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Art Calendar 2025

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SUNDAY - JUNE 1, 2025

- Palimpsest of the Palm: Aminah Al Huqail, Terumi Saito.
Transmitter
1329 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn
Closing Reception: Sun Jun 1, 7-9pm

- Your Chance to Stare Down a God: Inside the British Museum's Mesmerisign Look at Indian Religions
The Guardian
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- The Top 24 Art Museums in New York City
Art News
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- The American Midwest as Bastion for New Nordic Tradition
Hyperallergic
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SATURDAY - MAY 31, 2025

- Homecoming: Celebrating 150 Years of Art and Community at the Art Students League
The Art Students League of New York
215 W 57th St, NYC
Event: Mon May 31, 1-7pm (RSVP - Tickets at Eventbrite.com)

- Iba Ndiaye: Between Latitude and Longitude
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: May 31 - May 31, 2026

- Robert Janitz: 1001 Nights (+1) | Contact Sport: Meg Lipke, Nickola Pottinger, Walter Price, Erika Ranee, Elzie Williams, Monsieur Zohore, among others.
Canada Gallery
60 Lispenard St, NYC
On View: thru Jul 11, 2025

- Life: A Group Show with Mike Cloud, Erica Hunt, David Buuck, Nikita Gale, Tien Wang, Lindsay Adams, Cameron Spratley, Lydia Grey, Ed Ruscha, Cauleen Smith, Christopher Garrett, among others.
Artists Space
11 Cortlandt Alley, NYC
On View: thru Aug 9, 2025

- Prom returns! Come as thou ART.
KuBe Art Center
20 Kent St, Beacon NY
Event: Sat May 31st, (Tickets) Festivities start at 7- 11:30pm. VIP after-party at Saint Rita's for the late night legends in the old music room.

FRIDAY - MAY 30, 2025

- Club Rhubarb & Canada Presents: Hubba Hideout: Forrest Bess, Wolfgang Tillmans, Alina Bliumis,, Andres Bedoya, Claudia Keep, Gregg Wollard, Evan Whale, Lily Ludlow, Joe Roberts, among others. "
Canada Gallery
60 Lipenard St, NYC
On View: thru Jul 20, 2025

- In Conversation: Frances Morris & Yasufumi Nakamore on Atsuko Tanaka & Yayoi Kusama
Paula Cooper Gallery
534 W 21st St, NYC
Event: Fri May 30th at 6:30pm

- Elliott Erwitt: Last Laughs - Photography Exhibition
Staley Wise Gallery
100 Crosby St, NYC
On View: thru Aug 2, 2025

- Mickey Lee: Whistling Past the Grave - New Paintings
Broadway Gallery
375 Broadway, NYC
On View: thru Jun 27, 2025

- Mary Heilmann: Long Line
Whitney Museum of American Art
On View: Now

- Susan Meiselas: 44 Irving Street 1970 - 1971
Higher Pictures
45 Main St, Brooklyn
On View: thru Jul 18, 2025

THURSDAY - MAY 29, 2025

- Alchemists: Linda Casbon, Laurel Marx, Ted Thirlby, Grace B Wapner | Small Worlds: Karin Bruckner, Kate Missett, On the Wall: Shukufuku, Blessing of the Turtle.
Carter Burden Gallery
548 W 28th St, NYC
On View: May 29 - Jun 24, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 29, 6-8pm

- Rich Land, Poor Land: Ansel Adams, Michael Ashkin, Jane Crawford, Robert Fiore, among others. Carriage Trade
277 Grand St, NYC
On View: May 29 - Jul 27, 2025
Opening: Thur May 29, 6-8pm

- Mickey Lee: Whistling Past the Grave
Broadway Gallery
375 Broadway, NYC
On View: May 29 - Jun 27, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 29, 6-8pm

- Sport: Meg Lipke, Walter Price, Erika Renee, Monsieur Zohore, among others.
Canada Gallery
60 Lispenard St, NYC
Event: Sat May 24th at 5pm

WEDNESDAY - MAY 28, 2025

- 2 Women: Rickus& Traub
Gallery Henoch
555 W 25th St, NYC
On View: thru May 31, 2025

- Esther Art Fair Returns to a Beaux Arts Architectural Gem
Hyperallergic
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- Japanese Artist Ulala Imai Turns Kids' Toys into Cuddly Paintings
Artsy
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- Amy Sherald's Parables of Black American Life
Hyperallergic
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- Robert Lugo's Ceramics Are the Artifacts of a Future Past
Art News
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SUNDAY - MAY 25, 2025

- Alex Da Corte: Soft Power
The High Line
At 18th St & 10th Ave, NYC
On View: thru Jun 2025

- Pope Francis's Most Timeless Insights on Art and Artists
Hyperallergic
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- Pope Francis, Who Embraced Contemporary Art at the Vatican, Dies at 88
Artnet
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- 'You might find it scary': artist Huma Bhabha squares up to Giacometti with wellie, skulls and teeth.
The Guardian
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- At Gagosian, Jim Shaw Explores America Line by Line
Artnet
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SATURDAY - MAY 24, 2025

- Mac McCaughan: Performs Couch Paintings
Canada Gallery
60 Lispenard St, NYC
Event: Sat May 24th at 5pm

- Half the Sky
Ethan Cohen Fine Art
20 Kent St, Beacon NY
Opening Reception: Sat May 24

- Elliott Erwitt: Last Laughs - Photography
Staley Wise Gallery
100 Crosby St, NYC
On View: thru Aug 2, 2025

- Mary Lou Alberetti
Blue Mountain Gallery
547 W 27th St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 14, 2025

FRIDAY - MAY 23, 2025

- Space: A Journey Beyond Our Comfort Zone
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at NYU
24 W 12th St, NYC
Event: Fri May 23rd at 6:30pm (Register)

- Sunjoo Chung: Blessings to Own
Space 776
37-39 Clinton St, NYC On View: May 23 - Jun 4, 2025
Opening Reception: Fri May 23, 5-7pm

- Laura Lima: Bale Literal
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
521 W 21st St, NYC
On View: thru May 30, 2025

- Poetry As Politics: Noah Purifory, John Outterbridge, David Hammons, Betye Saar, Timothy Washington, among others.
Tilton Gallery
8 E 76th St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 28, 2025

THURSDAY - MAY 22, 2025

- Nick Georgiou: Paper Museum
Allouche Gallery
77 Mercer St, NYC
Reception: Thur May 22, 6-8pm

- Algermon Miller: Afrofuturism and Beyond, Ellsworth Ausby, Nanette Carter, Renee Cox, Ernest Frazier, Tyrone Mtchell, Joe Overstreet.
Ethan Cohen Fine Art
225 W 17th St, NYC
On View: May 22 - Jun 28, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 22, 6-8pm

- Michael Lazarus: Absolute Ethical Life, a conversation between Michael Lazarus, MartinHagglund, J.M. Bernstein.
192 Books
192 10th Ave at 21st St, NYC
Event: Thur May 22nd at 7pm

- Eve Mansdorf: Goodbye to All That ...
First Street Gallery
547 W 27th St, NYC
On View: Mar 22 - Jun 14, 2025
Reception: Thur May 22, 2025, 6-8pm

WEDNESDAY - MAY 21, 2025

- Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass's Complete String Quartets
The Met Cloisters, Fuentiduena Chapel
99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park, NYC
Event: Wed-Fri, May 21 - 23, at 7pm (Tickets start at $70, Series starts at $160, includes fees)

- Atsuko Tanaka, Yayoi Kusama
Paula Cooper Gallery
534 W 21st St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 14, 2025

- Why 'Ugly' Ceramics Are So Appealing
Artsy
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TUESDAY - MAY 20, 2025

- Mary Lou Albertti
Blue Mountain Gallery
547 W 27th St, NYC
On View: May 20 - Jun 14, 2025

- Weaving That Opens to the World and Heavens
Hyperallergic
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MONDAY - MAY 19, 2025

- An Artist's Alluring Paintings About Consumption and Waste
Hyperallergic
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- Highlights from Frieze New York
Art & Object
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SUNDAY - MAY 18, 2025

SUNDAY - MAY 18, 2025

- Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: thru Aug 17, 2025

- Britta Marakatt-Labba: Urmodern
The High Line
Between Gansevoort St & Little West 12th St, NYC
On View: thru Mar 2026

- When Graffiti Met Conceptual Art
Hyperallergic
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SATURDAY - MAY 17, 2025

- Scenographies of Chaos: Kira Muratova's Critical Filmmaking, Ukrainian film.
Ukrainian Institute of America
2 E 79th St, NYC
Event: Sat May 17, 1-3pm (Tickets)

- Zoe Brown Weissmann: Rapturous Delight
Viridian Artists
548 W 28th St, NYC
Closing Reception & Artist Talk: Sat May 17, 4-6pm

- Georges Rouault
Shin Gallery with Skarstedt
68 Orchard St, NYC
On View: thru Jul 12, 2025

- Orpheus & Eurydice: Henry Biber, Augustus Goertz, Edward Jackson, Francesca Schwartz, Gerald Wolfe.
Lichtundfire
175 Rivington St, NYC
On View: thru May 24, 2025

- Karen Finley: More Desperate Than Ever
Freight & Volume
39 Lispenard St, NYC
On View: May 17 - Jul 5, 2025
Opening Reception: Sat May 17, 6:30-8:30pm

- Spring Uncorked: Springtime Beauty and Local Wines
NYBG New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx NY
Event: Sat May 17, 12Noon-5pm (Tickets)

- A Treatise on Color: Volume V
Fridman Gallery
Opening: Sat May 10th at 12 Noon

- Jeffrey Gibson: The Space in Which to Place Me
Sikkema Malloy Jenkins
530 W 22nd St, NYC
Opening: Sat May 10th at 4pm (Tickets $15)

FRIDAY - MAY 16, 2025

- Lena Henke: The City Transformed
Bortolami
55 Walker St, NYC
On View: May 16 - Jun 25, 2025
Opening: Fri May 16, 6-8pm

- Artist Talk: Ayanna Dozier, in conversation with Jesse Bandler Firestone
Microscope
525 W 29th St, NYC
Event: Fri May 16th at 7pm

- Danica Barboza: Void Beside a Desire Machine
Lomex Gallery
86 Walker St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 14, 2025

- Cate White: Men
George Adams Gallery
38 Walker St, NYC
On View: thru May 23, 2025

- Jessica Alazraki: The Shape of Home
McBride / Dillman
195 Henry St, NYC 10002
On View: thru Jun 21, 2025

THURSDAY - MAY 15, 2025

- City and Country: Selections from the Dept of Drawings & Prints
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave at 83rd St, NYC
On View: May 15 - Sep 2, 2025

- Isaac Wright: Coming Home
Robert Mann Gallery
508 W 26th St, NYC
On View: May 15 - Jun 28, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 15, 5-8pm

- Heryun Kim: The Great Tomb of Hwangnam and Other Paintings, 164 Works on Paper
Bienvenu Steinberg & C
35 Walker St, NYC
On View: May 15 - Jun 14, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 15, 6-8pm

- PX Miranda, Rasim Babayev, Johan Wahlstrom, Christopher Volpe, Todd Williamson, Harley Cortez, Ann Strassman.
Georges Berges Gallery
462 W Broadway, NYC
Opening: Thur May 15, 6-8pm

- Daniel Bilmes: Mythos
Arcadia Contemporary
421 W Broadway, NYC
On View: May 15 - 30, 2025

- MFA Thesis Exhibition
NY Studio School
8 W 8th St, NYC
On View: May 15 - 28, 2025

- Lonnie Holley, Alison Knowles, John McAllister, Carole Bove, Pat Lipsky, Geoffrey Holder, Jessica Dickinson, Diamond Stingily, John McAllister, Kikuo Saito, Ian Swordy, Richard Nonas, Jonathan Allmaier, among others.
James Fuentes
52 White St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 14, 2025

- Irwin Kremen & Glen Baldridge
Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery
87 Franklin St, NYC
On View: thru May 23, 2025

- Anthony Falcetta: Inverse Certainties
The Pocket Gallery / Markel Fine Arts
179 10th Ave, NYC
On View: May 15 - Jun 21, 2025

WEDNESDAY - MAY 14, 2025

- Franz Kline
Mnuchin Gallery
45 E 78th St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 21, 2025

- John McDevitt King: Outskirts
Anita Rogers Gallery
494 Greenwich St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 7, 2025

- Open Group, Ukrainian Collective: Yurly Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Anton Varga
601 Artspace
88 Eldridge St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 22, 2025

- At Storm King, Kevin Beasley's Acoustic Mirror Reflects Sounds of the Seasons
Art News
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- Rarely Seen Art From King Charles's Royal Tours Set for Buckingham Palace Show
Artnet
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TUESDAY - MAY 13, 2025

- Phyllis Chillingworth: The Experience of Seeing
Atlantic Gallery
547 W 27th St, NYC
On View: May 13 - 31, 2025
Opening Reception: Thur May 15, 5-8pm

- Brad Kahlhamer: Bowery Nation, Birds Are Talking
Venus Over Manhattan
39 Great Jones St, NYC
Opening: Tues May 13, 2025

- Losing Control: John Cage, Ilona Golovina
Jim Kempner Fine Art
501 W 23rd St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 8, 2025

- Why JMW Turner is still Britain's best artist, 250 years on.
The Guardian
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- New York's Natural History Museum Goes Galactic in a Dazzling Jewelry Show
Artnet
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MONDAY - MAY 12, 2025

- The American Art Fair, Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd St, NYC
.. Hirschl & Adler .. Adelson .. Bernard Goldberg .. Debra Force .. Forum .. Graham Shay .. Hawthorne .. Hollis Taggart .. Questroyal .. Robert Simon .. Schwartz .. Vose .. ACA .. Avery .. D Wigmore .. Thomas Colville .. Schorsch & Smiles ..
Event: Sat May 10 thru Tue May 13, 2025, 12Noon thru (Mon) 7pm (Tues) 5pm. (Admission: Complimentary)

- Luka Yuanyuan Yang: Tales of Chinatown
The High Line at 14th St, NYC
Event: May 9 - Jul 9, 2025, Screens daily starting at 5pm

- Radu Oreian: That Magic Light
1969 Gallery
39 White St, NYC
On View: thru Jun 21, 2025

- How Art Deco Shaped 100 Years of Forward-Thinking Design
Artnet
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- Rare Pablo Picasso Masterpieces Curated by His Daughter, Paloma
Smithsonian Magazine
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- Black Dandyism, the 2025 Met Gala's Theme, Has Its Roots in 18th Century Painting
Art News
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- The Everyday Lives of Women's Clothing
Hyperallergic
On Line: Article

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