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

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Saturday Aug. 23, 2025

4 – 6 pm

UNREHEARSED: The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Barefoot Shakespeare Co.

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Summit Rock, Central ParkUpper West Side

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4:30 – 7 pm

Annual Box Art Auction Benefiting East End Hospice

Art

Hoie Hall at St. Luke’s ChurchEast Hampton

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5 – 6 pm

Best of All Things is Water with Megan and Scott Chaskey

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

8.23 SummerFest

6 – 10:30 pm

SummerFest

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

7 – 10 pm

Adam Baranello “Grunge Pop Celebration” Closing Reception & Live Music Performance

Art
Free

southampton cultural centerSouthampton

Mr. Vernon Watercress – Nate Puppets

8 – 9 pm

An Evening with Mr. Vernon Watercress and Friends!

Teatro SEA at The Clemente CenterLower East Side

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9 – 10 pm

Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

Sunday Aug. 24

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All day

ARTwalk: Susan Kravitz

Art

Cherry GroveCherry Grove

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All day

Witness the Live Recording of Unscripted: Artists Outside the Frame

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

All day

Back To School Week At The HUB

Ages: All
Art
Family

The HUB BridgehamptonBridgehampton

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

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8 am – 5 pm

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Michael Caine: A Shock of Recognition

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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8:30 am – 5:30 pm

Creative Open House with The Makeup Show

Art
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Metropolitan Creative StudiosChelsea

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

9 am – 7 pm

“Narratives in Motion – The Evolution of a Storyteller” a solo exhibit by Jennifer A. Uihlein

Art
Free

The Firefly ArtistsNorthport

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10 am – 6 pm

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

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

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

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

Animals of the Water at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Art
Family

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

Whales with Title for Web RGB

10 am – 4 pm

When Women Wore Whales

Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical MuseumSag Harbor

West Wind by Jon Van Brunt

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield is excited to present “Long Island Landscapes,” a dual exhibition of local artists Jonathan Van Brunt and Patricia Yantz opening Thursday, August 14th

Art
Classes

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

10 am – noon

Children’s Mythical Creature Watercolor Painting

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

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10 am – 8 pm

RECESS!! The Experience

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Empire OutletsSaint George

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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