The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

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Thursday Aug. 14, 2025

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

The Whole Point

11 am – 1 pm

Deep Sea Dot Art

Ages: All
Animals
Art

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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1 – 3 pm

Liu Shiming Art Foundation Clay & Craft Series at Bryant Park Art Cart

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

Bryant ParkManhattan

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

4 – 7 pm

Back to School Night: The Art in Sports

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

Friday Aug. 15

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

Under the Sea, Just Like Me! at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

Face Value

10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Photo – Build-A-Boat

11 am – 1 pm

Build-a-Boat

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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Noon – 1 pm

Goat on a Boat Puppet Show: The Princess, the Frog & the Pea

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Free

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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Noon – 7 pm

Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Art
Food & Drink

Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up ExperienceManhattan

Saturday Aug. 16

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

banksy museumnew york

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10 am – 5 pm

Under the Sea, Just Like Me! at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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10:30 am – 6:30 pm

ICP Community Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions

Govenors IslandManhattan

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: The Power of the Sun

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Back to School Bash at The Shoppes at East Wind

Ages: All
Art
Outdoors

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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11 am – 2 pm

Summertime Splash Bash

Ages: All
Art
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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Noon – 7 pm

Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Art
Food & Drink

Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up ExperienceManhattan

1 – 6 pm

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Community

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

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2 – 4 pm

MoMA Family Art Making: Nature Drawings

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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2 – 4 pm

Family Art Hour: Image Transfer Collage and Exquisite Corpses

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

Sunday Aug. 17

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

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