Closes 8 Nov
Luminous Color
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York
February 10 – November 8, 2026
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
United States
Exhibitions in New York
New York has 9 museums in the Museum Compass index, with 46 special exhibitions on view or already announced.
36 on view · 10 opening soon · 9 museums
On view now
Closes 8 Nov
Common Sense
Brooklyn Museum · New York
May 1 – November 8, 2026
Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons
Closes 15 Nov
In the Making 2026
Museum of Modern Art · New York
September 19 – November 15, 2026
Photo: hibino / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Until 21 Dec
Roy Lichtenstein: Like New
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York
October 11 – December 21, 2026
Until 2 Jan 2027
Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
Museum of Modern Art · New York
July 4, 2026 – January 2, 2027
Until 9 Jan 2027
American Society of Botanical Artists 29th Annual International Exhibition
Society of Illustrators · New York
September 10, 2026 – January 9, 2027
Until 10 Jan 2027
Costume Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York
May 10, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Until 10 Jan 2027
Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · New York
June 5, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Until 10 Jan 2027
The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York
August 22, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Until 18 Jan 2027
Coumba Samba: Stars and Stripes
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York
September 19, 2026 – January 18, 2027
Until 18 Jan 2027
Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450-1500
The Frick Collection · New York
October 15, 2026 – January 18, 2027
Until 23 Jan 2027
The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors
Museum of Modern Art · New York
October 4, 2026 – January 23, 2027
Until 31 Jan 2027
Manga Before Manga: Japanese Art from the Collection
Brooklyn Museum · New York
October 3, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Until 31 Jan 2027
Art of Manga
Brooklyn Museum · New York
October 3, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons
Until 31 Jan 2027
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York
October 4, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Until 31 Jan 2027
Charles Burchfield: Elemental
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York
October 22, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Until 31 Jan 2027
Rembrandt’s Lions: Art and Exile in the Dutch Republic
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York
October 23, 2026 – January 31, 2027
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Until 6 Feb 2027
RIBBIT: The Art of the Amphibian & Reptile
Society of Illustrators · New York
September 23, 2026 – February 6, 2027
Until 7 Feb 2027
Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200
Brooklyn Museum · New York
February 28, 2025 – February 7, 2027
Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons
Until 21 Feb 2027
Odili Donald Odita: Songs from Life
Museum of Modern Art · New York
September 1, 2026 – February 21, 2027
Until 27 Feb 2027
Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio
Museum of Modern Art · New York
October 25, 2026 – February 27, 2027
Until 28 Feb 2027
Chasing Clouds
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York
September 14, 2026 – February 28, 2027
Until 7 Mar 2027
Jakob Kudsk Steensen: Wetland
Museum of Modern Art · New York
October 12, 2026 – March 7, 2027
Photo: hibino / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Until 7 Mar 2027
A Generous Bequest
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York
October 13, 2026 – March 7, 2027
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Until 14 Mar 2027
Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · New York
September 18, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Until 14 Mar 2027
Creativity Lab: Art of the Book
Museum of Modern Art · New York
October 14, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Photo: hibino / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Until 11 Apr 2027
Donald Moffett: IMPEACH
Brooklyn Museum · New York
June 5, 2026 – April 11, 2027
Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons
Until 18 Apr 2027
Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection
Brooklyn Museum · New York
October 2, 2026 – April 18, 2027
Until 30 Apr 2027
Mika Ninagawa: Feel the Flow(ers)
Brooklyn Museum · New York
October 2, 2026 – April 30, 2027
Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons
Until 2 May 2027
Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives
Museum of Modern Art · New York
September 20, 2026 – May 2, 2027
Until 10 May 2027
Alex Da Corte: Hotdog With Ketchup
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York
September 22, 2026 – May 10, 2027
Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Until 13 Jun 2027
Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies
Museum of Modern Art · New York
September 27, 2026 – June 13, 2027
Until 13 Jun 2027
Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design
Museum of Modern Art · New York
September 27, 2026 – June 13, 2027
Until 27 Jun 2027
Hopi Kachina Dolls: Blessings for a Balanced World
Brooklyn Museum · New York
October 2, 2026 – June 27, 2027
Opening soon
Opens 31 Oct
The Original Art • 46th Annual Exhibition
Society of Illustrators · New York
October 31, 2026 – January 30, 2027
Opens 6 Nov
The Modern Window: Sofía Sinibaldi
Museum of Modern Art · New York
November 6, 2026 – October 1, 2027
Photo: hibino / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Opens 12 Nov
25th Anniversary Exhibition
Masterworks from the Neue Galerie
Neue Galerie · New York
November 12, 2026 – January 11, 2027
Opens 12 Nov
Kent Monkman: Officer and Laughing Girl
The Frick Collection · New York
November 12, 2026 – February 22, 2027
Opens 8 Apr 2027
Painting with Fire: Susanne de Court and the Art of Enamel
The Frick Collection · New York
April 8 – July 12, 2027
Opens 9 May 2027
John Galliano: Horizons
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York
May 9, 2027 – January 9, 2028
Opens 30 May 2027
Eva Hesse: Wild Space, 1957–1970
Museum of Modern Art · New York
May 30 – September 25, 2027
Photo: hibino / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Opens 11 Nov 2027
Vilhelm Hammershøi: Pictures from Home
The Frick Collection · New York
November 11, 2027 – February 14, 2028
Plan the trip
Museums in New York
Every venue in the index for this city, with what each has on.
Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
11 on view · 4 opening soon
Photo: hibino / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Brooklyn Museum
New York, United States
9 on view
Jim.henderson / Wikimedia Commons
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, United States
5 on view
Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
3 on view · 1 opening soon
Photo: Hugo Schneider / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Morgan Library & Museum
New York, United States
3 on view
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York, United States
2 on view
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
The Frick Collection
New York, United States
1 on view · 3 opening soon
The Frick Collection, New York · License
Neue Galerie
New York, United States
1 opening soon
Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Where to stay
Recently closed in New York11 shows
- Friends Who Came to See Me: Drawings from John Ashbery’s CollectionThe Morgan Library & Museum · May 1 – October 25, 2026
- Hujar:ContactThe Morgan Library & Museum · May 22 – October 25, 2026
- All Around Us: The Art of Carson EllisSociety of Illustrators · August 15 – October 24, 2026
- Andy Warhol Family AlbumWhitney Museum of American Art · April 30 – October 19, 2026
- Whitney Biennial 2026Whitney Museum of American Art · March 8 – October 12, 2026
- The Collected Photograph, 1970–1989The Morgan Library & Museum · June 30 – October 11, 2026
- Sarah Michelson: nowhereMuseum of Modern Art · September 15 – October 11, 2026
- Peggy Weil: Core MemoryMuseum of Modern Art · March 7 – October 4, 2026
- Keisha Scarville: Where Salt Meets Black WaterBrooklyn Museum · May 8 – October 4, 2026
- Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern VisionsThe Morgan Library & Museum · June 26 – October 4, 2026
- I Saw the Future and It Smiled BackWhitney Museum of American Art · March 8 – September 21, 2026