The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now on Long Island

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Wednesday April 16, 2025

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival APRIL 16 – MAY 24, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

School’s Out – 220FamilyDay_MFox

10 am – 1 pm

School’s Out / Art’s In

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Family

Katonah Museum of ArtKatonah

Earth Rocks! 2024, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-081

10 am – 5 pm

Earth Rocks!

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

SpringWorkshops

10 am – noon

STEAM SPRING WORKSHOPS KIDS Port Washington NY

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Classes
Family

11 sintsink dr e port washibnton NY 11050Port Washington

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10 – 11:30 am

Stroller Tours: Breaking the Mold

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Family
Talks

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

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10:30 am – 5 pm

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Family
History & Culture

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Light: Rafaël Rozendaal

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

11 am – 1 pm

Mythic Monsters

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Brooklyn Art Haus-the human layter 1×1

11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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2 – 5 pm

Resonance x 4 Art Exhibition at Flushing Town Hall

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

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2 – 3 pm

Artist Talk – Session II

Fountain House Gallery

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6 – 8:30 pm

Kwéyòl / Creole Book Launch

Akwaaba MansionBrooklyn

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6:30 pm

Beach Glass Art Event at Fire Island Vines

Art

Fire Island VinesBay Shore

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7:30 – 9 pm

Hold Me In the Water

Art
Comedy

Playwrights HorizonsHell’s Kitchen

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7:30 – 9 pm

1 in a Chameleon

Art
Comedy

LOFT393New York City

Nick Hornedo (credit Michael Gebhardt)

9 – 10 pm

Watch This When You Get Home: A Solo Show by Nick Hornedo

Art
Comedy

The RATBrooklyn

Thursday April 17

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade Center

198.2020

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Umbra and Julia

All day

Free Exhibition at Umbra

Art
Free

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors Lobby

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival APRIL 16 – MAY 24, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

EXHIBITION DATES

9 am – 5 pm

NYSWA’s inaugural Centennial Exhibition Reflections on Progress A celebration of Legacy and Vision

The Interchurch CenterMorningside Heights

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

3-20 Quincy Egginton by Christine Sampson

10 am – 12:30 pm

Watercolor Painting… Make a Splash with Instructor Dr. Quincy Egginton

Art
Classes

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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