The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in Philadelphia

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Saturday Sep. 13, 2025

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11 am – noon

Cameras and Coffee: Community Meet-Up (September 2025)

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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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 – 6 pm

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

Art
Free

Pleiades GalleryChelsea

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

WA MNH Pottery (S)

5 – 7:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

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5 – 7:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

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6 – 10 pm

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Art
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Loft39Midtown

Blood Orange Poster

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Blood Orange

Art
LGBTQ+

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

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8 – 11 pm

Saffron Kingdom – NYC Premiere

Art
Film

Sunday Sep. 14

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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 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 – JANUARY 17, 2026

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

Eldridge Arts & Learning

10 – 11 am

Eldridge Arts & Learning: Stained Glass

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Museum at Eldridge StreetLower East Side

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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 – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

9. Louis Majorelle, Buffet, ca.1900 (Resized Image) (1)

Noon – 5 pm

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

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

Kang Seung Lee_The Heart of A Hand (still)_2023

Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

Blood Orange Poster

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Blood Orange

Art
LGBTQ+

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

Monday Sep. 15

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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 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 – JANUARY 17, 2026

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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