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Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, ManhattanOn viewFree
Alexandra Pacula: Global Impressions
Eleven new paintings of cities smeared into motion — Pacula paints nightscapes the way a long-exposure photo remembers them.
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Things to Do in Chelsea on Saturday, Sep 12
Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Chelsea on Saturday, Sep 12: 13 picks, refreshed weekly.
13 picks · checked Sep 2
13 picks
Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, Manhattan#1On view · Limited Run
Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, ManhattanAlexandra Pacula: Global Impressions
Eleven new paintings of cities smeared into motion — Pacula paints nightscapes the way a long-exposure photo remembers them.
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JAPAN Fes street fair, Chelsea, ManhattanSat Sep 12 + Sun Sep 13, 10am-6pmFree entry
Japan Fes — Chelsea Japanese Food Festival
Ramen, takoyaki, onigiri and matcha sweets pack a Chelsea block for two days as JAPAN Fes rolls through its 10th-anniversary season — free to browse.
FreeFree entryStreet foodPopular
#2Sat Sep 12 + Sun Sep 13, 10am-6pm · One Day Only
JAPAN Fes street fair, Chelsea, ManhattanJapan Fes — Chelsea Japanese Food Festival
Ramen, takoyaki, onigiri and matcha sweets pack a Chelsea block for two days as JAPAN Fes rolls through its 10th-anniversary season — free to browse.
#3
8th Avenue, 14th to 23rd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSaturday, September 12, 2026Free
8th Avenue Chelsea Festival
Nine blocks of 8th Avenue go car-free from 14th to 23rd Street for one of the weekend's biggest Manhattan street fairs — food rows, vendor tables and all of Chelsea to wander off into.
FreeStreet fairChelsea
#3Saturday, September 12, 2026 · One Day Only
8th Avenue, 14th to 23rd Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons8th Avenue Chelsea Festival
Nine blocks of 8th Avenue go car-free from 14th to 23rd Street for one of the weekend's biggest Manhattan street fairs — food rows, vendor tables and all of Chelsea to wander off into.
#4
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
#4September 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.
#5
Poster House, Chelsea, ManhattanApril 23 – November 1, 2026Included with Poster House ad…
From Monarchy to Modernity: Travel, Identity, & the Czechoslovak First Republic (1918-1938)
Twenty years of Czechoslovak travel and identity posters, a country inventing its own graphic language between two wars.
ArtGraphic designInterwar
#5April 23 – November 1, 2026 · Limited Run
Poster House, Chelsea, ManhattanFrom Monarchy to Modernity: Travel, Identity, & the Czechoslovak First Republic (1918-1938)
Twenty years of Czechoslovak travel and identity posters, a country inventing its own graphic language between two wars.
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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
#6September 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.
#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
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
#8On 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.
#9
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
#9On 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.
#10
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.
FreeArtJust opened
#10On 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.
#11
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
#11On 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.
#12
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
#12On 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.
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Chelsea, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOpen Thu-Sun, 11 AM-7 PM, through Nov 1
Oishii at Chelsea Market
The vertical-farm strawberry brand Oishii opened its first-ever retail shop on Chelsea Market's Main Concourse in August, selling Connoisseur Grade berries, collaboration pastries and Japan-sourced goods.
Limited Run
#13Open Thu-Sun, 11 AM-7 PM, through Nov 1 · Limited Run
Chelsea, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOishii at Chelsea Market
The vertical-farm strawberry brand Oishii opened its first-ever retail shop on Chelsea Market's Main Concourse in August, selling Connoisseur Grade berries, collaboration pastries and Japan-sourced goods.
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