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Art and Peoples of the Kharga Oasis

closes 05 July 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met makes clever use of the rough, unpolished space below the Grand Staircase by housing artifacts collected by the museum's own 1908 archaeological team. The site of the dig was the Kharga Oasis in southern Egypt, a stop on Egyptian and Roman trade routes and home to a healthy community of early-Christians. If you can find it, take a quick look.
Relative Values

The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance

closes 28 February 2021

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
You will have fun at this exhibit, which seeks to explain how 16th-century Europeans practically valued work we now consider priceless. To adjust for the variations of currency and economic assets, Relative Value attaches a contemporary price to each piece in the exhibit expressed in a number of cows. It is much more than a joke; it is educational to see how economic changes impact art.
Children to Immortals

Figural Representations in Chinese Art

closes 23 February 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
This long-running exhibition in the Met's Asian Art collection examines one of the most common subjects for artists from a uniquely Chinese point of view. Artists from nearly every culture represent the human form through any possible medium. But where most cultures focus on accurate representations, Chinese artists seek to capture a person's inner spirit (chuanshen).
The Art of London Firearms

closes 29 January 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
Throughout 2019 the Arms and Armor collection at the Met features an elegant collection of 18th- and 19th-century firearms designed by gunsmiths in London. Though often overshadowed by counterparts on the continent, London-based gun designers supplied the growing British aristocracy with exquisite dueling flint-lock pistols.
Fear and Force

New York City's Sons of Liberty

closes 04 July 2020

@ Fraunces Tavern Museum
This long-running exhibition takes a detailed look at the Sons of Liberty in New York City. The revolutionary organization was responsible for some of the most dramatic acts of rebellion in the years leading up to the American Revolution, including a tea party in New York's harbor and the removal of a statue of King George. The exhibit features objects related to these events.
City of Workers, City of Struggle

How Labor Movements Changed New York

closes 05 January 2020

@ Museum of the City of New York
Social Activism is a common topic of exploration at the Museum of the City of New York. This large exhibit explores the history of labor movements in the world's most economically important city. From enslaved labor, through early unionization, into contemporary issues of immigrant employment, the exhibit looks at the lives of workers and management, and the ongoing progress towards equitable compensation and safe working conditions.
Epic Abstraction

Pollock to Herrera

closes 01 January 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
This ongoing exhibition draws upon the Met's own collection of Modern Art, together with special loans, to explore large-scale abstraction in the twentieth century. Gathered into the exhibit are some of the biggest names in American art from the last century, including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning.
Garry Winogrand

Color

closes 08 December

@ Brooklyn Museum
The street photographer Garry Winogrand was one of the most influential photographers of the 1960s and 1970s. Known for his vivid black and white photos of life in New York, this outstanding exhibition looks at a lesser-known medium: color photos. The works are projected on a large scale--more than 400 items--and immerse visitors in Winogrand's New York.
In Praise of Painting

Dutch Masterpieces at the Met

closes 04 October 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
As a result of the Met's European Paintings galleries continued renovation, many core pieces of the permanent collection are not on display. This exhibit puts some of those highlights back on display with a look at the ever-popular Golden Age of Dutch paintings from the 17th-century headlining Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and more.
Five Cents to Dreamland

A Trip to Coney Island

closes 31 December

@ Coney Island Museum
In addition to its own unique collection, the Coney Island Museum hosts this exhibit, originally curated by the New York Transit Museum in 2017. While trimmed down from its original size, the charming exhibit focuses on the transportation challenges faced during the height of Coney Islands popularity, demonstrating that a key to the resort's success was the inexpensive transportation of millions of visitors from Manhattan and beyond.
Nature

Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial

closes 20 January 2020

@ Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Through the rest of the year, most of the museum is dedicated to the always-popular Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial. This year the museum collaborates with the Cube Design Museum to present the latest and greatest in the design field. Over sixty design teams have contributed works ranging from lightbulb installations to robotic ants.
T. rex

The Ultimate Predator

closes 09 August 2020

@ American Museum of Natural History
The ever-popular dinosaur halls at the museum feature an impressive temporary upgrade with this detailed look at everything we know about the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The exhibit traces the evolution of the tyrannosaur family, and a detailed examination of their life-span, behaviors, and habits. An impressive, educational, and immersive exhibit.
Nobody Promised You Tomorrow

Art 50 Years After Stonewall

closes 08 December

@ Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum joins institutions around the city in commemorating the 50 year anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, which triggered LGBTQ civil rights protests. Unlike other exhibits commemorating Stonewall, this explores the on-going creative impact of the uprising. The exhibit features only works by LGBTQ artists born after 1969, focusing not on the uprising, but on the challenges that still exist 50 years later.
Pride

Photographs of Stonewall and Beyond

closes 31 December

@ Museum of the City of New York
Joining several other cultural institutions in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, the museum showcases the photographs taken by Fred McDarrah. McDarrah (whose additional work is featured in a companion exhibit) captured the uprising and the several days of protest that followed.
Mirror of Humanity

Seeing Ourselves in Playing Cards

closes 31 January 2020

@ Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Highlights from the massive collection of playing cards accumulated by Albert Field Jr. (1916 - 2003) are on display at Columbia. Examples from across six centuries and dozens of countries are used to explore themes of race, gender, politics, and education.
Jewelry For America

closes 05 April 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
This long-running exhibition features over 300-years worth of jewelry designed and worn by Americans. From early indigenous pieces to modern extravagance, this is a thoughtful and thorough look at the history of jewelry on this continent. While not as extravagant as last-years The Body Transformed, it is a worthy successor.
Oceans

Our Blue Planet

closes 05 January 2020

@ American Museum of Natural History
The museum's newest film pairs perfectly with the museum's Unseen Oceans exhibit. Presented in both 2D and digital 3D, the film immerses you in the ocean in a way previously impossible. Using new technology, the movie travels from shallow coastal reefs to the deepest parts of the sea. Available for an additional fee, but well worth it.
Home is a Foreign Place

Recent Acquisitions in Context

closes 21 June 2020

@ Met Breuer
This long-running exhibition collects recent acquisitions by the Met of contemporary art from around the world. Featuring sculptures, installations, paintings, prints, photographs, and more, the exhibit is one of the most-diverse currently on display. Well known artists like Andy Warhol or Bruce Nauman hand near newly-discovered international artists.
Taking Care of Brooklyn

Stories of Sickness and Health

closes 05 June 2022

@ Brooklyn Historical Society
This long-running exhibition--scheduled to be on display until 2022--addresses the history of a very contemporary issue: illness and healthcare in Brooklyn and New York City. With ongoing outbreaks of preventable disease in the city, the exhibit is an excellent reminder of the long struggle to contain and eliminate these diseases over past centuries.
Other Presses, Other Places

Ugly Duckling Presse Chapbook and Zine Collection

closes 12 January 2020

@ New York Public Library
Ugly Duckling Presse has been publishing experimental literature since its founding in 1993, often as hand-bound or small-pressed zines and chapbooks. Over the past five years, the NYPL has partnered with Ugly Duckling to collect and catalog much of its collection (which now numbers over 1,000 items). This charming exhibit celebrates that partnership with hundreds of items on display.
Frank Lloyd Wright Textiles

The Taliesin Line, 1955 - 60

closes 05 April 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
Long after he had established himself as the greatest American architect of the twentieth century, Frank Lloyd Wright launched a line of wallpaper and fabric design intended for the general consumer. In 1955 he published a sample book of his Taliesin Line. This exhibit features the sample book and highlights some of his iconic designs.
Watercolors of the Acropolis

Emile Gillieron

closes 03 January 2020

@ Metropolitan Museum of Art
This small exhibit highlights the recent restoration work of the Met's conservators in preserving the delicate watercolors painted by Emile Gilleron. Gilleron traveled extensively through the classical world during the 19th century, rendering architectural discoveries in watercolor and drawing. Five of his drawings are on display. Drawn to scale, the works are large, detailed, and beautifully vibrant after restoration efforts.