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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best art & exhibitions in manhattan in New York City on Sunday, Oct 4: 127 picks, refreshed weekly.
127 picks · checked Sep 28
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAlex Maisuradze · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons120+ works, 12 chapters and two careers side by side: the Met's first big New York look at Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock in 20 years.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAlex Maisuradze · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons120+ works, 12 chapters and two careers side by side: the Met's first big New York look at Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock in 20 years.
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington Heights, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Final Fantasy artist's first New York institutional solo show: a Pandora frieze of drawings, free at Audubon Terrace from opening day.
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The New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanA Dee Dee Ramone Fender, a Studio 54 opening-night invite and the Saturday Night Fever script tell how broke 1970s NYC birthed disco, punk and hip hop.
The New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanA Dee Dee Ramone Fender, a Studio 54 opening-night invite and the Saturday Night Fever script tell how broke 1970s NYC birthed disco, punk and hip hop.
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Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, ManhattanBronze, 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, ManhattanBronze, 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.
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New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanSarah_Ackerman from New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMore than 100 handmade Black dolls collected by artist Betye Saar go on view as a promised gift to New York Historical.
New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanSarah_Ackerman from New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMore than 100 handmade Black dolls collected by artist Betye Saar go on view as a promised gift to New York Historical.
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The Morgan Library & Museum, Murray Hill, ManhattanThe Morgan traces tarot from Renaissance hand-painted decks to modern artists — a richly illustrated cult favorite.
The Morgan Library & Museum, Murray Hill, ManhattanThe Morgan traces tarot from Renaissance hand-painted decks to modern artists — a richly illustrated cult favorite.
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Morningside Heights, ManhattanHyoshida · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 23-foot globe made from NASA imagery of Earth's surface, suspended and rotating in the cathedral nave.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Morningside Heights, ManhattanHyoshida · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 23-foot globe made from NASA imagery of Earth's surface, suspended and rotating in the cathedral nave.
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Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanMAD takes contemporary art jewelry out of the vitrine and treats it as sculpture, in a show now in its final days at Columbus Circle.
Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanMAD takes contemporary art jewelry out of the vitrine and treats it as sculpture, in a show now in its final days at Columbus Circle.
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Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanHai-Wen Lin's Burke Prize show of craft-based sculpture reaches its last days at the Museum of Arts and Design on Columbus Circle.
Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanHai-Wen Lin's Burke Prize show of craft-based sculpture reaches its last days at the Museum of Arts and Design on Columbus Circle.
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City Hall Park, Civic Center, ManhattanNielsoncaetanosalmeron · CC BY 4.0 · 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, ManhattanNielsoncaetanosalmeron · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsConcrete birds pluck pennies from the City Hall Park fountain and two bronze Lady Justices preside — Genesis Belanger's first big public show.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOnly Floor 6 of the Whitney Biennial remains on view through the holiday Monday.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOnly Floor 6 of the Whitney Biennial remains on view through the holiday Monday.
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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.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
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El Museo del Barrio, East Harlem, ManhattanThe first major retrospective of Teddy Sandoval, a central figure of LA's queer Chicano avant-garde, opens at El Museo del Barrio for its New York run.
El Museo del Barrio, East Harlem, ManhattanThe first major retrospective of Teddy Sandoval, a central figure of LA's queer Chicano avant-garde, opens at El Museo del Barrio for its New York run.
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Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanJakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 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, ManhattanJakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA rescued New Deal mural cycle painted for a hospital children's ward goes back on public view in East Harlem.
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Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSugimoto's eerie photos of Natural History Museum dioramas, including newly enlarged lost negatives and washi screens, just opened at Lisson.
Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSugimoto's eerie photos of Natural History Museum dioramas, including newly enlarged lost negatives and washi screens, just opened at Lisson.
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The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanJulie 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, ManhattanJulie 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.
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Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanThe 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, ManhattanThe Waffle Trainer, Air Force 1 and Vaporfly meet never-shown prototypes from Nike's 200,000-object archive, opening at MAD on Columbus Circle.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanFlip Sides turns 50 Korean treasures around at the Met — hidden linings, sealed interiors and reverse faces, over half never shown in public.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanFlip Sides turns 50 Korean treasures around at the Met — hidden linings, sealed interiors and reverse faces, over half never shown in public.
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New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanLove is the Message and the Golden Lion-winning The White Album anchor Arthur Jafa's first US museum survey, in the expanded New Museum.
New Museum, Lower East Side, ManhattanLove is the Message and the Golden Lion-winning The White Album anchor Arthur Jafa's first US museum survey, in the expanded New Museum.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanMint green, coral and no black outlines: Roy Lichtenstein's final-year murals, sculptures and prints, many unfinished, on the Whitney's third floor.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanMint green, coral and no black outlines: Roy Lichtenstein's final-year murals, sculptures and prints, many unfinished, on the Whitney's third floor.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpstateherd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTaryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanUpstateherd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTaryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanCattelan's duct-taped banana, a Kusama Infinity Mirrored Room and Warhol under one roof in the Guggenheim's Pop art survey.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanCattelan's duct-taped banana, a Kusama Infinity Mirrored Room and Warhol under one roof in the Guggenheim's Pop art survey.
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ARTECHOUSE at Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue, Chelsea, ManhattanARTECHOUSE and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution open an immersive dive into the ocean's bioluminescent twilight zone beneath Chelsea Market.
ARTECHOUSE at Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue, Chelsea, ManhattanARTECHOUSE and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution open an immersive dive into the ocean's bioluminescent twilight zone beneath Chelsea Market.
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