The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in Philadelphia

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Saturday Dec. 20, 2025

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Gift of Making: A Whimsical Celebration of Art, Design, and Creativity at FIT

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

Stroller Tour with Carolyn Keogh

9:30 – 10:30 am

Stroller Hour: Rashid Johnson

Ages: 4 and under
Art
Family

The GuggenheimNY

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

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10 am – 5 pm

Spin, Sing, and Shine for Hanukkah at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

10 am – 7 pm

Museum Of Ice Cream’s Pinkmas

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Ice Cream NYCSoHo

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del Barrio

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11 am – 4 pm

ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION

Art

Perelman Arts CenterNew York NY

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11 am – 6 pm

Martha Armstrong: New Work

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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11 am – 3 pm

Open Studio

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtMeatpacking

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11 am – 3 pm

Open Studio at the Whitney Museum

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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11 am – 1 pm

ICP Photobook Club: Community Meet-Up

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

Noon – 6 pm

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Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Paley Museum

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Noon – 7 pm

ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

122025 Living History Harlem Renaissance Rent Party

Noon – 2 pm

Living History: Harlem Renaissance During the Holidays

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Christmas
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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Noon – 3 pm

Banksy Museum Annual Holiday Fair and Market

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Christmas
Family

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1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes
Family

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2 – 4 pm

Family Art Hour: Lumen Prints and Family Frames

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side

4 – 5:30 pm

GMC & NYC Opera Presents Live at Gracie: The Magic of Winter Concert

Gracie MansionUpper eastside

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4:15 – 7:15 pm

ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION AT PAC NYC

Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)FiDi

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

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