The Best Art Shows and Exhibits Happening Now in Philadelphia

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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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Noon – 7 pm

Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Food & Drink

Jeni’s x Cj Hendry: The OPAQUE Pop-Up Experience

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1 – 6 pm

The Art is Pulsing with Energy at BWAC This Summer

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

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1 – 9 pm

BOMB Small Press Flea 2025

1 – 6 pm

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

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2 – 4 pm

MoMA Family Art Making: Nature Drawings

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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2 – 4 pm

Family Art Hour: Image Transfer Collage and Exquisite Corpses

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

GW PIC

5 – 6:30 pm

Ghost Writer, An Abolitionist’s Tale Premieres at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

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6 – 11 pm

Summer Fever / Artists’ Pop-Up

Sound Mind CenterBrooklyn

Anne of a Thousand Faces – Banner

7:30 – 8:30 pm

‘Anne of a Thousand Faces’ Premieres at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival – Aug 6–16

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

Sunday Aug. 17

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

All day

IT WALK 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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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 MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Michael Caine: A Shock of Recognition AUGUST 7 – SEPTEMBER 8, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 8 pm

Shaping American Art: A Celebration of the Art Students League of New York at 150

Art

Arts Students League

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

Under the Sea, Just Like Me! at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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 – noon

Poster Kids: Pass the Poster

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Poster HouseChelsea

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Govenors Island

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: The Power of the Sun

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED The Immersive Rock Experience

ARTECHOUSEChelsea Market

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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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