The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now on Long Island

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Thursday Sep. 18, 2025

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

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The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

Chantal Akerman: The Long View

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The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP AT 100 A New Special Exhibit Celebrating a Century of Cultural Impact

Art

The New York Historical

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
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The Museum of Modern Art

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8:30 am – 5 pm

Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

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Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
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Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del Barrio

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11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

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Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

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Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11:30 am – 7 pm

Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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1 – 3 pm

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

Ages: All
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Craft & DIY
Family

DIY and kids creativity Step by step instruction: Drawing greeting card using bubble wrap. Step3 paint heart from bubble wrap with gold paint. Children Craft for valentines, womens and mothers day.

3:30 – 5 pm

Paintbrush Possibilities

Ages: 9 – 12
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Family
Free

Art on the Block NYCUpper West Side

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6 – 8 pm

Clio Art Fair 21st Edition, September 18-21, 2025

Art

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6:30 – 7:30 pm

“Panjereh” In Conversation – Sheida Soleimani and Murtaza Vali

Art

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Blood Orange

Art
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Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresMidtown

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