The best art in New York City the weekend of Aug 29–30, 2026 — hand-curated and refreshed weekly.
78 picks · checked Aug 12
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera survey enters its final week, the two Mexican modernists hung in dialogue rather than apart.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera survey enters its final week, the two Mexican modernists hung in dialogue rather than apart.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanA rescued New Deal mural cycle painted for a hospital children's ward goes back on public view in East Harlem.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanA rescued New Deal mural cycle painted for a hospital children's ward goes back on public view in East Harlem.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, Rockaway Beach, QueensHarrison Leong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, Rockaway Beach, QueensHarrison Leong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Costume Institute's Met Gala show pairs couture with painting and sculpture in nearly 12,000 square feet of new galleries.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Costume Institute's Met Gala show pairs couture with painting and sculpture in nearly 12,000 square feet of new galleries.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanMabel Dwight's wry Depression-era lithographs of New York crowds close out their Whitney run on Floor 3.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanMabel Dwight's wry Depression-era lithographs of New York crowds close out their Whitney run on Floor 3.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGiacometti's elongated figures stand in the Met's glass-walled Egyptian temple hall and the installation comes down soon.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsGiacometti's elongated figures stand in the Met's glass-walled Egyptian temple hall and the installation comes down soon.
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The Bronx Museum, Concourse, BronxKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Bronx Museum's Lifelong Studio programme shows what its participants made from personal and neighbourhood archives, free and closing Sunday.
The Bronx Museum, Concourse, BronxKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Bronx Museum's Lifelong Studio programme shows what its participants made from personal and neighbourhood archives, free and closing Sunday.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSandstone and glass wrapped in flax pelts and hand embroidery climbs four floors of the New Museum's new atrium stair.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSandstone and glass wrapped in flax pelts and hand embroidery climbs four floors of the New Museum's new atrium stair.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanA couple embraces in Tschabalala Self's sculpture, bolted where the New Museum's two buildings kiss and free to see from Bowery.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanA couple embraces in Tschabalala Self's sculpture, bolted where the New Museum's two buildings kiss and free to see from Bowery.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA Whitney Biennial commission lives on the museum's Gansevoort Street billboard, visible from the pavement at no cost.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA Whitney Biennial commission lives on the museum's Gansevoort Street billboard, visible from the pavement at no cost.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAngels, birds and hothouse flowers pulled straight from dreams — the Whitney reunites with Minnie Evans 50 years after her 1975 solo show.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAngels, birds and hothouse flowers pulled straight from dreams — the Whitney reunites with Minnie Evans 50 years after her 1975 solo show.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA founding figure of Latinx art gets his survey: 60-plus Juan Sanchez paintings, photos and videos are headed to the Whitney.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA founding figure of Latinx art gets his survey: 60-plus Juan Sanchez paintings, photos and videos are headed to the Whitney.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanNancy Baker Cahill's augmented-reality and digital project Cento extends the Whitney's art experience beyond the gallery walls.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanNancy Baker Cahill's augmented-reality and digital project Cento extends the Whitney's art experience beyond the gallery walls.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria, QueensSanford Biggers returns to the East River park where he once built as a fellow, with work installed on open lawn against the Manhattan skyline.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria, QueensSanford Biggers returns to the East River park where he once built as a fellow, with work installed on open lawn against the Manhattan skyline.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensA living courtyard forest of weeds, grasses and vines with a climbable giant teddy bear that reads Precious Okoyomon's poetry from inside.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensA living courtyard forest of weeds, grasses and vines with a climbable giant teddy bear that reads Precious Okoyomon's poetry from inside.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThe Golden Lion winner turns two days of gatherings at the Queens Museum into a multi-screen installation built around the human voice.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThe Golden Lion winner turns two days of gatherings at the Queens Museum into a multi-screen installation built around the human voice.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met's 250th-anniversary installation puts rarely seen prints of the Boston Massacre and revolutionary news on the wall.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met's 250th-anniversary installation puts rarely seen prints of the Boston Massacre and revolutionary news on the wall.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met gives its great musical instrument collection a themed show about the bodies that play them and it closes soon.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met gives its great musical instrument collection a themed show about the bodies that play them and it closes soon.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDaniel Rothbart's vessels float on the water at Snug Harbor in a free sculptural installation about climate, memory and the future.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDaniel Rothbart's vessels float on the water at Snug Harbor in a free sculptural installation about climate, memory and the future.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA free outdoor Photoville installation at Snug Harbor honouring the jazz musicians who made Staten Island a quiet capital of the music.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA free outdoor Photoville installation at Snug Harbor honouring the jazz musicians who made Staten Island a quiet capital of the music.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJohn Morse takes a slot on the free East River lawn at Socrates Sculpture Park, one of four installations sharing the waterfront site this season.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJohn Morse takes a slot on the free East River lawn at Socrates Sculpture Park, one of four installations sharing the waterfront site this season.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanWarhol's 1972-73 Polaroids from one of his personal Holson albums: Montauk houseguests, European trips and his dachshund Archie.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanWarhol's 1972-73 Polaroids from one of his personal Holson albums: Montauk houseguests, European trips and his dachshund Archie.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanKandinsky, Franz Marc and Natalia Goncharova hang together in the Guggenheim's galleries as European abstraction takes hold.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanKandinsky, Franz Marc and Natalia Goncharova hang together in the Guggenheim's galleries as European abstraction takes hold.
