The best things to do in Manhattan next weekend, Sep 11–13, 2026 — hand-curated and refreshed weekly.
72 picks · checked Sep 2
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera survey enters its final week, the two Mexican modernists hung in dialogue rather than apart.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera survey enters its final week, the two Mexican modernists hung in dialogue rather than apart.
American Museum of Natural History, Upper West Side, ManhattanRelive the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in an immersive AMNH show — the summer's top science pick for families.
American Museum of Natural History, Upper West Side, ManhattanRelive the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in an immersive AMNH show — the summer's top science pick for families.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSixty self-taught artists - Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, Morris Hirshfield, Horace Pippin, Thornton Dial Sr. among them - depict and define themselves on their own terms. Free and down after Sunday.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSixty self-taught artists - Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, Morris Hirshfield, Horace Pippin, Thornton Dial Sr. among them - depict and define themselves on their own terms. Free and down after Sunday.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA semiquincentennial show on how vernacular makers built and complicated American identity, from an Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom to an Uncle Sam whirligig.
Lincoln Square, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA semiquincentennial show on how vernacular makers built and complicated American identity, from an Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom to an Uncle Sam whirligig.
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Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, ManhattanEleven new paintings of cities smeared into motion — Pacula paints nightscapes the way a long-exposure photo remembers them.
Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, ManhattanEleven new paintings of cities smeared into motion — Pacula paints nightscapes the way a long-exposure photo remembers them.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanA closing-soon solo presentation on ICP's first floor, included with the ticket you are already buying for the building's other shows.
International Center of Photography, Lower East Side, ManhattanA closing-soon solo presentation on ICP's first floor, included with the ticket you are already buying for the building's other shows.
The Shed, Hudson Yards, ManhattanDoug Aitken's film-based installation turns The Shed's Hudson Yards hall into a walk-through American landscape.
The Shed, Hudson Yards, ManhattanDoug Aitken's film-based installation turns The Shed's Hudson Yards hall into a walk-through American landscape.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThree of McCall's solid-light works spanning fifty years, including the 1973 Line Describing a Cone and a new premiere, Swarm. Free walk-in at Sean Kelly.
Hudson Yards, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThree of McCall's solid-light works spanning fifty years, including the 1973 Line Describing a Cone and a new premiere, Swarm. Free walk-in at Sean Kelly.
El Museo del Barrio, East Harlem, ManhattanThe first major retrospective of Teddy Sandoval, a central figure of LA's queer Chicano avant-garde, opens at El Museo del Barrio for its New York run.
El Museo del Barrio, East Harlem, ManhattanThe first major retrospective of Teddy Sandoval, a central figure of LA's queer Chicano avant-garde, opens at El Museo del Barrio for its New York run.
9/11 Memorial & Museum, Lower Manhattan, ManhattanA new special exhibition opening on the 25th-anniversary weekend, tracing how individuals and communities turned the grief of 9/11 into a quarter century of service. Included with museum admission.
9/11 Memorial & Museum, Lower Manhattan, ManhattanA new special exhibition opening on the 25th-anniversary weekend, tracing how individuals and communities turned the grief of 9/11 into a quarter century of service. Included with museum admission.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe first US exhibition ever devoted to the Savonnerie: Louis XIV's monumental Grande Galerie carpets, in their debut weekend at the Met.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe first US exhibition ever devoted to the Savonnerie: Louis XIV's monumental Grande Galerie carpets, in their debut weekend at the Met.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanPop master Roy Lichtenstein's Ben-Day dots and comic-strip canvases come to the Whitney — instantly iconic American art.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanPop master Roy Lichtenstein's Ben-Day dots and comic-strip canvases come to the Whitney — instantly iconic American art.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Costume Institute's new blockbuster reframes fashion as fine art, with sculptural gowns staged alongside masterpieces from the Met's collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Costume Institute's new blockbuster reframes fashion as fine art, with sculptural gowns staged alongside masterpieces from the Met's collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanFlip Sides turns 50 Korean treasures around at the Met — hidden linings, sealed interiors and reverse faces, over half never shown in public.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanFlip Sides turns 50 Korean treasures around at the Met — hidden linings, sealed interiors and reverse faces, over half never shown in public.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanA rescued New Deal mural cycle painted for a hospital children's ward goes back on public view in East Harlem.
Museum of the City of New York, Upper Manhattan, ManhattanA rescued New Deal mural cycle painted for a hospital children's ward goes back on public view in East Harlem.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAna Paula Hirama · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA new Met show explores how artists across centuries have rendered the body as instrument and music as form—opening day at one of the city's biggest museums.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAna Paula Hirama · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA new Met show explores how artists across centuries have rendered the body as instrument and music as form—opening day at one of the city's biggest museums.
The Morgan Library & Museum, Murray Hill, ManhattanRembrandt drawings and the immigrants in his world anchor a just-opened Morgan show — free Friday evenings in a jewel-box museum.
The Morgan Library & Museum, Murray Hill, ManhattanRembrandt drawings and the immigrants in his world anchor a just-opened Morgan show — free Friday evenings in a jewel-box museum.
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTwelve enormous Thomas Ruff photographs built from compressed images of the World Trade Center attacks, shown for the 25th anniversary.
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, Chelsea, ManhattanTwelve enormous Thomas Ruff photographs built from compressed images of the World Trade Center attacks, shown for the 25th anniversary.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWarhol to Maurizio Cattelan, hung along Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral: the Guggenheim's own Pop holdings and what came after.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWarhol to Maurizio Cattelan, hung along Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral: the Guggenheim's own Pop holdings and what came after.
The New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanHow the Revolution reshaped the lives of New York's women and how they reshaped it back, told through objects and documents.
The New York Historical, Upper West Side, ManhattanHow the Revolution reshaped the lives of New York's women and how they reshaped it back, told through objects and documents.
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.
Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanThe Hispanic Society opens its own holdings across Spain and Latin America, hung to ignore the national borders they were catalogued by.
Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanThe Hispanic Society opens its own holdings across Spain and Latin America, hung to ignore the national borders they were catalogued by.
The Morgan Library & Museum, Murray Hill, ManhattanPeter Hujar's downtown New York through his contact sheets — the Morgan reveals how the photographer chose his icons.
The Morgan Library & Museum, Murray Hill, ManhattanPeter Hujar's downtown New York through his contact sheets — the Morgan reveals how the photographer chose his icons.
Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanAlfonso Lozano · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Hispanic Society turns its lens on the neighbourhood immediately around it, uptown Manhattan seen by the artists who live there.
Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanAlfonso Lozano · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Hispanic Society turns its lens on the neighbourhood immediately around it, uptown Manhattan seen by the artists who live there.
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