{"id":172417,"date":"2026-03-23T18:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/172417\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:21:08","slug":"10-nyc-art-exhibitions-that-were-excited-about-in-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/172417\/","title":{"rendered":"10 NYC Art Exhibitions That We’re Excited About in Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York, it’s finally spring. Okay, sure, Mother Nature doesn’t seem to be all that aware of that fact but at least New York’s best museums<\/a> are, as evidenced by the season’s new crop of\u00a0exhibitions celebrating some of\u00a0the most iconic figures across art (Raphael), fashion (Iris van Herpen) and even sports (hello, Lombardi trophy!)<\/p>\n

Whether you’re a culture vulture or simply want to escape some April showers by spending an afternoon inside a gorgeous gallery, there’s plenty of artistic excitement to come in these springy months ahead.\u00a0Here are 10 NYC art exhibitions we\u2019re already planning to visit this spring.<\/p>\n

10 NYC art exhibitions we\u2019re most excited about in spring 2026
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\nPhotograph: Eileen Costa\/The Museum at FITArt x Fashion at the Museum of FIT <\/p>\n

Art x Fashion at the Museum of FIT<\/a><\/p>\n

Fashion has been explored as an expressive tool by numerous artists, from\u00a0Salvador Dal\u00ed to\u00a0Sonia Delaunay to\u00a0Scott Barrie, a fact beautifully portrayed in the new exhibition\u00a0Art X Fashion at the Museum of FIT<\/a>. Running\u00a0now\u00a0through April 19, the stylish display features\u00a0more than 140 objects, including garments, accessories, textiles, photographs and original artworks drawn from MFIT’s permanent collection. “This exhibition will garner strong opinions and spark lively dialogue, but whether you decide that fashion is art or not, fashion’s strong and mutual relationship with fine art is undeniable,” says Dr. Elizabeth Way,\u00a0curator of costume and accessories at MFIT.<\/p>\n

Carol Bove at the Guggenheim<\/a><\/p>\n

The Guggenheim’<\/a>s iconic spiral rotunda gets a colorful transformation courtesy the works of Geneva-born, New York-based artist Carol Bove, in\u00a0the first museum survey of her sculptural pieces. Running through August 2 and charting more than 25 years of work, the\u00a0career-spanning show displays the wide range of her inventive practices, “from assemblages of paperback books and intimate paper collages to towering steel sculptures,” per the museum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure at\u00a0<\/a>SculptureCenter<\/a><\/p>\n

On now through April 27 across two floors of the\u00a0SculptureCenter <\/a>in Long Island City,\u00a0Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure\u00a0is the artist’s\u00a0first New York City solo presentation in 35 years, spotlighting her signature inflatables as well as posters, postcards, photographs, costumes, hats and moving images, among others, all of which are rooted in\u00a0Oleszko’s “humor, sharp social commentary and the defiance of all forms of authority.”<\/p>\n

Whitney Biennial 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

On view as of\u00a0March 8 at the Whitney Museum of American Art<\/a>, the exhibition gathers 56 artists navigating everything from AI belief systems to climate grief and geopolitical power.\u00a0Co-organized by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, the exhibition spans most of the museum\u2019s galleries and extends into performance and public programming, with featured artists exploring\u00a0how we\u2019re connected\u2014to each other, to systems, to governments, to technology\u2014and how those systems shape our lives.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy Times Wide World Photos\/MoMA\u201cA Mexican Artist Records His First Impressions of San Francisco.” 1930 <\/p>\n

Frida and Diego: The Last Dream\u00a0at MoMA<\/a><\/p>\n

Two of Mexico’s most beloved artistic and cultural icons\u2014Frida Kahlo\u00a0and\u00a0Diego Rivera\u2014are being\u00a0rightfully celebrated in\u00a0a new MoMA<\/a> exhibition presented in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera and its production of\u00a0El \u00daltimo Sue\u00f1o de Frida y Diego\u00a0(May 14\u2013June 5, 2026). On view now through September 12, 2026, the exhibit\u00a0will showcase\u00a0five paintings and a drawing by Kahlo and over a dozen works by Rivera\u00a0pulled from MoMA’s collection,\u00a0in an elaborate installation designed by Jon Bausor, the set and co-costume designer of the opera.\u00a0\u00a0Photographic portraits of the artists by the likes of\u00a0Lola \u00c1lvarez Bravo and Leo Matiz will also be on view.<\/p>\n

New Humans: Memories of the Future at the New Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Following a two-year closure for a major expansion, the New Museum<\/a> flung open its doors to the public on March 21 with\u00a0an added\u00a062,000 square feet to the institution and\u00a0double the exhibition capacity. And the joint is celebrating with its inaugural exhibition,\u00a0New Humans: Memories of the Future, which\u00a0brings together more than 200 artists, writers, scientists and filmmakers from over 50 countries to explore how technology has shaped (and continues to reshape) what it means to be human.<\/p>\n

Raphael: Sublime Poetry at the Met<\/a><\/p>\n

On view at\u00a0The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> from March 29 to June 28,\u00a0Raphael: Sublime Poetry is a comprehensive exhibition spotlighting the titular Italian Renaissance genius, spanning his origins in Urbino to his prolific years in Florence (where he emerged as a peer to Da Vinci and Michelangelo) to his final decade\u00a0at the papal court in Rome.\u00a0Expect to see\u00a0more than 200 of Raphael’s most important drawings, paintings, tapestries and decorative arts\u2014both his renowned masterpieces\u00a0as well as rarely seen treasures.<\/p>\n

\"Marcel
\nPhotograph: Courtesy the Museum of Modern ArtMarcel Duchamp at MoMA <\/p>\n

Marcel Duchamp at MoMA<\/a><\/p>\n

For the first time in five decades,\u00a0a retrospective spotlighting the radical modern works and revolutionary readymades of Marcel Duchamp is coming to\u00a0North America and, more specifically, New York\u2019s Museum of Modern Art.\u00a0On view from\u00a0April 12 to August 22 in partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art,\u00a0Marcel Duchamp\u00a0will feature nearly 300 pieces\u00a0spanning six decades and all mediums, from\u00a0his Cubist masterpiece\u00a0Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)\u00a0to his \u201cportable museum,\u201d\u00a0The Box in a Valise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For The Win: Objects of Sports Excellence at AMNH
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Opening May 15, \u201cFor The Win: Objects of Sports Excellence\u201d will bring more than 70 glittering symbols of athletic glory\u2014from Olympic medals to Super Bowl hardware\u2014into the American Museum of Natural History’<\/a>s Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery, set inside the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals.\u00a0The Vince Lombardi Trophy, which has been handcrafted by Tiffany & Co. since 1967 and awarded annually to the Super Bowl champions, anchors an exhibition that spans more than 15 sports and nearly 150 years of competition. The show aims to trace how trophies, rings and medals evolved alongside modern sports culture.<\/p>\n

Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses\u00a0at the Brooklyn Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Opening its doors (or, rather, spreading its\u00a0kinetic, three-dimensional wings)\u00a0on Saturday, May 16 and running through Sunday, December 6\u00a0at the\u00a0Brooklyn Museum<\/a>, Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses\u00a0will celebrate one of the most forward-thinking designers in the fashion industry, with 140 extraordinary haute-couture creations from the iconic Dutch designer on view alongside contemporary alongside\u00a0contemporary artworks,\u00a0objets d\u2019art and scientific artifacts.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York, it’s finally spring. Okay, sure, Mother Nature doesn’t seem to be all that aware of that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1149,8944,9,24,8945,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-172417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-art","tag-categories-art","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-art","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}