Now through Dec. 12, Brice Marden\u2019s artwork is on display at Gagosian. This comprehensive survey of Marden\u2019s paintings is the first time the artist\u2019s work has been showcased in New York City in 20 years. With paintings dating from 1961 to 2023, the exhibition explores Marden\u2019s lifelong analysis of the plane and the corporeal presence of his work. \u00a0 Entry into the exhibition is free.<\/p>\n
Price: Free\n<\/p>\n
\u201cChasing Clouds\u201d at The Met<\/p>\n
1000 Fifth Ave. \/ Website<\/a><\/p>\n With rainy fall days approaching, what\u2019s a better way to take a good look at the clouds than at The Metropolitan Museum of Art? From now until Feb. 28, visitors can learn about the extraordinary story of how clouds have been captured by artists throughout history. Starting in the early 1800s, the exhibit details how photographers had to resort to painting the skies due to photography limitations of the era. Guests will have the opportunity to see oil sketches, drawings, paintings, and photographs in the later decades of beautiful cloud layouts\u2013ending in the 1920s with American photographer Alfred Stieglitz\u2019s \u201cEquivalents,\u201d a collection of cloud studies. Tickets can be purchased on the museum\u2019s website or at the door.<\/p>\n Price: Pay-What-You-Can Admission for New York State Residents \u201cThe Bowery: Devil\u2019s Mile\u201d at New Museum<\/p>\n 235 Bowery \/ Website<\/a><\/p>\n Opening on Sept. 24, this exhibition is the first to examine the striking history and culture of New York\u2019s oldest thoroughfare. Exploring over five centuries of what was once recognized as the world\u2019s most infamous Skid Row, \u201cThe Bowery: Devil\u2019s Mile\u201d features both artworks and artifacts that lead visitors through the Bowery as a Lenape footpath, entertainment hub, and more recently as a flourishing community of artists. Named after the Bowery\u2019s old nickname, Devil\u2019s Mile, the exhibit will be on view until Jan. 31. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door.<\/p>\n Price: $28 Adult Tickets\n<\/p>\n \u201cDesigned to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works\u201d at Poster House<\/p>\n 119 W 23 St. \/ Website<\/a><\/p>\n Reopening on Sept. 25 with brand-new installations, Poster House will be showcasing the rich history of Native graphic art. Curated by Brian Johnson of the Monacan Indian Nation, \u201cDesigned to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works\u201d features works that span nearly two centuries and represent over 60 Native American and Indigenous tribes and nations. The exhibit will be on display until Feb. 21. Tickets can only be purchased at the door.<\/p>\n Price: $15 Adult Tickets \u201cRaise Your Voice\u201d at The Museum of the City of New York<\/p>\n 1220 Fifth Ave. \/ Website<\/a><\/p>\n As the year of America\u2019s 250th birthday comes to a close, take a look at all of the New York-based activism that has occurred over the past centuries. Opening on Sept. 25, \u201cRaise Your Voice\u201d will explore the four ways in which New Yorkers have initiated change within the city. By learning about demonstrating, organizing, art and media, and direct action, guests can view the historic tools and objects that have transformed the city over time. A final section within the exhibit titled \u201cYour City, Your Move\u201d will feature a poster-making station and on-site voter registration to put the learned tactics into action. Tickets can be purchased on the museum\u2019s website or at the door.<\/p>\n Price: Pay-What-You-Can Admission for New York State Residents\n<\/p>\n \u201cYou Should Be Dancing: New York, 1976 and Beyond\u201d at The New York Historical<\/p>\n 170 Central Park W. \/ Website<\/a><\/p>\n From Oct. 2 to April 4, The New York Historical will be transporting visitors back to a decade when the new music genres included punk, disco, and hip hop. The exhibition will share how New York, during a time of financial crisis, built a new wave of culture rooted in creativity and celebration. Beginning in the 1970s, the exhibit will feature musical instruments, fashion items, albums, flyers, and more that reveal the long-term effects this period had on American culture. Tickets to the museum can be purchased on The New York Historical\u2019s website or at the door.<\/p>\n Price: $24 Adult Tickets Mika Ninagawa\u2019s \u201cFeel the Flow(ers)\u201d at Brooklyn Museum<\/p>\n 200 Eastern Parkway \/ Website<\/a><\/p>\n Even with summer coming to a close, it doesn\u2019t mean that all the beauty of the season has to leave as well. From Oct. 2 to April 2027, guests can view \u201cFeel the Flow(ers),\u201d Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa\u2019s first immersive installation in the U.S. Located within Brooklyn Museum\u2019s Education Gallery, the exhibition will be filled with colorfully vibrant images of flowers that transport visitors into a massive garden where one can touch and smell every petal. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n Price: Pay-what-you-wish Admission for New York State Residents\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors\u201d at MoMA<\/p>\n 11 W 53 St. \/ Website<\/a><\/p>\n The works of Surrealism\u2019s most captivating artists, such as Salvador Dal\u00ed and Max Ernst, will be unveiled at the Museum of Modern Art on Oct. 4. The exhibition will study the role Surrealist books have played throughout history, beginning with their profound influence in the 1920s and ending with the enduring presence of Surrealism found within volumes in the 1950s and 60s. Showcasing rare artists\u2019 books for the first time at MoMA from the Helen and Sam Zell collection, \u201cThe Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors\u201d will be on view until Jan. 23. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Price: $30 Adult Tickets \u201cRoy Lichtenstein: Like New\u201d at Whitney Museum of American Art<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Jacob Riis, [Family in room in tenement house.] from How the Other Half
Lives. (90.13.3.125) Museum of the City of New York\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\u201cDesigned to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works\u201d is reopening at Poster House this month.Courtesy of Poster House\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Mika Ninagawa\u2019s \u201cFeel the Flow(ers)\u201d opens at the Brooklyn Museum in October.Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Roy Lichtenstein,Brushstroke, 1965. Offsetlithograph, 25 1\/16 x 29 3\/4 in. (63.7 x 75.6cm). Whitney Museum of American Art,New York; gift of the Roy LichtensteinFoundation 2019.98. \u00a9 Roy LichtensteinFoundation\/DACS 2026\n<\/p>\n