This week, the downtown art scene comes alive across the Lower East Side, Tribeca, East Village, Greenwich Village, and SoHo, with a full lineup of new exhibitions and evening receptions. Independent galleries and artist-run spaces are showcasing everything from experimental installations and ceramics to painting, photography, and performance. Expect a mix of emerging artists and established names activating the streets around Ludlow, Hester, and Broadway, with several openings extending into the weekend. Whether you’re planning an LES crawl on Tuesday, a Tribeca night on Thursday, or a SoHo stop before the weekend, these shows highlight the creative pulse of New York City’s contemporary art landscape right now.
Lower East Side | Tues
Entrance, 48 Ludlow Street, ‘Relentless Suggestions’ by Brianna Lance
Ilon Art Gallery, 57 Stanton Street, ‘Metrocards and Clay’ by Pinto and Kitade, 6pm-10pm
Tribeca | Tues
Locker Room, 253 Church St, ‘Caput Mundi’ by Chemsedine Herriche
Greenwich Village | Weds
80wse, 80 Washington Square East, ‘Ch*nx Drugs’ by Christopher Chan, 5pm-7pm
Lower East Side | Weds
Totah, 183 Stanton St, ‘Ripple’ by Melissa McGill
Lower East Side | Thurs
Foreign & Domestic, 24 Rutgers St, ‘casino pier’ by travis fairclough
Van der Plas Gallery, 156 Orchard St, ‘All Art+, Autumn on Orchard
Market Gallery, 51 Mercer Street, ‘You & Me’ by Rachel Simon, 6pm-9pm
Blank Mag Books, 17 Eldridge St, ‘Apple Stand’ by Olivia Rose, 6pm-9pm
Psychic Readings Gallery, 629 East 9th St, ‘Nude’ with Lin Qiqing, Anam Rani, Noel De Lesseps, Elise Rise, Jeanie Yoo, Kemar Keanu Wynter
Privy,46 Hester St, ‘Come Over’ by Yahshel Auchterlonie, Katherine Auchterlonie
Amanita, 1 Freeman Alley , ‘To a Passerby’ by Yves Scherer & Sebastian Lloyd Rees
Miguel Abreu Gallery, 88 Eldridge St, ‘Reserves’ by Blake Rayne
Proxyco, 88 Eldridge St, ‘Doña Montaña: An Unfitted Model’ by Pablo Gómez Uribe
Parent Company, 154 East Broadway, ‘preLAUNCH’ by Kevin Dudley, ‘Oh, it’s my ass and my anus’ by Phoebus Osborne
Tribeca | Thurs
47 Canal, 59 Wooster St, 2nd Floor , ‘The Rabbits’ by Lewis Hammond
Thursday Art Crawl Map:
Tribeca | Fri
TIWA Gallery, 86 Walker St, ‘Vetro Tesoro’ by Dana Arbib
Gallery 456 (CAAC), 456 Broadway, 3rd Fl, ‘The Web: The Birth and Legacy of New York’s First Asian Gay Bar’ with Yukai Chen, curated by Xiaojing Zhu
Peter Blum Gallery, 176 Grand St, ‘This is (not) a love song’ by Su-Mei Tse
Efrain Lopez, 356 Broadway, Unit LL15, ‘PROOON — The Memory of Force’ by Amalie Jakobsen
Stephen Friedman, 54 Franklin St, ‘Flight of the White Heron Clan’ by Santiago Yahuarcani
Hesse Flatow, 77 Franklin St, ‘VACANT’ by Aglaé Bassens
Arsenal Contemporary, 21 Cortlandt Alley, ‘The Raving Ones’ by Darby Milbrath
The Empty Circle, 5 St. Johns Lane, #7G, ‘The Moon is a Mirror’ by Benjamin Staker
Jack Shianman Gallery, 46 Lafayette St, work by Faith Ringgold
Soho | Fri
Martin Lawrence Galleries, 457 West Broadway, AMERICAN POP with prints by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Kenny Scharf, and more, RSVP Email here
Lower East Side | Fri
Kates-Ferri Projects, 561 Grand Street, ‘Poems’ by Borris Torres, 5pm-8pm
Palo, 21 E 3rd St, ‘Psychopomp’ by Xanthe Burdett
Shin Gallery, 322 Grand St., Abstract in Flux with Paul Jenkins, Ejler Bille, Choong Sup Lim, Magda Bolumar, Barbara Levittoux-Świderska, Francine Tint, Martin Kippenberger
Auxier Kline, 19 Monroe St, ‘Hitchhike from Saginaw’ by Samuel Guy
McBridge / Dillman, 195 Henry St, ‘Homeplace ’ by Adrienne Elise Tarver
Friday Art Crawl Map:
Lower East Side | Sat
Below Grand, 53 Orchard St, ‘The Christmas Show’ curated by Jesse Firestone, ‘Microplastics in My Genitals’ Curated by Mo Kong, ‘yachachiqniykunapaq’ Curated by Jesse Firestone, 5pm-7pm
Lubov, 5 East Broadway, ‘“Cat Suit’ by My Barbarian”
Peninsula, 13 Monroe St, ‘Galore’ by Georgia Elrod
Artists Alliance, 88 Essex, Canal Street Research Association (market) by Shanzhai Lyric, 12pm-6pm
Tribeca | Sat
Freight & Volume, 39 Lispenard Street, work by Ezra Johnson
Silke Lindner, 350 Broadway, ‘Best of’ with Nina Hartmann, Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Emma Kohlmann, Karice Mitchell, Gozie Ojini, Lyric Shen, Tommy Xie, Ang Ziqi Zhang, 11am-6pm
Francis Irv, 106 Walker St, #201 (3rd Fl), work by Benjamin Echeverria
Ulrik, 175 Canal Steet, Floor 3, work by Dorothea Rockburne and Hanna Hur
Lower East Side | Sun
The Mandarin, 113 Madison St, Cafe 1 Year Anniversary party, 2pm-5:30pm
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, 165 East Broadway, ‘Cartoons’ by Nicolas Ceccaldi
Downtown Manhattan comes alive this week across the Lower East Side, Tribeca, SoHo, the East Village, and Greenwich Village, with galleries presenting a mix of emerging and established artists. Among the standout exhibitions is Xanthe Burdett’s Psychopomp at Palo Gallery, a captivating series of paintings and panel works where human and plant forms intertwine in ethereal, myth-inspired compositions. Burdett’s layered technique, combining chalk transfers, white gesso, and translucent green washes, creates luminous, otherworldly worlds that explore encounters with the unknown and the intersections of life and afterlife.
From Ludlow Street’s intimate galleries to Tribeca’s conceptual spaces and SoHo’s pop-inspired exhibitions, downtown New York offers a dynamic landscape for art exploration. Whether you are following emerging voices like Burdett or visiting landmark galleries, this week’s openings highlight the vibrancy of NYC’s contemporary art scene.
Featured work above by Xanthe Burdett at Palo
