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Thursday Jan. 15, 2026

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

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

Face Value

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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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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4 – 5 pm

HOW TO DRAW EVERYTHING: UNICORNS, ANIMALS, SUPERHEROES, FAIRIES AND MORE

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Art Studio NY

Friday Jan. 16, 2026

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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

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

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

Face Value

10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

TR16414.19

10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

AFAM-0926-install-with-people-23_1_7771f8

11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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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

Saturday Jan. 17, 2026

Ruth-Asawa-Tamarind-Prints-front-cover-241×300

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

Screenshot 2025-10-17 at 12.04.53 PM

All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

631.1994

All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

All day

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

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

02_MoMA_Brand_Identity_Design_Logotype_Order_New_York_USA_BPO_33402b

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

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

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

TR16414.19

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

AFAM-0926-install-with-people-23_1_7771f8

11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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