The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in NYC

Art shows in NYC

Find the best upcoming events & activities for any age group

A guide to all the best art shows, art events and art exhibits

Post an Event

Saturday April 19, 2025

Noon – 2:30 pm

Disco Glow Kids Party

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Attractions

Let’s Glow TogetherLong Island City

Sunday April 20

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

wave-hill_Family-Art-Project-Sounds-of-Nature_credit-Joshua-Bright

10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Sounds of Nature

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

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

Noon – 2:30 pm

Disco Glow Kids Party

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Attractions

Let’s Glow TogetherLong Island City

Monday April 21

11 am – noon

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Community

Bellmore Movies and ShowplaceBellmore

POST

4 – 5 pm

Easter Arts and Crafts!

Ages: 4 and under
Art
Community

Sunset Park

Tuesday April 22

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

03252018_Freedom_Art_Jam_2018_023-Resize to_ PowerPoint – 2000px max dims (72dpi) jpg

2:30 – 4:30 pm

After School Art Explorers: Drop-In Programs

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Free

The Jewish MuseumManhattan

Seeds 9×5

4 – 5 pm

Seed Bombs

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Wednesday April 23

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

Screen Shot 2025-02-07 at 4.13.39 PM

11 am – noon

Guggenheim Museum Stroller Tours

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Attractions

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Thursday April 24

2_Candida-Alvarez_-Estoy-Bien_2017_-Collection-of-El-Museo-del-Barrio-New-York_-Photograph-by-Martin-Seck_Courtesy-of-El-Museo-del-Barrio-New-York

All day

“Candida Alvarez: Circle, Point, Hoop” Exhibition Opening

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

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

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

Friday April 25

Screenshot

All day

Fleurs de Villes Downton Abbey

Ages: All
Art
Free

wave-hill_Earth-Day_credit-Joshua-Bright_md

All day

Earth Day Weekend

Ages: All
Animals
Art

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

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

Saturday April 26

Screenshot

All day

Fleurs de Villes Downton Abbey

Ages: All
Art
Free

wave-hill_Earth-Day_credit-Joshua-Bright_md

All day

Earth Day Weekend

Ages: All
Animals
Art

090214_Family-Art-Project-Valentines-Day_Joshua-Bright-40

10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: A Growing Season

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

Screen Shot 2025-02-06 at 5.21.29 PM

10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper 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

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

181209+Yang_FAD+Market+-+BK+Historical+Food+Market_7

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Earth Month

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Center for Brooklyn History – Brooklyn HeightsBrooklyn

Open Studio_A family makes art together, 2023. Photograph by Filip Wolak.

11 am – 3 pm

Whitney Museum Open Studio 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Whitney Museum of American Artchelsea

+ Export Events

More from Around NYC

Happy african mother with her baby on arms at home

Op-ed | Healthy black mothers, stronger communities: A vision for the future

Mayor Adams speaking at a Bronx church

Op-ed | The Mayor’s ‘Independent’ Candidacy

The entrance of Mount Morris Baths.

What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge

site of bushwick shooting

Man killed in early-morning Bushwick shooting