The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in Philadelphia

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Thursday Sep. 11, 2025

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Noon – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

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Dressing The Roots

1 – 2 pm

“Dressing the Roots: A Live Fashion + Art Experience in the Heart of the Garment District”

Art
Free

Broadway Pedestrian PlazasGarment District NYC between West 39th St and West 40th Street

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6 – 8 pm

An Exclusive Night at the Banksy Museum

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7 – 8 pm

Transforming Data into Art: The Kinetic Creations of BREAKFAST

Art
Free

The National Arts ClubGramercy

Friday Sep. 12

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8 am – 5 pm

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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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 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Chantal Akerman: The Long View SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 16, 2025

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise SEPTEMBER 12 – DECEMBER 13, 2025

Ages: All
Art
Family

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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8:30 am – 5 pm

Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

NMACC India Weekend

10:30 am – 10:30 pm

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre India Weekend in New York City

Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center

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 – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 6 pm

Rachel Siporin: Bathers

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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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 – 6 pm

Heather Stivison – Ebb & Flow: The Many Faces of Water

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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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

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6 – 9 pm

New York Fashion Week Powered by Break Free x BigVision

Art
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309 Social ClubNYC

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7 – 9 pm

Questioning AI, Louffa Press Anthology Book Launch & Performances

Bureau of General Services—Queer DivisionGreenwich Village

Blood Orange Poster

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Blood Orange

Art
LGBTQ+

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresMidtown

Saturday Sep. 13

Blood Orange Poster

3 am – 5 pm

Blood Orange

Art
LGBTQ+

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresMidtown

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8 am – 5 pm

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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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 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Chantal Akerman: The Long View SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 16, 2025

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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