Summer vibes are on the way! So lie back, relax and enjoy some art. Here are 10 of the best upcoming museum and gallery exhibitions in New York City this season.

Carol Bove at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

1071 Fifth Ave. / Website

From now until Aug. 2, Carol Bove’s artwork is on display at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Spread out across the Guggenheim’s spiral rotunda, Bove’s work has become an intricately active part of the artwork’s setting, from a library filled with materials from the artist’s personal studio that guests can handle directly to an artist-made chess table where guests are welcome to start a game. Each work reflects her creative experiments with materials, colors, surface, scale and space. Tickets can be purchased on the museum’s website or at the door.

Price: $30 Adult Tickets

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at MoMA

11 W. 53 St. / Website

Two of Mexico’s most cherished artists’ works, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, are currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art until Sept. 12. “Frida and Diego: The Last Dream,” in conjunction with The Metropolitan Opera’s “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” tells the story of these artists’ lives and artworks. MoMA’s “Frida and Diego: The Last Dream” features the artworks in a detailed setting designed by Jon Bausor, the set and co-costume designer of “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego.” Tickets are available for purchase on the museum’s website or at the door.

Price: $30 Adult Tickets
A chess set designed by Carol Bove.A chess set designed by Carol Bove.

Sarah Lucas’ “VENUS VICTORIA” at the New Museum

235 Bowery / Website

Sarah Lucas’ “VENUS VICTORIA” sculpture will be the inaugural artwork for the New Museum’s public plaza since the museum’s reopening in March. Lucas was selected by an all-artist jury, and “VENUS VICTORIA” celebrates women claiming space in public life. The sculpture will be on display starting May 12 in a new outdoor plaza located on Bowery, at Prince St. “VENUS VICTORIA” will be on display for two years. Entry to the public plaza is free, and tickets to the museum can be purchased on the museum’s website or at the door.

Price: $25 Adult Tickets

“Revolutionary Women” at The New York Historical

170 Central Park W. / Website

From May 29 to Oct. 25, The New York Historical will be asking the question: how did the Revolution and living through the experience of war impact New York’s women–and how did women impact the Revolution in New York and beyond? The exhibition will include poems, petitions, paintings, love letters, household and archeological objects and more that analyze how women left a lasting mark on the fight for U.S. independence. Tickets to the museum can be purchased on The New York Historical’s website or at the door.

Price: $24 Adult Tickets
Unidentified artist, Excelsior, last quarter of the 18th century. Oil on linen. The New York Historical, X.731Unidentified artist, Excelsior, last quarter of the 18th century. Oil on linen. The New York Historical, X.731

Andreas Schulze’s “Cake” at Sprüth Magers Gallery New York

22 E. 80 St. / Website

Opening on June 3, Andreas Schulze’s “Cake” will be on display at Sprüth Magers Gallery New York. Marking Schulze’s first exhibition at the New York gallery, Cake is a motif that the artist has reexamined throughout his nearly 50 years of painting. These new paintings are filled with fruity colors and unique designs that touch on the artist’s view of mixing pleasure and presentation. “Cake” will be on view until July 31, and entry into the exhibition is free.

Price: Free

“Another Wonderland” at The Museum of the City of New York

1220 Fifth Ave. / Website

Opening on June 6, Abram Champanier’s Alice Mural will be on display at The Museum of the City of New York. Made for the children’s ward at Gouverneur Hospital between 1938 and 1940, the sixteen-panel series features Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” characters exploring New York City in the 1930s. “Another Wonderland” marks the first time these panels will be on view in nearly 50 years and celebrates the rescue and decades-long restoration of the artwork. The exhibition will also feature archival photos and the story of the Works Progress Administration, which originally commissioned the mural through the Federal Art Project. The exhibition will be on view until Sept. 20. Tickets can be purchased on the museum’s website or at the door.

Price: Pay-What-You-Can Admission for New York State Residents
Leo Matiz. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Mexico. 1946. Platinum/palladium print, 13 3/4 × 12 3/16″ (35 × 31 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Alejandra Matiz. Photo: Robert GerhardtLeo Matiz. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Mexico. 1946. Platinum/palladium print, 13 3/4 × 12 3/16″ (35 × 31 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Alejandra Matiz. Photo: Robert Gerhardt

“Musical Bodies” at The MET

1000 Fifth Ave. / Website

From June 7 to Sept. 27, guests can view “Musical Bodies,” the first major exhibition that examines the intricate relationship between musical instruments and the human body, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition will feature over 130 instruments, paintings, drawings and more from around the world, investigating over 4,000 years of art and music history. Instruments such as ancient Egyptian rattles and one of Prince’s guitars will be on view. Tickets can be purchased on the museum’s website or at the door.

Price: Free for New York State Residents

“Sara Flores: From Other Worlds” at White Cube New York

1002 Madison Ave. / Website

From June 25 to Aug. 14, guests can view a solo exhibition by Shipibo-Konibo artist Sara Flores at White Cube New York. Organized in collaboration with the Shipibo-Conibo Center, “Sara Flores: From Other Worlds” highlights Flores’ Kené work. Kené is an ancient medium central to the cultural heritage of Shipibo-Konibo people, made with materials sourced from the Amazon, such as trees, wild cotton and botanicals. This exhibition is White Cube’s fourth solo show of Sara Flores’ artwork. Entry into the exhibition is free.

Price: Free
Remedios Varo, "The Other Clock" (El otro reloj), 1957 © 2026 Remedios Varo, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid. Courtesy of Wendy Norris Gallery Remedios Varo, “The Other Clock” (El otro reloj), 1957 © 2026 Remedios Varo, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid. Courtesy of Wendy Norris Gallery

“You Must Change Your Life” at GRIMM Gallery New York

54 White St. / Website

The group exhibition “You Must Change Your Life” will be on display at GRIMM Gallery New York from June 26 to Aug. 7. Featuring artists such as Anderson Borba, Charles Avery, Sophie Ruigrok, Matthew Day and many more, this exhibition takes its name from the final line of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Archaic Torso of Apollo,” written in 1918. “You Must Change Your Life” comprises painters and sculptors from all around the world whose work tackles how the past speaks to the present. Entry into the exhibition is free.

Price: Free

“Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions” at The Morgan Library and Museum

225 Madison Ave. / Website

Opening on June 26, the double-gallery exhibition “Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions” will be on display at The Morgan Library and Museum. The first part of the exhibition, “Renaissance Symbols,” will focus on the origins of the three earliest surviving tarot decks from the 15th century. All three of these decks were commissioned by the Dukes of Milan. The second part of the gallery, “Modern Visions,” dives into the historical and modern influence of the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck on artists. The deck was made by British poet Arthur Edward Waite and illustrated by British artist Pamela Colman Smith. The exhibition will be on display until Oct. 4. Tickets to the museum can be purchased on the museum’s website or at the door.

Price: $25 Adult Tickets