The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now on Long Island

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Friday Oct. 3, 2025

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Face Value

10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
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

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

11 am – 6 pm

ASCEND: The Evolution of Identity

Art
Free

Alessandro Berni GalleryChelsea

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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 – 1 pm

THEATERLAB’S ROUND THE BLOCK!™ FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR THE GARMENT DISTRICT

520 8th AvenueGarment District

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Noon – 6 pm

Life is Drag by Rachel Rampleman

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

MoMA Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

6 – 9 pm

1910 Gallery Fall Art Show Opening and Reception

All Saints Episcopal Church BaysideBayside

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6 – 8:30 pm

Kro-Matic Opening Reception

Art
Free

Jamaica Center for Arts and LearningJamaica

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7:30 – 10 pm

“She Ate” The Ultimate Drag Dinner Show at Branded Saloon

Art
Comedy

Branded SaloonBrooklyn

7:30 – 9 pm

Baby Boomers!

Ages: All
Art
Comedy
Family

The Chain TheatreGarment District

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Handmade Happy Hour

Art
Classes

Greenwich House PotteryWest Village

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8:30 – 9:30 pm

Inter-grant Festival

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Saturday Oct. 4

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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

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8 am – 5 pm

Chantal Akerman: The Long View

Art

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
Art
Family

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

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Papery Partners

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA Oct Fam Day

10:30 am – 5 pm

UNIQLO Family Day at MoMA

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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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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