Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best art in Manhattan the weekend of Sep 18–20, 2026: 79 picks, refreshed weekly.
79 picks · checked Sep 7
The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Jewish Museum New York · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJewish ceremonial silver shown with Christian treasures from Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Warburg mansion on Museum Mile.
The Jewish Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Jewish Museum New York · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJewish ceremonial silver shown with Christian treasures from Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Warburg mansion on Museum Mile.
Jack Shainman Gallery, 46 Lafayette Street, Tribeca, ManhattanGordon Parks' civil-rights photographs return with new written reflections from the families of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X in a landmark Tribeca show.
Jack Shainman Gallery, 46 Lafayette Street, Tribeca, ManhattanGordon Parks' civil-rights photographs return with new written reflections from the families of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X in a landmark Tribeca show.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanTaryn Simon's interactive Guggenheim installation combines never-before-seen photographs with text, video and sculpture.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanTaryn Simon's interactive Guggenheim installation combines never-before-seen photographs with text, video and sculpture.
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanKorean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanKorean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
Starrett-Lehigh Building, Chelsea, Manhattan91 galleries from 14 countries fill the Starrett-Lehigh with art priced $100 to $12,000 — buy-it-off-the-wall energy in its final days.
Starrett-Lehigh Building, Chelsea, Manhattan91 galleries from 14 countries fill the Starrett-Lehigh with art priced $100 to $12,000 — buy-it-off-the-wall energy in its final days.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanCoumba Samba turns the Whitney lobby into an installation on nuclear power and African resource extraction, free to walk into.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanCoumba Samba turns the Whitney lobby into an installation on nuclear power and African resource extraction, free to walk into.
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanProvocateur Jordan Wolfson debuts a room of uniformly scaled new sculptures at Gagosian, each one built around found color and archival photographs.
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanProvocateur Jordan Wolfson debuts a room of uniformly scaled new sculptures at Gagosian, each one built around found color and archival photographs.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's fall photography opening: Marianne Wex's 1977 feminist landmark in dialogue with seven contemporary artists, every contemporary work new to the museum's walls.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's fall photography opening: Marianne Wex's 1977 feminist landmark in dialogue with seven contemporary artists, every contemporary work new to the museum's walls.
Midtown, ManhattanEvery Friday evening MoMA stays open late, free for New York State residents who reserve ahead, with drop-in drawing, Friday Night Talks and films alongside the collection.
Midtown, ManhattanEvery Friday evening MoMA stays open late, free for New York State residents who reserve ahead, with drop-in drawing, Friday Night Talks and films alongside the collection.
The New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe New York Historical opens a 135-object survey of Irish literature since 1798 drawn from the Leonard L. Milberg collections. Friday evenings are pay-as-you-wish.
The New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe New York Historical opens a 135-object survey of Irish literature since 1798 drawn from the Leonard L. Milberg collections. Friday evenings are pay-as-you-wish.
Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Waffle Trainer, Air Force 1 and Vaporfly meet never-shown prototypes from Nike's 200,000-object archive, opening at MAD on Columbus Circle.
Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Waffle Trainer, Air Force 1 and Vaporfly meet never-shown prototypes from Nike's 200,000-object archive, opening at MAD on Columbus Circle.
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
City Hall Park, Civic Center, ManhattanMomos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsConcrete birds pluck pennies from the City Hall Park fountain and two bronze Lady Justices preside — Genesis Belanger's first big public show.
City Hall Park, Civic Center, ManhattanMomos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsConcrete birds pluck pennies from the City Hall Park fountain and two bronze Lady Justices preside — Genesis Belanger's first big public show.
The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJulie Mehretu, Alma Thomas, Jack Whitten and William T. Williams anchor a Studio Museum show on geometry as a way of thinking, newly opened in Harlem.
The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJulie Mehretu, Alma Thomas, Jack Whitten and William T. Williams anchor a Studio Museum show on geometry as a way of thinking, newly opened in Harlem.
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.
Midtown East, ManhattanThe Noguchi Museum reunites Isamu Noguchi with Lever House seventy years after his unrealized plan for its plaza, filling the lobby and courtyard of Gordon Bunshaft's 1952 landmark with sculpture, models and.
Midtown East, ManhattanThe Noguchi Museum reunites Isamu Noguchi with Lever House seventy years after his unrealized plan for its plaza, filling the lobby and courtyard of Gordon Bunshaft's 1952 landmark with sculpture, models and.
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.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSarah Lucas won over a jury of Cindy Sherman, Julie Mehretu and Kiki Smith and her sculpture now anchors the free New Museum plaza.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanSarah Lucas won over a jury of Cindy Sherman, Julie Mehretu and Kiki Smith and her sculpture now anchors the free New Museum plaza.
Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met gathers artists' cloud studies in Gallery 852, including Jean-Michel Cels's 1840 Cloud Study in the Late Afternoon from the Thaw Collection.
Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Met gathers artists' cloud studies in Gallery 852, including Jean-Michel Cels's 1840 Cloud Study in the Late Afternoon from the Thaw Collection.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanMCNY's flagship show tells 400 years of NYC history in one sweep — how a Dutch trading post became the world's city.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanMCNY's flagship show tells 400 years of NYC history in one sweep — how a Dutch trading post became the world's city.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanAn MCNY exhibition examining New York under occupation during the Revolutionary War — a lesser-known chapter of the city's history.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanAn MCNY exhibition examining New York under occupation during the Revolutionary War — a lesser-known chapter of the city's history.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanAn MCNY exhibition spotlighting a figure who shaped New York's built environment — the people and forces behind the cityscape.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanAn MCNY exhibition spotlighting a figure who shaped New York's built environment — the people and forces behind the cityscape.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanA glowing light installation floats above the Museum of the City of New York's rotunda—one of the most photographed spots in the building.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanA glowing light installation floats above the Museum of the City of New York's rotunda—one of the most photographed spots in the building.
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