Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best art in Chelsea, Manhattan the weekend of Oct 9–12, 2026: 27 picks, refreshed weekly.
27 picks · checked Sep 15
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanWikipettanko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsKorean 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, ManhattanWikipettanko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsKorean icon Lee Bul fills Hauser & Wirth with major new sculptures — cyborg bodies and glittering future ruins probing technology, nature and history.
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.
ARTECHOUSE at Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue, Chelsea, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsARTECHOUSE 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, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsARTECHOUSE and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution open an immersive dive into the ocean's bioluminescent twilight zone beneath Chelsea Market.
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanJordan Wolfson's first Gagosian New York show opens in Chelsea with new uniformly scaled sculptures built from found and archival photographs.
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanJordan Wolfson's first Gagosian New York show opens in Chelsea with new uniformly scaled sculptures built from found and archival photographs.
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The Museum at FIT, Chelsea, ManhattanAn original 1980 Black Barbie beside Margiela and Moschino looks: 170-plus dolls and garments fill FIT's fashion museum in Chelsea, free to walk in.
The Museum at FIT, Chelsea, ManhattanAn original 1980 Black Barbie beside Margiela and Moschino looks: 170-plus dolls and garments fill FIT's fashion museum in Chelsea, free to walk in.
Poster House, Chelsea / Flatiron, ManhattanNearly two centuries of posters from more than 60 tribes and nations recast Native designers as authors, in Poster House's main gallery.
Poster House, Chelsea / Flatiron, ManhattanNearly two centuries of posters from more than 60 tribes and nations recast Native designers as authors, in Poster House's main gallery.
Gagosian, 541 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanDeana Lawson's mirror-framed photos and holograms remake beauty-supply-store surveillance stills in her first Gagosian solo show.
Gagosian, 541 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanDeana Lawson's mirror-framed photos and holograms remake beauty-supply-store surveillance stills in her first Gagosian solo show.
Gagosian, 522 West 21st Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSix decades of Brice Marden paintings, with loans from the Whitney and Art Institute of Chicago, in his first NYC survey in 20 years.
Gagosian, 522 West 21st Street, Chelsea, ManhattanSix decades of Brice Marden paintings, with loans from the Whitney and Art Institute of Chicago, in his first NYC survey in 20 years.
Lehmann Maupin, Chelsea, ManhattanAnna Park's frenetic charcoal canvases riff on casinos, carnival games and Las Vegas in House Rules at Lehmann Maupin — closing this weekend.
Lehmann Maupin, Chelsea, ManhattanAnna Park's frenetic charcoal canvases riff on casinos, carnival games and Las Vegas in House Rules at Lehmann Maupin — closing this weekend.
Petzel, 520 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanEmily Mae Smith's cult broomstick figure morphs into scythe-wielding, part-plant beings in new Surrealist-tinged paintings at Petzel.
Petzel, 520 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanEmily Mae Smith's cult broomstick figure morphs into scythe-wielding, part-plant beings in new Surrealist-tinged paintings at Petzel.
The Kitchen, Chelsea, ManhattanHumming glass gongs and a pulsing drum honoring Milford Graves fill The Kitchen's loft in Josiah McElheny's free ode to experimental musicians.
The Kitchen, Chelsea, ManhattanHumming glass gongs and a pulsing drum honoring Milford Graves fill The Kitchen's loft in Josiah McElheny's free ode to experimental musicians.
The FLAG Art Foundation, Chelsea, ManhattanPrison-stool sculptures, neon text and a new bodycam-style video fill FLAG's Chelsea floor in Sable Elyse Smith's free prize show.
The FLAG Art Foundation, Chelsea, ManhattanPrison-stool sculptures, neon text and a new bodycam-style video fill FLAG's Chelsea floor in Sable Elyse Smith's free prize show.
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTalking Heads' David Byrne drew nine life-size surreal figures straight onto Pace's stairwell walls — a hidden treat between floors.
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTalking Heads' David Byrne drew nine life-size surreal figures straight onto Pace's stairwell walls — a hidden treat between floors.
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTwelve history-painting-sized Thomas Ruff photographs built from pixelated internet images of 9/11, marking the attacks' 25th anniversary.
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTwelve history-painting-sized Thomas Ruff photographs built from pixelated internet images of 9/11, marking the attacks' 25th anniversary.
Paula Cooper Gallery, 521 West 21st Street, Chelsea, ManhattanHand-painted dots of microscope-viewed foam, heat-camera water photos and glass chimes fill Tauba Auerbach's new show at Paula Cooper.
Paula Cooper Gallery, 521 West 21st Street, Chelsea, ManhattanHand-painted dots of microscope-viewed foam, heat-camera water photos and glass chimes fill Tauba Auerbach's new show at Paula Cooper.
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanGold-leaf pleats, knotted glass and glittering plaster: five decades of Lynda Benglis sculpture, including rarely shown 1985 glass, at Pace.
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanGold-leaf pleats, knotted glass and glittering plaster: five decades of Lynda Benglis sculpture, including rarely shown 1985 glass, at Pace.
Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, Chelsea, ManhattanTacita Dean aimed her camera at the 2024 total eclipse without looking and the light trails became twelve prints now in Chelsea.
Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, Chelsea, ManhattanTacita Dean aimed her camera at the 2024 total eclipse without looking and the light trails became twelve prints now in Chelsea.
Poster House, Chelsea / Flatiron, ManhattanBright, cute ads from the studio Lefor-Openo papered de Gaulle's France in cheer; Poster House surveys their twelve-year career.
Poster House, Chelsea / Flatiron, ManhattanBright, cute ads from the studio Lefor-Openo papered de Gaulle's France in cheer; Poster House surveys their twelve-year career.
Pace Gallery, 508 and 510 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanArlene Shechet bends aluminum and Cor-Ten steel into monumental curves beside burnished clay works in her first Pace NYC show since 2020.
Pace Gallery, 508 and 510 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanArlene Shechet bends aluminum and Cor-Ten steel into monumental curves beside burnished clay works in her first Pace NYC show since 2020.
David Zwirner, 519 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanNate Lowman's new shaped canvases take the form of giant keys, from tight replicas to near-abstractions, at Zwirner in Chelsea.
David Zwirner, 519 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanNate Lowman's new shaped canvases take the form of giant keys, from tight replicas to near-abstractions, at Zwirner in Chelsea.
Lehmann Maupin, 501 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanRana Begum's first New York solo show fills Lehmann Maupin with light-bending reflectors, louvres and chainlink in metal, stone and glass.
Lehmann Maupin, 501 West 24th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanRana Begum's first New York solo show fills Lehmann Maupin with light-bending reflectors, louvres and chainlink in metal, stone and glass.
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTorkwase Dyson's new blue paintings come out of a decade of deep-sea diving, with shaped panels, strings and hardware, at Pace Chelsea.
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTorkwase Dyson's new blue paintings come out of a decade of deep-sea diving, with shaped panels, strings and hardware, at Pace Chelsea.
David Zwirner, 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanScott Kahn's hyperreal, dreamlike landscapes, including a painting of his childhood home's basement window, fill Zwirner's West 20th Street space.
David Zwirner, 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanScott Kahn's hyperreal, dreamlike landscapes, including a painting of his childhood home's basement window, fill Zwirner's West 20th Street space.
Poster House, Chelsea, ManhattanWorld War posters begged the public to send soldiers books and Poster House collects them in a compact show curated by Molly Guptill Manning.
Poster House, Chelsea, ManhattanWorld War posters begged the public to send soldiers books and Poster House collects them in a compact show curated by Molly Guptill Manning.
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