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Art and Peoples of the Kharga Oasis

closes 07 June

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 05 July

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).
Nosotros

Strengthening Bonds between Jewish and Latino Communities

closes 31 May

Center for Jewish History
In a rare move for the Center, this exhibition features contemporary work by Latinx artists: Juan Bravo, Angel Urrely and Carlos Ayala. The goal of the exhibition is to demonstrate the shared roots of Sephardic Jewish and Latin American communities, as well as to foster improved relationships between them. Bold contemporary paintings from the Cuban and Puerto Rican artists dominate the exhibition and demonstrate the connections between disparate peoples.
Masterworks of Himalayan Art

closes 01 June

Rubin Museum of Art
This exhibit is at the core of the Rubin Museum. The Rubin's collection is regularly reshuffled through this exhibition, giving you an overview of the breadth of the museum's holdings. The organization of the exhibit is roughly geographic, focusing on the different regions of Tibet, India, Kashmir, Nepal, and Mongolia. Many of the pieces date as far back as the 12th and 13th centuries. Start first at the Gateway to Himalayan Art exhibit to help understand the masterworks on display here.
Gateway to Himalayan Art

closes 08 June

Rubin Museum of Art
In many ways, this is the most important exhibition in the museum. Himalayan Art is unique and beautiful but draws on history, legends, traditions, and methods often unfamiliar to Western viewers. This exhibition walks you through the basics: the difference between Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the meaning of the different postures and hand gestures, the common compositions of paintings. Time invested here pays off in the rest of the museum and through the city's other major collections of Himalayan Art.
Fear and Force

New York City's Sons of Liberty

closes 04 July

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.
Selections from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick

closes 12 July

Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met almost always has a small sample of baseball cards from the vast collection of Jefferson R. Burdick on display in a small corner of the American Wing. It is an altogether appropriate addition of a uniquely American art form based on a uniquely American sport. It takes some searching to find the display, tucked away in visible storage, but it is well worth the trouble.
T. rex

The Ultimate Predator

closes 09 August

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, supplementing the museum's already-impressive dinosaur education.
In Praise of Painting

Dutch Masterpieces at the Met

closes 04 October

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.
Panoramas

closes 31 May

Morgan Library
This tiny exhibition in the basement gathers Romantic landscapes from European artists. Marvel at the effect oil on a tiny canvas produces in the hands of masters like Carl Rottman or Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. The works are small, which amplifies the impact of a vast panorama captured in such a small frame. Only a handful of works are on display, so your visit may be short, but it is definitely worth a trip down the stairs.
Femmetography

The Gaze Shifted

closes 22 May

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
This is the fourth in the Schomburg Center's annual Teen Curators program. In this charming small exhibit, students collected samples of pioneers in photography by Black Women. Taking as a thesis Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe's 1985 book *Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers", the student-curators reconsider the black feminine gaze after 35 years. Come revisit the founding generation of Black female photographers.
The Drawings of Al Taylor

closes 24 May

Morgan Library
During his lifetime, Al Taylor was best known for his sculpture. But until his death in 1999, he considered himself primarily a painter. And, like most great painters, he was also a prolific draftsman. This exhibition celebrates this less-known aspect of Al Taylor's career, gathering a selection from among his 5,000 drawings. It is an interesting look at a previously unexplored corner of Taylor's oeuvre.
Within Reach

Jordan Casteel

closes 24 May

New Museum
Jordan Casteel has exhibited her work around New York City, including on Governors Island, at the Ford Foundation, and in the Studio Museum. But this exhibit at the New Museum, featuring dozens of her large scale paintings, is her first solo show in New York. Her portrait subjects explore the daily Black experience in New York and America.
Pressed

Images from the Jewish Daily Forward

closes 30 May

Museum at Eldridge Street
Since its founding in 1897, the Jewish Daily Forward was considered the most important Yiddish-language daily newspaper in the country. This exhibit takes a fascinating look back at the history of the paper, complete with the original plates used for printing articles and photographs. When the Eldridge Street Synagogue was at its height, the parishioners were reading this paper. See how they covered events from labor riots to the rise of baseball, to the inauguration of John F. Kennedy.
Crime and Punishment

Peter Saul

closes 31 May

New Museum
Peter Saul has been producing intricate, colorful pop art since the 1950s. Yet somehow he had never received a museum survey in New York City until this exhibition at the New Museum. With over 60 paintings spanning five decades, you will leaving knowing Peter Saul and his journey across the twentieth century very well.
No Soft Nonsense

Anne Bronte at 200

closes 07 June

Morgan Library
The youngest Bronte sister is the overdue focus of this small installation at the Morgan Library. After the Morgan held a large retrospective for Charlotte Bronte's 200th anniversary in 2016, the museum returns to the Bronte family to celebrate Anne's birthday. While less prolific than her sisters, critics hold Anne's achievements on par. See selections from the library's own holdings from Anne's short life.
The Shape of Shape

Artist's Choice Amy Sillman

closes 07 June

Museum of Modern Art
The MoMA's long-running series of Artist's Choice exhibitions invite contemporary artists to curate a show drawn from the museum's vast collection of rarely-seen objects. Amy Sillman, the New York-based painter whose own work has been featured in contemporary museum's around the country, selected dozens of paintings, sculptures, and design objects that celebrate shape over form or subject. Come see what Amy Sillman sees in this unique collection of works.
Treasures from the Vault

closes 07 June

Morgan Library
This season's rotation from the Morgan Library's vast holdings include manuscripts from Mozart and Wagner compositions, an original quatro of King Lear, and a manuscript from Edgar Allan Poe. Set in one of the city's great interior spaces, surrounded by J.P. Morgan's floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, remember that these impressive selections represent just a sliver of the library's collections.
Austrian Masterworks

From Neue Galerie New York

closes 08 June

Neue Galerie
This rotation of the Neue Galerie's permanent collection includes such blockbuster pieces as Gustav Klimt's The Black Feathered Hat and the golden portrait of Adele Block-Bauer. In addition to the room full of Klimts, you'll find sculptures by George Minne, including The Bather and several landscapes by Egon Schiele. This is the core of what you can expect from the Neue.
Charged with Buddha's Blessings

Relics from an Ancient Stupa

closes 08 June

Rubin Museum of Art
The museum's smallest exhibit tells a fascinating story of discovery and legend. The exhibit features relics recovered during an 1898 archaeological excavation in Piprahwa, India. Piprahwa is a possible burial place of the Buddha's ashes and the relics contained in the stupa that was unearthed are believed by some to have been charged with blessings by their proximity to the life of the Buddha. Marvel at the ancient gems and dig deep into the story of their discovery.
Madame D'Ora

closes 08 June

Neue Galerie
Madame d'Ora was born Dora Kallmus into privilege in Vienna in 1881. She was the first woman to open a photography studio in Vienna and became one of the leading female photographers of the first half of the twentieth century. This exhibition is the largest retrospective of this revolutionary artist in the United States and explores her work in fashion and portraiture.
Wangechi Mutu

The NewOnes, will free Us

closes 08 June

Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met's famed facade, nearly 120 years old, has long been considered incomplete. Four niches, two on either side of the grand entrance staircase. For the first time, these recesses house free-standing statues, as the facade's designer, Richard Morris Hunt, originally intended. Commissioned by the Met, Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu sculpted and installed The Seated I,II,III,IV. This is the first of what will become, like the Rooftop commission, an annual event.
Wiener Werkstatte

Fashion and Accessories

closes 08 June

Neue Galerie
The Wiener Werkstatte opened in 1903. The collective of designers and artists worked in jewelry design and quickly rose to be one of the most influential fashion design firms in Vienna. This exhibition gathers examples of some of the firms earliest designs for its wealthy clients, ranging from jewelry and dresses to complete interior designs. A perfect fit at the Neue, pairing with the photography exhibition of Madame d'Ora.
The Book of Ruth

Medieval to Modern

closes 14 June

Morgan Library
This remarkable little exhibit is built around a single remarkable work. The artist Barbara Wolff, a rare contemporary craftsman working in Illuminated Books, completed a rendering of the biblical Book fo Ruth, which is not part of the Morgan's permanent collection after a gift by Joanna S. Rose. The eighteen-foot manuscript is written in English on one side and in Hebrew on the other. Supplementing this remarkable contemporary piece are Illuminated Bibles from the collection featuring additional illustrations from the Book of Ruth.
Home is a Foreign Place

Recent Acquisitions in Context

closes 21 June

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.
Hello Gorgeous

closes 30 June

Bernard Museum of Judaica
Celebrating one of the icons of American culture, this impressive exhibition traces the storied career of Brooklyn's own Barbara Streisand. Many of the items in the entertaining exhibition come from the collection of Lou Papalas, who has amassed over 100,000 pieces of Streisand memorabilia. You will see dresses, albums, television clips, programs, and photographs from Streisand's life and career.
Insistent Change

Columbia's Core Curriculum at 100

closes 30 June

Rare Book and Manuscript Library
In response to changes in curriculum inspired by World War I, Columbia University standardized its Core Curriculum in 1919. This interesting exhibit chronicles the origin and evolution of the Core Curriculum over the past 100 years. Of particular interest are examples of how the curriculum has changed to respond to major cultural and political crises, guided by both students and faculty.
Relative Relations

closes 30 June

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum
This charming exhibition in the lobby of the Hebrew Union College gathers a variety of works that celebrate the unique connections formed in family relationships. Paintings and photographs look at contemporary parents and children, siblings, close friendships, and multi-generational connections. Several pieces look at these same relationships in Biblical and historical settings, including the priceless contemporary piece "Spotlight on Joseph" by Barbara Hines.
Made at NYPL

closes 03 July

New York Public Library
In honor of its 125th anniversary, the New York Public Library is celebrating itself by highlighting its own impact in the literary sphere. The 40 million items made available to researchers at the NYPL have been key resources to authors, such as Caryl Phillips, Andrew Delbanco, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Caro. Visit and see why this is one of the most significant cultural institutions in the city.
The Year of Water

Selections from Columbia's Book Arts Collection

closes 03 July

Rare Book and Manuscript Library
A selection from the library's collection of rare art books is on display built around the theme of water. Posters, documents, books and prints somehow related to rain, oceans, rivers, and lakes fill the gallery, including wood engravings by Gaylor Schanilec and prints by Sandy Gellis. Many of these items represent recent acquisitions, while others are out of the library's vaults and on public display for the first time.
A Passion for Jade

Heber Bishop and His Collection

closes 05 July

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Before his death in 1902, nineteenth-century industrialist Heber R. Bishop donated his vast collection of Jade sculptures to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For almost 120 years, the museum has rotated selections from the Bishop Collection in and out of various displays. In this small exhibition and as part of the 150th anniversary of the institution, the Met presents "the most refined works from the Bishop collection." Objects include intricate Chinese sculptures dating to the eighteenth century.
Painting After All

Gerhard Richter

closes 05 July

Met Breuer
Gerhard Ricther is a contemporary German painter known for his photo realistic and abstract paintings. On display in this revolution exhibit are selections of Richter's work--over 100 of them--spanning his entire six-decade career. Many of the pieces are on display in the United States for the first time, including House of Cards. It is fascinating to see the juxtaposition of photo-realism or photography with the same artist's abstract work.
Private Lives Public Spaces

closes 05 July

Museum of Modern Art
This is the kind of exhibit that could occupy your entire visit. One hundred screens are installed in the museum's two basement galleries, outside the theaters. Each screen presents a "home movie" drawn from the MoMA's vast collection. For 100 years before the advent of the smartphone, amateurs recorded family celebrations, personal travels, and daily events on consumer film equipment. Some films feature celebrities. Others are just some kid's birthday from the 1970s. Peek into the private lives of nearly a century of unique filmmaking.
Rendering Witness

Holocaust-Era Art as Testimony

closes 05 July

Museum of Jewish Heritage
Artifacts, photography, and memoirs are the primary media through which contemporary audiences experience the Holocaust. This exhibit takes a closer look at another testimonial of the horrors of the holocaust: art produced by victims of Nazi atrocities. Whether sketches produced while in hiding, pastels of life and conditions in a Ghetto, or cartoons drawn from daily life, artists managed to capture unique views of their own experiences and those of their communities.
Eileen Gray

closes 12 July

Bard Graduate Center Gallery
The Irish designer and architect Eileen Gray is the subject of this fascinating retrospective at the Bard Graduate Center. Credited as a pioneer of Modernist Architecture, Gray also worked in furniture and interior design. The designs on display in the gallery are fresh and timeless, making it remarkable that this is Gray's first retrospective in the United States, but also explaining the recent academic interest in her career.
From A(gam) to Z(aritsky)

Highlights of Israeli Art

closes 12 July

Center for Jewish History
With artwork drawn from the Yeshiva University's own collection, this exhibit highlights the contributions made to contemporary art by artists working out of Israel. Featured artists include the Russian-born painter Moshe Tamir whose 1949 painting Wounded Amnon won the Young Israeli Artist Award from the Tel Aviv Artist's House. Michael Gross and Debbie Kampel also contribute significant pieces to the exhibition.
Envisioning 2001

Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey

closes 19 July

Museum of the Moving Image
For six months, the MoMI will host this detailed exhibition examining all aspects of the seminal film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick. In addition to original artifacts from the film, as well as an exhaustive look at Kubrick's early influences, the museum hosts an ongoing series of screenings and lectures.
Celebrating the Year of the Rat

closes 23 July

Metropolitan Museum of Art
The smallest exhibit currently on display at the Met celebrates the Chinese Zodiac and 2020 as the Year of the Rat. The museum has gathered together carvings and sculptures of rigs, together with the other eleven animals of the Chinese Zodiac, many of which date to the 1st- and 2nd-centuries. The most charming piece is an 18th-century porcelain statue of an anthropomorphized rat in colorful traditional garb.
All This Mine Alone

Lady Gregory and the Irish Literary Revival

closes 01 August

New York Public Library
Lady Augusta Gregory is the overdue subject of this fascinating exhibit at the New York Public Library. Lady Gregory was long known as an important patron of Irish writers and playwrights, including W.B. Yeats. This exhibit gathers her journals, manuscripts, and letters which show her gradual conversion to the cause of Irish Nationalism and friendship with Theodore Roosevelt. As her recent biographer wrote, "Lady Gregory is one of the architects of modern Ireland."
Measure Your Existence

closes 10 August

Rubin Museum of Art
The range of the Rubin's mission is on full display with Measure Your Existence. After wandering through galleries filled with millennia-old masterpieces, journey to the top floor and participate in some of the most interesting contemporary installations of the year. Six contemporary artists contributed works to this show, built around the theme of impermanence. Take a piece of candy off the floor. Write a deceased loved-one a letter. Watch a man punch a clock once an hour for a year. Plan on coming back again to see the works as they change through interaction.
Aesthetic Splendors

Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore

closes 16 August

Metropolitan Museum of Art
This gorgeous collection of furniture, jewelry, paintings, and other decorative arts celebrates another of the recent gifts received by the Met in celebration of its 150th anniversary. Barrie and Deedee Wigmore donated these pristine examples of the American Aesthetic movement, which celebrated art for art's sake. The sensual, ornamented tables, wardrobes, and ironwork showcase the movement's preference for beauty over utility.
It's Yours

Jose Parla

closes 16 August

Bronx Museum of the Arts
Jose Parla's first solo museum exhibit is appropriately hosted at the Bronx Museum. Though born in Miami, Parla's first moved to the Bronx when relocating to New York City. His abstract paintings made of multiple layers of paint recall the large murals he painted in Miami under the name "Ease." This is a beautiful collection of work perfectly harmonious with the goals of the Bronx Museum.
Ordinary Treasures

Highlights from the Museum of Jewish Heritage

closes 16 August

Museum of Jewish Heritage
The individual impact of the Holocaust is often lost in the magnitude of the tragedy. The numbers and statistics do not capture the daily, personal horrors of Nazi persecution. This exhibit brings the individual impact to the forefront, celebrating objects treasured by individuals who suffered during the Holocaust. From homemade greeting cards written in the Ghetto to Torah scrolls hidden from destruction, the stories of individuals are made real through their treasures.
Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution

closes 23 August

New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society hosts what will be one of the must-see exhibitions of the summer. Get tickets soon (or hit the museum early in the day) as this is a crowd-pleaser. Bill Graham was one of the most influential rock-and-roll promoters in history. Graham fled Nazi Germany as a boy and went on to promote concerts featuring such acts as The Grateful Dead, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, and The Rolling Stones. This exhibit traces his long and influential life through the musicians and celebrities with whom Graham worked. Pick up the audio guide for a unique gallery experience.
Composition for Idlewild Airport

closes 23 August

Noguchi Museum
Idlewild Airport (now known as JFK) invited contemporary artists from across America to submit designs for a monumental sculpture as part of the construction of a new International Arrivals Building in 1956. Isamu Noguchi submitted a proposal for a large column. While not selected, the proposed artwork is impressive, as cataloged in this fascinating exhibit.
The Sculptor and the Ashtray

closes 23 August

Noguchi Museum
Among Isamu Noguchi's many projects was an ongoing effort to design the perfect ashtray. While uncommon in contemporary America, at the height of Noguchi's career in the 40s and 50s the ashtray was central to American society. This exhibit looks at Noguchi's various designs from a wide selection of materials and motivations. With few designers working in the medium of ashtrays today, it is truly a unique look back at a design challenge.
Who We Are

Visualizing New York by the Numbers

closes 23 August

Museum of the City of New York
2020 is a year of the census. Unsurprisingly, New York City, with 8.5 million people, will again be the largest city in the nation. But beyond that number, what else do we know about the New York population? Where do they come from? Where do they live? This exhibition is at the Avant-Garde of data visualization, demonstrating the way modern technology allows us to slice and splice these numbers.
Auschwitz

Not Long Ago. Not Far Away

closes 30 August

Museum of Jewish Heritage
Over the next seven years, this exhibition of artifacts from the Holocaust's most infamous extermination camp will travel to 14 cities in Europe and North America. Appropriately, during its time in New York, the Museum of Jewish Heritage will play host to this timely and sobering exhibition. With objects borrowed from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Israel's Yad Vashem, this exhibition demonstrates that we are a few short decades removed from the horrors of Auschwitz.
Sita and Rama

The Ramayana in Indian Painting

closes 30 August

Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Sanscript epic Ramayana inspired South Asian artists in the same way Homeric epics inspired painters and sculptors in Europe. This small exhibit gathers almost 30 paintings by a variety of artists, each depicting major scenes from the sprawling story. Even if you are not familiar with the story, the detailed paintings and textiles will delight and inspire lovers of north Indian art.
Labyrinth

Edie Fake

closes 13 September

Drawing Center
The Drawing Center maintains one of the best gallery stairwells in the city, with rotating installations of unique, site-specific work. This year, the commission was given to Edie Fake, a Chicago-based artist working in the fields of fantastical architecture. Fake's work is centered around metaphors of LGBTQ+ space and identity and this installation honors the Labyrinth Foundation which worked with trans men in Chicago in the 1960s. Take time to explore the elaborate installation.
Shrine Room Projects

Shiva Ahmadi / Genesis Breyer

closes 14 September

Rubin Museum of Art
This season the Rubin presents the work of three artists lining the way to the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room. This rotating series invites contemporary artists to contribute work harmonious with the Shrine room. Tehran-born Shiva Ahmadi contributed videos referencing the plight of refugees. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge invites visitors to shake his hand (actually a bronze cast of his own arm), reminding them that "wisdom can only be passed by the touching of hands." Nepalese artist Tsherin Sherpa built a striking memorial to the loss suffered in Nepal in the 2015 earthquake.
Kyoto

Capital of Artistic Imagination

closes 20 September

Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Japanese city of Kyoto was the political and cultural center of Japan until the 19th century. Spurned by the patronage of the political and economic elite of classical Japan, artists of the Golden Age produced some of the most beautiful pieces of work to come out of the country. This exhibit revisits Kyoto as a seat of power, highlighting the masterpieces produced in the vibrant metropolis.
Faces of the Crimean Tatar Deportation

75 Years Later

closes 30 September

Ukrainian Museum
Crimean Tatars are an ethnic group considered the indigenous people of Crimea. After suffering centuries of invasion and occupation, in May of 1944, the entire Tatar population--over 180,000 people--was forcibly exiled to Central Asia. Artist Zarema Yaliboylu revisits the lasting impact of this Stalinist crime. Combining contemporary portraits and stories of those who survived the exile, the artist shows the individual impact of large-scale tragedy.
Kamikaze

Beyond the Fire

closes 03 October

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
During its World War II service the USS Intrepid was repeatedly attacked by kamikaze pilots. 88 crew members died in these attacks. This exhibition looks at this unique form of warfare with interviews from both sides of the conflict, together with a multimedia installation looking at a particularly deadly attack on November 25, 1944.
Navy Cakes

A Slice of History

closes 03 October

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
At the opposite end of the spectrum from the Kamikaze installation, this charming exhibit explores the long naval tradition of baking cakes on board. What may sound simple is here shown to be a complex logistical feat: combining hundreds of pounds of ingredients in limited space aboard a moving vessel in order to feed an entire crew. Possibly the only current exhibit in New York that provides recipes.
Subversion & The Art of Slavery Abolition

closes 05 December

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
This epic exhibition takes a detailed look at "abolitionist art." Studies of the Abolition movement in America and Great Britain look primarily at the political and economic efforts of the abolitionists and enslaved persons. However, much more intimate efforts were made to promote abolitionist ideas through artistic and cultural means. This exhibit gathers a wide variety an anti-slavery artwork, poetry, music, and pamphlets that helped spread the cause in the nineteenth century.
A Conversation

Installation by Vlodko Kaufman

closes 31 December

Ukrainian Museum
Tucked into the basement of the Ukrainian Museum is this poignant installation from Vlodko Kaufman. For five years the artist has been sketching the faces of anonymous soldiers on whatever scraps of paper come his way: receipts, train tickets, or menus. The result is thousands of sketches lining the walls, commenting on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
A History of the Bronx Latino

closes 31 December

Valentine-Varian House
The Museum of Bronx History has installed a long-running look at the history of the Latin American community in this diverse community. While the increase in Latino residents of the Bronx began during the mid-twentieth century, Latinos have lived and worked in the Bronx as far back as the early 19th century. This exhibit presents historic photographs tracing the rise of the vibrant Bronx community over the past two centuries.
Alexander Archipenko

Selected Works

closes 31 December

Ukrainian Museum
The artist Alexander Archipenko is a long-time favorite of the Ukrainian Museum and has been featured in a variety of exhibits since the museum's 2005 founding. This small exhibit only features a handful of the artist's work, but given his impact on Modern Art and his association with the Ukrainian avant-garde, the museum should always have some of his work on display.
Collecting New York's Stories

Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious

closes 31 December

Museum of the City of New York
The Museum of the City of New York continues to add to its vast collection, particularly in the area of photography. This long-running exhibit showcases recent additions to the collection. The main gallery is filled with contemporary photography, including works by Harvey Want and Bruce Davidson. The supplemental gallery adds posters, fashion, and historic objects related to the history of New York. This is a perfect fit for the museum and pairs well with the core story.
Reimagining the Cel

Experiments in Animation from the 1980s

closes 31 December

Museum of the Moving Image
In the museum's smalls, open screening area, 25-minutes of abstract animation play on a loop. Three films, the 3-minute The Case of the Spiral Staircase, the 10-minute The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein, and the 11-minute Feng Huang, look back at some of the last experiments in cel animation before the digital revolution. Take a break from the museum and enjoy these abstract works.
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Up Close

closes 03 January 2021

Metropolitan Museum of Art
A significant part of the Asian Art wing at the Met is devoted to an up-close look at the ancient patterns and practices of Chinese calligraphy. Primarily drawn from the Met's own collection, the exhibit features macro-lens photographs highlighting instructive details of the works on display. Come discover the hidden insights revealed by a closer look at these masterworks.
Arte del mar

Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean

closes 10 January 2021

Metropolitan Museum of Art
This exhibit at the heart of the Met's Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas department explores the unique artistic contributions resulting from early cultural exchanges among the various Tiano cultures of the Carribean. Supplemented by descriptions by early Spanish colonists, this unique collection is a fascinating look at pre-Columbian politics and art.
Alien Property

Rayyane Tabet

closes 18 January 2021

Metropolitan Museum of Art
What makes Rayyane Tabet's small exhibit so interesting is the fascinating story of war, politics, and espionage told through the installation. Settled into the Assyrian Room at the Met, supplementing the reliefs rather than distracting from them, is a passionate story of ancient art extracted from Syria by Germans and later destroyed during World War II or ceded to Allies as part of the Alien Property Custodian Act. You will continue thinking about this exhibit and its lessons long after your visit.
City/Game

Basketball in New York

closes 18 January 2021

Museum of the City of New York
As one commentator in the accompanying video states, "New York City didn't birth the game, but we raised it." While the Knicks, Nets, nor Liberty may be overly impressive this year, New York is a city of basketball. An urban sport for a population without vast green fields, basketball has been everpresent in New York since its earliest days. This exhibit looks at the city's relationship with basketball from streetball to Linsanity.
45 Stories in Jewelry

closes 24 January 2021

Museum of Arts and Design
This exhibition will expand your definition of jewelry. MAD has long featured jewelry as a core part of its mission, but exhibits tend to look at the styles of previous generations. This exhibition brings together 45 contemporary artists who are redefining what can be considered jewelry for a new generation. The exhibition features pieces inspired by social protest, the space age, and a digital world.
Revealed

The Hunt for Bin Laden

closes 31 May 2021

National September 11 Memorial and Museum
In preparation for the ten year anniversary of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden the museum has installed a detailed exhibition exploring the decade-long manhunt. Artifacts from the operation, including the scale model of bin Laden's compound used to brief President Obama, are supplemented by interviews with members of the intelligence and military communities who participated in the search.
Stretching the Canvas

Eight Decades of Native Painting

closes 03 October 2021

National Museum of the American Indian
This sprawling, long-running exhibition features work from 29 contemporary artists and seeks to explore what constitutes contemporary Native Art. While traditional Native motifs such as canoes and textile patterns are present, the works are decidedly modern, incorporating contemporary issues such as refugees and climate change. Artists are members of tribes from around the continent, including the Navajo, the Cherokee Nation, and the Crow. The exhibition rotates the pieces, so plan on returning.
Creatures from the Land of Thra

Character Design for The Dark Crystal

closes 31 December 2021

Museum of the Moving Image
Continuing with the museum's celebration of Jim Henson, this exhibit features the actual puppets used in the new Netflix film "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance". Marvel at the detail of each figure and follow the design process from early sketches to completion, while remembering the entertainment revolution sparked by Jim Henson.
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.