NYC Art Gallery Openings, Exhibitions and Events

Art Calendar 2025

January - December 2025

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SUNDAY - MAY 11, 2025

- TEFAF, The European Fine Art Foundation, Park Ave Armory, 643 Park Ave, NYC
.. Venus Over Manhattan .. Salon 94 .. Benrimon .. Skarstedt .. David Zwirner .. .. ..
On View: May 8 - 13, 2025

- Mothers Day Celebration
NYBG New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx NY
Event: Sun May 11, 12Noon-5pm (Tickets)

- Mary Heilmann: Long Line
Whitney Museum of American Art
On View: thru Jan 19, 2026

- Chamberlain Goes Outdoors
Rockefeller Center, NYC
On View: thru May 29, 2025

- The Tender Specificity of John Singer Sargent
Hyperallergic
On Line: Review

- Here's What Makes Caspar David Friedrich's Edgy Landscapes So Special
Artnet
On Line: News

- A Revisioning of Van Gogh's Portraiture at MFA Boston
Art & Object
On Line: News

SATURDAY - MAY 10, 2025

- Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: May 10 - Oct 26, 2025

- In Quartet: Joy Guidry, Scraaatch, Maysun
Fridman Gallery
169 Bowery, NYC
Event: Sat May 10th at 7pm

- Fritz Horstman: Raking Light - Free Concert, Horstman and Andrews will perform "Spacelover", 45 min. set of new and old original music and covers.
Planthouse
55 W 28th St, NYC
On View: thru May 17, 2025
Event: Sat May 10th at 4pm

FRIDAY - MAY 9, 2025

- Cassandra: A dramatic poem by Lesia Ukrainka, Staged Reading. A fusion of feminist perspectives, spiritual dilmmas, adn political angst, written in 1907. A light Reception follows.
Ukrainian Institute of America
2 E 79th St, NYC
Event: Sat May 9th at 7pm (Tickets)

- Renee Stout: Truth-telling
Marc Straus
57 Walker St, NYC
On View: May 9 - Jul 12, 2025
Opening Reception: Fri May 9, 5-8pm

- Matthew Monahan: As Above, So Below
Anton Kern Gallery - at Window
91 Walker St, NYC
Opening Fri May 9, 6-8pm

THURSDAY - MAY 8, 2025

- Austyn Weiner: Half Way Home
Levy Gorvy Dayan
19 E 64th St, NYC
Opening: May 8, 5-8pm

- Atsuko Tanaka, Yayoi Kusama
Paula Cooper Gallery
521 W 21st St, NYC
On View: May 8 - Jun 14, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 8, 6-8pm

- Michael Armitage Crucible
David Zwirner
533 W 19th St, NYC
On View: May 8 - Jun 27, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 8, 6-8pm

WEDNESDAY - MAY 7, 2025

- Upper East Side Art Walk, 23 E 73rd St, NYC - Les Enluminures - Download Map
.. Jill Newhouse .. Barbara Mathes .. Robert Simon .. Almine Rech .. Van Doren Waxter .. Skarstedt .. Michael Werner .. Fleiss-Vallois .. Acquavella .. Nicholas Hall .. Victoria Munroe .. Mireille Mosler ..
Event: Wed May 7, 5-8pm

- Frieze New York, The Shed at Hudson Yards, 545 W 30th St, NYC
.. 303 Gallery .. Tanya Bonakdar .. Casey Kaplan .. Kravets Wehby .. Parrasch Heijnen .. Anton Kern ..
Event: May 7 - 11, 2025

- NADA New York, Starrett-Lehigh Bldg, 601 W 26th St, NYC
.. Spencer Brownstone .. JDJ .. Harpers .. Chozick .. Asya Geisberg .. IRL .. Kates-Ferri .. Fragment .. Dimin ..
Event: May 7 - 11, 2025

- Martin Kippenberger: The Late Paintings
Skarstedt, Upper East Side
20 E 79th St, NYC
On View: May 7 - Jun 28, 2025
Opening Reception: Wed May 7, 6-8pm

- People of Steel: Film at the Institute, Reception following.
Ukrainian Institute of America
2 E 79th St, NYC
Event: Wed May 7th at 7pm (Tickets)

- Anaya Kantarovsky: Scarecrow
Michael Werner Gallery
4 E 77th St, NYC
On View: May 7 - Jul 3, 2025 (Mon-Sat, 10-6pm)
Opening Reception: Wed May 7, 6-8pm

- Anne Collier: Portraits | Jochen Lempert
Anton Kern Gallery
16 E 55th St, NYC
Opening: Tue May 6, 6-8pm

- Circa 1995 - New Figuration in New York: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Chris Ofli, Laura Owens, Elizabeth Peyton, among others.
David Zwirner
537 W 20th St, NYC
On View: May 7 - Jul 17, 2025
Opening Reception: Wed May 7, 6-8pm

- Leanne Shapton: Swimming Studies - A conversation between Leanne Shapton and Cecily Brown.
192 Books
192 10th Ave, NYC
Event: Wed May 7th at 7pm

- Avital Burg: Cracks in the Pavement, Debra Cartwright: Somatic Domain, Azuki Furuya: Immortality
Fridman Gallery
169 Bowery, NYC
On View: May 7 - Jun 7, 2025

- Pilvi Takala: The Pin, a new performance about playing with social codes.
The Shed & The High Line
Event: Wed May 7, 12-1:30pm at The Shed.

- Greg Lindquist: Slow Burn
Art-in-Buildings
55 5th Ave, NYC
On View: May 7 - 30, 2025

TUESDAY - MAY 6, 2025

- Caspar Friedrich: The Soul of Nature
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: thru May 11, 2025

- Matthew Monahan: As Above, So Below
Anton Kern Gallery
16 E 55th St, NYC
Opening Tue May 6, 6-8pm

- Marina Rheingantz: Iris
Bortolami
39 Walker St, NYC
On View: May 6 - 31, 2025
Opening: Tue May 6, 6-8pm

- Carolyn Lazard: Two-Way - In Conversation with Dorothy E. Roberts
Artists Space
11 Cortlandt Alley, NYC
On View: thru May 10, 2025
Event: Tue May 6th at 6:30pm

- Eduardo's Birthday Party on Abe. Gabriel: Arshile Gorky, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Oscar Murillo
Fleiss-Vallois
On View: May 6 - Jul 25, 2025
Reception: Tue May 6, 6-8pm

MONDAY - MAY 5, 2025

- Myrlande Constant ImmersesUs in Opulence
Hyperallergic
On Line: News

- Dana Powell: The Moon is Still Free
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
521 W 21st St, NYC
On View: thru May 30, 2025

SUNDAY - MAY 4, 2025

- The New Art: American Photography, 1839 - 1910
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: thru Jul 20, 2025

- John Chamberlain's Dazzling Foil Sculptures Make Their US Debut at New York's Rockefeller Center
Artnet
On Line: News

- The Most Joyful Hats of NYC's Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival
Hyperallergic
On Line: Article

- Porcelain Virtuoso Blows Up at the Frick
Artnet
On Line: News

SATURDAY - MAY 3, 2025

- Music at the Institute: Legacies / Remembering Ted Dzus Jr.
Ukrainian Institute of America
2 E 79th St, NYC
Event: Sat May 3rd at 4pm (Tickets)

- An Hoang: Spring Bolero
Turn Gallery
32 E 68th St, 2nd Fl, NYC
On View: May 3 - Jun 27, 2025
Opening: Sat May 3, 4-6pm

- Charles Kaiman: Moonlights - New Mexico
Blue Mountain Gallery
547 W 27th St, NYC
On View: thru May 17, 2025

- Claes Oldenburg & Peter Moore: New York Streets and Signs
Paula Cooper Gallery
521 W 21st St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 14, 2025

- Deviations: Doron Langberg, Nash Glynn, Juliana Huxtable, Oscar Yi, Sam Penn, among others.
James Fuentes
52 White St, NYC
On View: thru May 7, 2025

FRIDAY - MAY 2, 2025

- Garo Hakimian: Layers of Transformative Journeys
Space 776
37-39 Clinton St, NYC
On View: May 2 - 21, 2025
Opening Reception: Fri May 2, 6-8pm

- Ivan Argote: Breathings | Nancy Graves | Julia von Eichel
Perrotin
130 Orchard St, NYC
On View: thru May 31, 2025

- Carlos Charlie Perez: It's Fun to Pretend to be Other People
Tiger Strikes Asteroid
1329 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn
On View: thru Jun 1, 2025

THURSDAY - MAY 1, 2025

- The Art of Folio: Celebrating over 75 years of exceptional book art, with Sam Weber, Julie Dillon, Gerard Dubois, Neil Packer, Rovina Cai, Yuko Shimizu, among others.
Society of Illustrators
128 E 63rd St, NYC
Opening Reception: Thur May 1, 6-9pm

- Andy Warhol: Oxidation Paintings
Skarstedt, Chelsea
547 W 25th St, NYC
On View: May 1 - Jun 28, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 1, 6-8pm

- Tomma Abts
David Zwirner
525 W 19th St, NYC
On View: May 1 - Jun 14, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 1, 6-8pm

- Delirious Verse: Amelia Rosselli's Metrical Theories - Book Presentation
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at NYU
24 W 12th St, NYC
Event: Thur May 1st at 6:30pm (Register)

- Zoe Brown Weissmann: Rapturous Delight
Viridian Artists
548 W 28th St, NYC
On View: thru Sat May 17, 2025

WEDNESDAY - APRIL 30, 2025

- Prelude: The Early Work of Franz Kline
Hirschl & Adler Modern
The Fuller Bldg, 9th Fl, E 57th St at Madison, NYC
On View: thru May 30, 2025

- Jeppe Hein: Expect a Miracle | Mary Heilmann: Breaking Waves
303 Gallery
555 W 21st St, NYC
On View: thru May 31, 2025

- Jan Dickey: The High Collapse
5-50 Gallery
5-50 51st Ave, LIC, NYC
On View: thru Jun 8, 2025

- The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Effect: Artists Weigh in on His Enduring Influence
Art News | National Portrait Gallery
On Line: Feature

- Was Rembrandt Inspired by the Story of Queen Esther?
Hyperallergic
On Line: Article

TUESDAY - APRIL 29, 2025

- Curator Talk: The New Art, American Photography, 1839 - 1910
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
Event: Tue Apr 29, 11am-12pm

- Popular Photography: Vintage Prints from the Collection of Carol Carlisle
Keith De Lellis Gallery
41 E 57th St, NYC
Opens: Tue Apr 29, 2025

- Artist Talk: Rosana Paulino in Conversation with Cecilia Alemani
The High Line, at 22nd Street Seating Steps, NYC
Event: Tue Apr 29, 12:30-1:30pm

- Adventures in Italian Opera,Corrado Rovaris, Conductor, in conversation with Fred Plotkin.
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at NYU
24 W 12th St, NYC
Event: Tue Apr 29th at 6:30pm (Register)

- Elizabeth Colomba & Lucy Liu in Conversation
Venus Over Manhattan
39 Great Jones St, NYC
Event: Tue Apr 29th at 5:30pm (RSVP)

- Andrea Blum: Biota - Book Launch
Artists Space
11 Cortlandt Alley, NYC
Event: Tue Apr 29th at 6pm

MONDAY - APRIL 28, 2025

- Mary Heilmann: Long Line
Whitney Museum of American Art
On View: thru Jan 19, 2026

- Amy Sherald's Portraits Have Injected the Genre with New Life, But They Also Flatten Blackness
Art News
On Line: Reviews

- David Hockney Artworks in His Major Paris Show
Artsy
On Line: Article

- Shahzia Sikander's Transgressive Femininity
Hyperallergic
On Line: Review

SUNDAY - APRIL 27, 2025

- Panel Discussion: Ali Printz, Amy Ritter, Jenny Fine.
Ortega y Gasset Projects
Old American Can Factory, 363 3rd Ave, Brooklyn
Event: Sun Apr 27th at 4pm

- Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection
The Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Ave at 103rd St, NYC
On View: thru Aug 10, 2025

- Sargent and Paris: explores the early career of American painter John Singer Sargentt 1856-1925.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: Apr 27 - Aug 3, 2025

- The Roof Garden Commission: Jennie C. Jones, Ensemble
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: thru Oct 19, 2025

- The Giant Women Who Stomped on Art World Invisibility
Hyperallergic
On Line: Exhibition

- After Years of Figurative Painting, Absraction Roars Back in New York's Galleries Better Than Ever
Art News
On Line: Reviews

SATURDAY - APRIL 26, 2025

- Love Poems: The Kind of Poetry I Want: Gracie Devito, Milton Avery, Lonnie Holley, Julian Schnabel, Liz Ahn, Steve DiBenedetto, Mary Finn, Marsden Hartley, Peter Gallo, Sigmar Polke, Antoni Tapies, among others.
Anton Kern Gallery
16 E 55th St, NYC
Closing Reception: Sat, Apr 26, 4-6pm -- Reading with Charles Bernstein

- Then and Now - 25th Anniversary Show: Nick Alm, Elen Bezhen, John Brosio, Michael Chapman, Fernando Cidoncha, Matthew Cornell, Shaun Downey, Stephen Fox, among others.
Arcadia Contemporary
421 W Broadway, NYC
On View: thru May 4, 2025

- Stephen Mallon: Passing America
Front Room Gallery
205 Warren St, Hudson NY
On View: Apr 26 - May 18, 2025
Opening Reception: Sat Apr 26, 4-6pm

FRIDAY - APRIL 25, 2025

- Sue Jeong Ka: Explicit
Cuchifritos Gallery & Project Space
88 Essex St, Inside Essex Mkt, NYC
On View: Apr 25 - Jun 21, 2025
Reception: Fri Apr 25, 6-8pm

- The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism
NYBG New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx
(Orchid Nights: Feb 22, Mar 8, 15, 22, 29, Apr 5, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26.)
On View: thru Apr 27, 2025

Frances Barth, a Painting Conversation, 55 Years
447 Space
447 W 17th St, NYC
On View: Apr 25 - Jun 6, 2025

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