#1
Chelsea, ManhattanFri Oct 2 - Sun Oct 4, open this weekend
Oishii Strawberry Kiosk
Premium strawberry kiosk running as a pop-up at Chelsea Market.
One Weekend Only
Things to Do in Chelsea on Saturday, Oct 3
Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Chelsea on Saturday, Oct 3: 13 picks, refreshed weekly.
13 picks · checked Sep 7
13 picks
Chelsea, Manhattan#1Fri Oct 2 - Sun Oct 4, open this weekend · One Weekend Only
Chelsea, ManhattanOishii Strawberry Kiosk
Premium strawberry kiosk running as a pop-up at Chelsea Market.
#2
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSep 18–Oct 24Free
Jordan Wolfson at Gagosian
Provocateur Jordan Wolfson debuts a room of uniformly scaled new sculptures at Gagosian, each one built around found color and archival photographs.
FreeArtGallery
#2Sep 18–Oct 24 · Limited Run
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanJordan Wolfson at Gagosian
Provocateur Jordan Wolfson debuts a room of uniformly scaled new sculptures at Gagosian, each one built around found color and archival photographs.
#3
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOn view through Oct 24Free
Lee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun
Korean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
FreeArtSculpture
#3On view through Oct 24 · Limited Run
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanLee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun
Korean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
#4
Chelsea Park: Soccer-01, ManhattanSaturday 9am–1pm
Chelsea Breast Cancer Awareness Walk 2026
Chelsea walks in pink — the neighborhood's Breast Cancer Awareness Walk steps off from Chelsea Park to open awareness month.
ManhattanOne Day Only
#4Saturday 9am–1pm · One Day Only
Chelsea Park: Soccer-01, ManhattanChelsea Breast Cancer Awareness Walk 2026
Chelsea walks in pink — the neighborhood's Breast Cancer Awareness Walk steps off from Chelsea Park to open awareness month.
#5
Pace Gallery, 508 and 510 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSeptember 11 - October 24, 2026Free
Arlene Shechet: She Said She Said
Monumental bent-metal sculptures and a new burnished clay series from Arlene Shechet, with artist-made aluminum chairs to sit and look from.
FreeArtSculpture
#5September 11 - October 24, 2026 · Limited Run
Pace Gallery, 508 and 510 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanArlene Shechet: She Said She Said
Monumental bent-metal sculptures and a new burnished clay series from Arlene Shechet, with artist-made aluminum chairs to sit and look from.
#6
Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSeptember 15 - October 24, 2026Free
Hiroshi Sugimoto
New Sugimoto photographs shot inside the American Museum of Natural History dioramas, plus washi paper screens that turn images into byobu.
FreeArtPhotography
#6September 15 - October 24, 2026 · Limited Run
Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanHiroshi Sugimoto
New Sugimoto photographs shot inside the American Museum of Natural History dioramas, plus washi paper screens that turn images into byobu.
#7
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOn view through Oct 24Free
Lynda Benglis: Knotting, Tying, Folding
Lynda Benglis knots molten glass, bronze and ceramic into five decades of sculpture at Pace, including rarely shown 1985 glass works with enamel eyes.
FreeArtSculpture
#7On view through Oct 24 · Limited Run
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanLynda Benglis: Knotting, Tying, Folding
Lynda Benglis knots molten glass, bronze and ceramic into five decades of sculpture at Pace, including rarely shown 1985 glass works with enamel eyes.
#8
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOn view through Oct 24Free
Torkwase Dyson: Seeing in Blue
Torkwase Dyson's monumental blue-black abstractions land at Pace — architecture-scaled paintings and forms mapping water, space and liberation.
FreeArtAbstraction
#8On view through Oct 24 · Limited Run
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTorkwase Dyson: Seeing in Blue
Torkwase Dyson's monumental blue-black abstractions land at Pace — architecture-scaled paintings and forms mapping water, space and liberation.
#9
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSeptember 10 - October 17, 2026Free
Thomas Ruff: jpegs ny
Twelve enormous Thomas Ruff photographs built from compressed images of the World Trade Center attacks, shown for the 25th anniversary.
FreeArtPhotography
#9September 10 - October 17, 2026 · Limited Run
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanThomas Ruff: jpegs ny
Twelve enormous Thomas Ruff photographs built from compressed images of the World Trade Center attacks, shown for the 25th anniversary.
#10
David Zwirner, 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOn view through Oct 17Free
Scott Kahn: Silent Night
Cult painter Scott Kahn hangs moonlit, dreamlike landscapes and hushed interiors at David Zwirner — visionary scenes that feel like remembered dreams.
FreeArtPainting
#10On view through Oct 17 · Limited Run
David Zwirner, 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanScott Kahn: Silent Night
Cult painter Scott Kahn hangs moonlit, dreamlike landscapes and hushed interiors at David Zwirner — visionary scenes that feel like remembered dreams.
#11
Gagosian, West 21st Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSeptember 15 - December 12, 2026Free
Brice Marden: I Am Plane Image
Six decades of Brice Marden paintings, with loans from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney, in a free Chelsea gallery survey.
FreeArtPainting
#11September 15 - December 12, 2026 · Limited Run
Gagosian, West 21st Street, Chelsea, ManhattanBrice Marden: I Am Plane Image
Six decades of Brice Marden paintings, with loans from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney, in a free Chelsea gallery survey.
#12
Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanOn viewFree
Carol Rama: I See You You See Me
Radical Italian artist Carol Rama's provocative, body-obsessed work fills the Hauser & Wirth Chelsea gallery — free and closing at month's end.
FreeArtChelsea Gallery
#12On view · Limited Run
Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanCarol Rama: I See You You See Me
Radical Italian artist Carol Rama's provocative, body-obsessed work fills the Hauser & Wirth Chelsea gallery — free and closing at month's end.
#13
Lincoln Glenn Gallery, Chelsea, ManhattanOn viewFree
Making Space: American Women Artists and the Century of Change
Nan Goldin, Louise Nevelson, Lee Bontecou and Lynda Benglis among 30-plus women tracing a century of American art at Lincoln Glenn — free in Chelsea.
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#13On view · Limited Run
Lincoln Glenn Gallery, Chelsea, ManhattanMaking Space: American Women Artists and the Century of Change
Nan Goldin, Louise Nevelson, Lee Bontecou and Lynda Benglis among 30-plus women tracing a century of American art at Lincoln Glenn — free in Chelsea.
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