This week, Tribeca and nearby neighborhoods are buzzing with art and culture. Tribeca galleries are showcasing everything from contemporary photography and painting to modernist design, while Thursday’s big Autumn Art Night gives visitors the chance to explore spaces that don’t have formal openings, keeping the neighborhood’s creative energy flowing late into the evening. Beyond Tribeca, the Lower East Side and Soho are also hosting exhibitions, book releases, and sound events, making it a perfect week to experience New York’s vibrant art scene. Don’t miss this chance to see new work, meet artists, and enjoy the neighborhood’s dynamic gallery culture.
Lower East Side | Thurs
Jupiter, 55 Delancey St, ‘And Now’ by Federico de Francesco
Artifact Projects, 155 Suffolk St, Figural & Figurative & Paintings by Ribal Molaeb
Tribeca | Thurs
One Art Space, 23 Warren St, ‘Iconic Smokin’ Hot Kiss, by Roger Sichel, 6pm-9pm’
R & Company, 64 White St, ‘Brazil Modern’ work by José Zanine Caldas, Sergio Rodrigues, Joaquim Tenreiro
Guild Gallery, 321 Canal St, work by Akiko Hirai
Several other galleries will be open for Soho/Tribeca Autumn Art Night 6pm-8pm on Thursday
Canal Projects, 351 Canal St, Providing refreshments
Lower East Side | Fri
Space776, 37-39 Clinton St, ‘Threads of Origin’ by Hijo Nam
14BC Gallery, 626 East 14th St, Decoys by OK Davies, 5pm-9pm
Time Again, 105 Canal St, Book release event with Natalie O’Moore
Tribeca | Fri
Storage, 52 Walker St, ‘After a Few Seasons’ by Rafael Kamada
Tribeca | Sat
The Opening Gallery, 41 Division Street, Getaway Tunes in the Lower East Side with Mark Borden, Paul Feldhausen, ‘sound event’ from 4:30pm
Tribeca and Lower Manhattan continue to be a hub for contemporary art, offering visitors a mix of vibrant gallery openings, exhibitions, and cultural events this week. A standout highlight is the debut solo exhibition of Rafael Kamada at Storage Gallery (52 Walker St), on view from Friday, September 26th through Saturday, November 1st, 2025. Born in 1993 and living and working in Brazil, Kamada’s recent oil paintings dwell in the liminal space between figuration and abstraction, exploring memory, landscape, and the passage of time. His layered process of application, removal, and reapplication builds surfaces that carry the weight of history while remaining open to disruption, revealing subtle traces of light, structure, and nature that linger on the edge of perception.
Influenced by both Eastern and Western artistic traditions—including the spatial logic of Japanese printmakers Hokusai and Hiroshige, as well as the atmospheric touch of Monet and Diebenkorn—Kamada’s work combines instinct, intuition, and rigorous study. Each painting rewards careful attention, offering fragments of landscape and memory that unfold gradually, creating an intimate, immersive experience for viewers.
While exploring Tribeca’s galleries or attending Thursday’s Autumn Art Night across the neighborhood and nearby Soho, Kamada’s exhibition provides a reflective, contemplative complement to the area’s energetic art scene. For collectors, enthusiasts, or anyone looking to experience the pulse of Lower Manhattan’s contemporary art, his debut solo show is not to be missed.
Featured work above by Rafael Kamada at Storage
