Art in New York on Saturday, Oct 31

Saturday, Oct 31 · 48 picks hand‑checked by Stumblday against organizer pages · 6 free in the top 10 · updated Oct 12

The 10 best art picks in NYC on Saturday, Oct 31

  1. Yoshitomo Nara — October 29 - December 12 · Free · Chelsea
  2. Midnight Moment: Dustin Grella's "Sunday Morning" in Times Square — Nightly, 11:57pm–midnight, Oct 1–31 · Manhattan
  3. Anthony McCall: Solid Light, 1973, 2020, 2026 — Sep 11 - Oct 31, Tue - Sat · Free · Hudson Yards
  4. Baldwin Lee: New York (1975–1979) — Sep 17 – Oct 31 · Midtown
  5. Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio — October 25 – February 27 · Midtown
  6. Esperanza Cortes: Embroidered Allegories — September 3 – November 1 · Free · Washington Heights
  7. Doll Dressing at The Museum at FIT — On view Sep 16–Jan 3, 2027 · Free · Chelsea
  8. Geometries — On view through January 31 · Harlem
  9. Teresa Margolles: En el lugar de los hechos (At the Scene) — Sep 24–Feb 8, 2027 · Free · Long Island City
  10. Yoshitaka Amano: Origins at the American Academy of Arts and Letters — On view Sep 26 – Feb 7, 2027 · Free · Washington Heights

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#14
Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection at the Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynÉdouard Manet · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
On view Oct 2, 2026–Apr 18, 2027Included in general admission

Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection at the Brooklyn Museum

Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

More than 50 works by Cézanne, Modigliani, Degas, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Soutine, a landmark Pearlman gift, now at the Brooklyn Museum.

ArtJust openedImpressionism

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#16
Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You at the GuggenheimSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
On view Sep 18, 2026–Mar 14, 2027Included with museum admission

Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You at the Guggenheim

Upper East Side, Manhattan

Taryn Simon fills the entire Guggenheim rotunda with 42 new works tracing one federal agent's life — the fall's biggest museum opening.

ArtNew this fallPhotography

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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best art in New York City on Saturday, Oct 31: 48 picks, refreshed weekly.

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