a half decades of cutting-edge contemporary art across multiple galleries.
31Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now | Museum Exhibitions | News | Gagosian
From Warhol and Basquiat to today: American pop art's wildest ride in one place.
32Independent Art Fair Moves to Pier 36 with Expanded Format for 2026
Contemporary art fair pivots to prime waterfront real estate with a larger, bolder format.
33Arcmanoro Niles - When There’s Nothing I Can Do: I Go to My Heart - Exhibitions - Lehmann Maupin
A visual journey into intimacy and introspection through painting, sculpture but mixed media.
34David Hockney: The Moon Room | Pace Gallery
Hockney's luminous meditation on night, reflected light but the mysteries of landscape.
35Emily Kam Kngwarray: The Turning Season | Pace Gallery
Indigenous Australian art capturing landscape, seasons but the rhythms of country through color.
36Internal Ref - March 2026 (Comms) – Perrotin New York
Contemporary works exploring internal dialogues, memory but the spaces where meaning lives.
37Kiki Smith: The Moon Watches the Earth | Pace Gallery
Kiki Smith's mystical visions of celestial observation, mortality but wonder collide in sculpture and print.
38Pace at Art Basel 2026 | Pace Gallery
Pace Gallery stakes its claim at the world's most prestigious contemporary art fair.
39Roni Horn. Recent Work - Hauser & Wirth
Roni Horn's recent pieces continue a decades-long exploration of repetition, abstraction but material magic.
40Tom Sachs | Gagosian
Tom Sachs brings kinetic sculpture, conceptual wit but architectural ambition to the gallery.
41Lisa Yuskavage | New York: 19th Street | May 14—June 26, 2026 | David Zwirner
Lisa Yuskavage's sensual, provocative paintings command David Zwirner's 19th Street landmark space.
42Loie Hollowell | Pace Gallery
Loie Hollowell's geometric abstractions vibrate with color, sexuality but visual pleasure.
43Pat Steir. Mirage 1975 - Hauser & Wirth
Pat Steir's shimmering illusions blur the boundary between surface and infinite visual depth.
44Arts Center Programs 2026 - LMCC
LMCC's 2026 arts programming brings creative residencies and exhibitions downtown.
45Goal Zone
The American Museum of Natural History scores big with an exhibition on the science and culture of goals.
46MICHAEL BIBI 20 June 26 | Pacha New York
A heavyweight techno headliner christens a glossy new club with a long, late opening-weekend set built for true dancers.
47Andy Warhol Family Album
An intimate look at Warhol through family snapshots and personal images, revealing the private roots behind the Pop superstar.
48Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now
Six decades of Pop art, from Warhol's soup cans to today's remixers, spiral through the Guggenheim in bright, irreverent style.
49Carol Bove
Towering, oddly elegant steel sculptures that crumple and gleam, filling the Guggenheim's spiral with surprising weight and grace.
50Activist New York
Four centuries of NYC protest, organizing and reform, told through banners, buttons and the city's relentless push for change.
51Hyundai Terrace Commission: Kelly Akashi
Kelly Akashi's sculptural commission sits on the Whitney's open terrace, glass and cast forms framed against the Hudson and skyline.
52Another Wonderland
A whimsical, immersive show that bends the city into a dreamlike wonderland, inviting younger visitors to wander and imagine.
53Collection in Focus | Modern European Currents
A focused dip into modern European masters drawn from the museum's own holdings, hung to trace bold turn-of-century currents.
54Mabel Dwight: Cool Head, Warm Heart
A rediscovery of Mabel Dwight's wry Depression-era lithographs, capturing everyday New Yorkers with sharp eyes and warm humor.
5530th Anniversary - - Art - Lehmann Maupin
A blue-chip gallery marks three decades with a viewing-room survey spanning its roster of contemporary heavyweights.
56New Humans: Memories of the Future
A speculative look at human futures through contemporary art, now on permanent view.
57Plaza: Sarah Lucas—VENUS VICTORIA
Sarah Lucas interrogates desire and power through provocative sculpture and installation.
58Facade: Tschabalala Self—Art Lovers
Tschabalala Self wraps intimacy and identity in sculptural work on the New Museum's facade.
59Atrium Stair: Klára Hosnedlová—Shelter
Czech artist Klára Hosnedlová examines shelter and space in the museum's stairwell.
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