Free galleries, museum hours, and art events around New York this weekend — no ticket required.
62 picks · checked Aug 25
The High Line: 14th Street Passage, ManhattanMichael Vadon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsExperience live dance performances along the High Line's 14th Street Passage, offering a free afternoon of movement above the city.
The High Line: 14th Street Passage, ManhattanMichael Vadon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsExperience live dance performances along the High Line's 14th Street Passage, offering a free afternoon of movement above the city.
Uffner & Liu, Lower East Side, ManhattanNicole Eisenman, Dana Schutz, Peter Saul and Genieve Figgis in one Suffolk Street room — sixteen painters working the comic and the grotesque.
Uffner & Liu, Lower East Side, ManhattanNicole Eisenman, Dana Schutz, Peter Saul and Genieve Figgis in one Suffolk Street room — sixteen painters working the comic and the grotesque.
The Arts Center at Governors Island, Governors Island, ManhattanLeslie Wayne paints rising seas from above — shorelines and melting icebergs fill the Arts Center at Governors Island, free all weekend.
The Arts Center at Governors Island, Governors Island, ManhattanLeslie Wayne paints rising seas from above — shorelines and melting icebergs fill the Arts Center at Governors Island, free all weekend.
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Chelsea, ManhattanGreat Migration, Dust Bowl, Trail of Tears — Benny Andrews's final painting series traces three American exoduses, closing soon at Michael Rosenfeld.
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Chelsea, ManhattanGreat Migration, Dust Bowl, Trail of Tears — Benny Andrews's final painting series traces three American exoduses, closing soon at Michael Rosenfeld.
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.
Alice Austen House, Rosebank, Staten IslandGather plants from the Alice Austen House gardens, then print them as blue cyanotypes on the lawn overlooking the Narrows.
Alice Austen House, Rosebank, Staten IslandGather plants from the Alice Austen House gardens, then print them as blue cyanotypes on the lawn overlooking the Narrows.
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Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanMarcel Duchamp · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsGagosian's Duchamp survey on Madison Avenue reaches its extended final day and gallery admission costs nothing.
Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanMarcel Duchamp · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsGagosian's Duchamp survey on Madison Avenue reaches its extended final day and gallery admission costs nothing.
Governors Island, Governors Island, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAlan Michelson's harbour commission on Governors Island stays up into late autumn, free to walk to from the ferry landing.
Governors Island, Governors Island, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAlan Michelson's harbour commission on Governors Island stays up into late autumn, free to walk to from the ferry landing.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Gansevoort Street billboard, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA Whitney Biennial commission lives on the museum's Gansevoort Street billboard, visible from the pavement at no cost.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Gansevoort Street billboard, Meatpacking District, ManhattanA Whitney Biennial commission lives on the museum's Gansevoort Street billboard, visible from the pavement at no cost.
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.
Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem, ManhattanMomos · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsTwenty-eight Harlem artists hang work outdoors in Marcus Garvey Park, with a drop-in self-portrait workshop led by Elan Cadiz.
Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem, ManhattanMomos · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsTwenty-eight Harlem artists hang work outdoors in Marcus Garvey Park, with a drop-in self-portrait workshop led by Elan Cadiz.
Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanEarly Rauschenbergs owned by Cy Twombly's foundation hang free on Madison Avenue and the extended run reaches its final day.
Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanEarly Rauschenbergs owned by Cy Twombly's foundation hang free on Madison Avenue and the extended run reaches its final day.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPrecious Okoyomon turns the MoMA PS1 courtyard into a woodland with an oversized teddy bear reciting her poetry from inside.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPrecious Okoyomon turns the MoMA PS1 courtyard into a woodland with an oversized teddy bear reciting her poetry from inside.
The Bronx Museum, Concourse, BronxGothamist · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwo hours of drop-in art-making at The Bronx Museum, run alongside the AIM Biennial open house.
The Bronx Museum, Concourse, BronxGothamist · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwo hours of drop-in art-making at The Bronx Museum, run alongside the AIM Biennial open house.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsICP's Fuego Camina Conmigo reaches its last days on Ludlow Street and Friday admission is five dollars.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsICP's Fuego Camina Conmigo reaches its last days on Ludlow Street and Friday admission is five dollars.
Governors Island, Governors Island, ManhattanAnna Valdez's Governors Island commission stays up into 2027, free to see at the end of a short harbour ferry.
Governors Island, Governors Island, ManhattanAnna Valdez's Governors Island commission stays up into 2027, free to see at the end of a short harbour ferry.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, Rockaway Beach, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, Rockaway Beach, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanRadical Italian artist Carol Rama's provocative, body-obsessed work fills the Hauser & Wirth Chelsea gallery — free and closing at month's end.
Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanRadical Italian artist Carol Rama's provocative, body-obsessed work fills the Hauser & Wirth Chelsea gallery — free and closing at month's end.
Miguel Abreu Gallery, Lower East Side, ManhattanDlkj83jdk3883ll · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsR. H. Quaytman, Liz Deschenes and Pamela Rosenkranz among twenty artists Miguel Abreu regathers on Eldridge Street — free and closing next week.
Miguel Abreu Gallery, Lower East Side, ManhattanDlkj83jdk3883ll · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsR. H. Quaytman, Liz Deschenes and Pamela Rosenkranz among twenty artists Miguel Abreu regathers on Eldridge Street — free and closing next week.
Lincoln Glenn Gallery, Chelsea, ManhattanNan Goldin, Louise Nevelson, Lee Bontecou and Lynda Benglis among 30-plus women tracing a century of American art at Lincoln Glenn — free in Chelsea.
Lincoln Glenn Gallery, Chelsea, ManhattanNan Goldin, Louise Nevelson, Lee Bontecou and Lynda Benglis among 30-plus women tracing a century of American art at Lincoln Glenn — free in Chelsea.
GOCA by Garde, Chelsea, ManhattanSkate ramps rebuilt in bentwood: Yuya Saito's 'flow-chitecture' sculptures ask what a truly open city looks like — free on West 23rd Street.
GOCA by Garde, Chelsea, ManhattanSkate ramps rebuilt in bentwood: Yuya Saito's 'flow-chitecture' sculptures ask what a truly open city looks like — free on West 23rd Street.
Karma, 549 West 26th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanPeter Bradley — the abstractionist who curated the 1971 De Luxe Show and then vanished from the market — gets a full Chelsea room.
Karma, 549 West 26th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanPeter Bradley — the abstractionist who curated the 1971 De Luxe Show and then vanished from the market — gets a full Chelsea room.
Conference House Park Visitor Center, Tottenville, Staten IslandA multi-artist show on endangered species at the southernmost visitor centre in New York State — free, at Staten Island's very tip.
Conference House Park Visitor Center, Tottenville, Staten IslandA multi-artist show on endangered species at the southernmost visitor centre in New York State — free, at Staten Island's very tip.
Findlay Galleries, Midtown East, ManhattanA room of nothing but water and horizon — Kees van Dongen to living painters, four artists across a century of seascape. Free.
Findlay Galleries, Midtown East, ManhattanA room of nothing but water and horizon — Kees van Dongen to living painters, four artists across a century of seascape. Free.
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