The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now on the East End

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Saturday May 17, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

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All day

New York Landmarks Conservancy Hosts 2025 Sacred Sites Open House Weekend

Art
Free

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8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival APRIL 16 – MAY 24, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction APRIL 20 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause MAY 3 – JULY 6, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Red Thread: Larry Gottheim’s Films MAY 15 – MAY 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Carte Blanche: Rosa Barba MAY 13 – MAY 18, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State Park

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

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PosterHouseWP

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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11 am – 7 pm

Shelter by Afternoon Light

Art
Markets

The Starrett-Lehigh BuildingChelsea

Family Day

11 am – 4 pm

Family Day at Hudson Yards

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & Gardens

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House Pottery

01_In Motion with Lexi + Chris

12:30 – 1:15 pm

In Motion Workshops at New York City Ballet

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose Building

New York City Ballet

12:30 – 1:15 pm

Children’s Workshops at New York City Ballet

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose Building

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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1 – 4 pm

Family Program | Storytelling and Sea Adventures

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

Untitled design (3)

2 – 4 pm

Between Memory and Madness: Wedding Dress Premieres Off-Broadway

Art
Theater

PLAYHOUSE 46 at St. Luke’sHell’s Kitchen

3 – Florencia Cuenca and Company

2 – 4:30 pm

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Art
Comedy

James Earl Jones Theatre

AAPI Event Calendar – 4

2 – 5 pm

Textile Dyeing Workshop with At The Table

165 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016

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2 – 4 pm

Create & Curate: Handcrafted Blooms & Pearls Jewelry Workshop by Nunchi & Summer Space Studios x NYAAF

NunchiMidtown

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2 – 5 pm

O.K.!

Art
Comedy

INTARHell’s Kitchen

Spring has Sprung, Jefferson Market Garden

3 – 6 pm

Around the Parks: Manhattan!

Art
Free

Pleiades Gallerychelsea

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

WA MNH Statue (S)

5 – 7:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ The Deadly Nudes Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

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5:30 – 7 pm

Lux Mea Spring Concert

Ages: All
Art
Caribbean
Family

Advent Lutheran ChurchUpper West Side

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

L: Kayla Mak and Elijah Geolina in Houston Thomas’s U Don’t Know Me. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor. R: YeonSeo Choi and Kayke Carvalho in the Black Swan pas de deux from Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake. Photo: Emma Zordan.

7:30 – 9 pm

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Spring Moves

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Dance
Family

Untitled design (3)

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Between Memory and Madness: Wedding Dress Premieres Off-Broadway

Art
Theater

PLAYHOUSE 46 at St. Luke’sHell’s Kitchen

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