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Monday Jan. 5, 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

631.1994

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

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

10 am – 7 pm

Museum Of Ice Cream’s Pinkmas

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Ice Cream NYCSoHo

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 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del Barrio

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

Tuesday Jan. 6, 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

Screenshot 2025-11-19 at 4.19.51 PM

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

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

Fusco_La-Plaza-Vacia-D

11 am – 5 pm

Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island

Art

El Museo del Barrio

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4 – 5 pm

FREE KIDS & TEENS AGES 9-12: CARTOONING, AND MANGA ART CLASS

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Art Studio NY

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

Wednesday Jan. 7, 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

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