A working list of exhibitions currently on view across the city, each with its closing date, location and the time it deserves. Museum surveys sit beside single-room gallery shows. For people who want to see a show before it comes down rather than read about it afterward.
A working list of exhibitions currently on view across the city, each with its closing date, location and the time it deserves. Museum surveys sit beside single-room gallery shows. For people who want to see a show before it comes down rather than read about it afterward.
A group show puts many artists in one room, and it is easy to walk out unsure what you saw. Learn how to find the theme, read how the show was picked, and leave with a clear opinion instead of a blur.
One headline show, two smaller rooms, and a plan that keeps the walking manageable.
Museum calendars in New York follow a rhythm of fall and spring openings. Knowing that rhythm turns a crowded afternoon into a well-placed visit.
The city rewards a full day: one encyclopedic collection at the center, smaller university galleries at the edges.
Culture Pass lets cardholders of New York's three public library systems reserve free entry to museums, gardens and historical sites across the city.
The New York exhibition calendar is built on a simple pattern: prestige openings crowd September through November, while summer belongs to long-running shows aimed at visitors already in the city.
The 82nd Whitney Biennial, which opened on March 8, 2026, anchors the Whitney Museum of American Art's summer — but its three floors now close on three different dates, the last not until October 12.
Artist, title, medium, credit line, accession number: the small text beside a work is a compressed record of what the object is and how the museum got it.
The Costume Institute's spring 2026 exhibition pairs nearly 400 garments and artworks in the museum's new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries, running through January 10, 2027.
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened on May 31, 2025 with more than 1,800 works of African, Ancient American and Oceanic art — a floor-by-floor guide to the new galleries.