The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Wednesday April 2, 2025

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All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Light: Rafaël Rozendaal

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Thursday April 3

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Portraits_fig_13_Belle_Greene_1911_I Tatti White_701480

10:30 am – 5 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Light: Rafaël Rozendaal

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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3:30 – 5 pm

Cross Stitch Circle

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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6 – 7 pm

Disney’s Moana JR

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community

John J Pershing Middle SchoolBrooklyn

6 pm

Opening Reception for Found Island

Ages: All
Art
Free

Freshkills GalleryStaten Islan

Friday April 4

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All day

Art & About: Houston

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Guild HallEast Hampton

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Portraits_fig_13_Belle_Greene_1911_I Tatti White_701480

10:30 am – 7 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Light: Rafaël Rozendaal

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Moana pershing BKpaper

6 – 7 pm

Disney’s Moana JR

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community

John J Pershing Middle SchoolBrooklyn

Saturday April 5

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All day

Art & About: Houston

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Guild HallEast Hampton

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Blooming Tie Dyes

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Light: Rafaël Rozendaal

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Whodunit at the Met Family Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Brooklyn Creates

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Attractions

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Family Program: Animal Architecture

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Craft & DIY

Center for ArchitectureGreenwich Village

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays | Exhibition Tour and Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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11 am – 4 pm

Celebrate Eid Around the World

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

On the Shoulders of…: Hold Up Who Holds You Up

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

BAM FisherBrooklyn

Noon – 12:55 pm

The Magic City

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Theater

The New Victory TheaterManhattan

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