Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best art in Midtown, Manhattan over Columbus Day weekend 2026 (Oct 10–12): 13 picks, refreshed weekly.
13 picks · checked Sep 17
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanChoreographer Sarah Michelson turns MoMA's atrium into her daily workspace, dancing with a rotating cast during museum hours — final weekend.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanChoreographer Sarah Michelson turns MoMA's atrium into her daily workspace, dancing with a rotating cast during museum hours — final weekend.
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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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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA stays open late with free entry for New York State residents, drop-in drawing, gallery talks and films in the theaters.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA stays open late with free entry for New York State residents, drop-in drawing, gallery talks and films in the theaters.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMarianne Wex's 1977 body-language study meets Nona Faustine, Martine Gutierrez and Wendy Red Star in MoMA's new photo show.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMarianne Wex's 1977 body-language study meets Nona Faustine, Martine Gutierrez and Wendy Red Star in MoMA's new photo show.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanBerlin's lost swamps become a singing digital landscape, made with the musician Arca, on MoMA's Garden Lobby wall starting the holiday Monday.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanBerlin's lost swamps become a singing digital landscape, made with the musician Arca, on MoMA's Garden Lobby wall starting the holiday Monday.
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Howard Greenberg Gallery, Midtown, ManhattanEmpty 1970s Manhattan streets shot at dawn on a 4x5 camera by a Chinatown-raised Walker Evans student, shown for the first time.
Howard Greenberg Gallery, Midtown, ManhattanEmpty 1970s Manhattan streets shot at dawn on a 4x5 camera by a Chinatown-raised Walker Evans student, shown for the first time.
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New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanThe library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanThe library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
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Lever House, Midtown East, ManhattanFree sculpture, models and Akari lanterns fill the lobby and plaza of Bunshaft's 1952 landmark.
Lever House, Midtown East, ManhattanFree sculpture, models and Akari lanterns fill the lobby and plaza of Bunshaft's 1952 landmark.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) — Floor 1 lobby, Midtown, ManhattanOdili Donald Odita's floor-to-ceiling, music-inspired color wall turns MoMA's lobby into a cascading kaleidoscope of stripes and angles.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) — Floor 1 lobby, Midtown, ManhattanOdili Donald Odita's floor-to-ceiling, music-inspired color wall turns MoMA's lobby into a cascading kaleidoscope of stripes and angles.
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New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWinnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWinnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanThe Indian painter's first solo show in New York - five decades of work on displacement, memory and Kashmir, co-organized with KNMA.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanThe Indian painter's first solo show in New York - five decades of work on displacement, memory and Kashmir, co-organized with KNMA.
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