The weekend brings a packed slate of NYC gallery openings and art events across some of downtown Manhattan’s most active art neighborhoods, including the Lower East Side, SoHo, Tribeca, and NoHo. As the first full art weekend of 2026 unfolds, galleries throughout New York City are in motion, offering a rich mix of contemporary art, group exhibitions, solo presentations, and artist-driven projects. From established spaces to newer venues, this weekend is ideal for gallery hopping, discovering new voices, and revisiting iconic NYC art districts.
Whether you’re exploring the Lower East Side’s dense gallery corridor, moving through SoHo’s historic art spaces, or spending the day in Tribeca’s warehouse-lined streets, this weekend’s lineup reflects the depth and diversity of the New York City art scene. For anyone looking to stay connected to NYC art openings this weekend, downtown gallery shows, and the evolving cultural landscape of New York, these neighborhood-based exhibitions offer an energizing way to continue the year with art, curiosity, and community.
LES | Fri
All St, 77 E 3rd St, ‘Pulsing Through’ group show presented by Paradice Palase
Whaam!, 15 Elizabeth St, Sculptures by Piero Penizzotto
Nathalie Karg Gallery, 291 Grand St, ‘Threshold of Vision’ with March Avery, Jim Drain, Sara-Vide Ericson, Jim Lambie, William MacKinnon, Helen Marden, Ugo Rondinone, Kenny Scharf, Rirkrit Tiravanija
Andrew Edlin Gallery, 212 Bowery, ‘Beneath Bear Mountain’ by Tyler Macko, ‘Works from the Cowles-Hoard Collection’ by Frank Walter
High Noon Gallery, 124 Forsyth Street, ‘C0LL3C70R 613’ by Kutay Tufekci
Hollis Taggart, 109 Norfolk St, ‘Afterlight’ by Rachel MacFarlane
Karma, 188 East 2nd Street, ‘I Am Gravity’ by Bill Bollinger
Karma, 22 East 2nd Street, ‘Caged Bottle’ by Arthur Simms
Lyles & King, 21 Catherine Street, ‘Time Bends for the Tender’ by Akea Brionne
Nunu Fine Art, 381 Broome St, ‘Then and Now’ by Mia Westerlund Roosen
NYAE, 245 Broome St, ‘Gestural Symphony’ by Anne Russinof
Ruby Dakota, 155 East 2nd St, Feet Pics featuring various artists
Kaliner, 42 Allen Street, ‘Upcoming’ with Chellis Baird, Noga Ydkovik-Etizoni, Rachel Rubenstein, MaryKate Maher, Yana Beylinson
Soho | Fri
Peter Freeman, 140 Grand St, ‘Nashashibi/Skaer by Nashashibi/Skaer
Tribeca | Fri
Silke Lindner, 350 Broadway, ‘Unfixer’ by Ang Ziqi Zhang
Hesse Flatow, 77 Franklin St, ‘Toward Ourselves in an Unknown’ by Michael Childress
Marc Strauss, 57 Walker Street, ‘The Night Before: Poppies & Parachutes’ by Shaunté Gates
Nino Mier Gallery, 380 Broadway, ‘Cat’s Cradle’ by Asher Liftin
Anat Ebgi, 372 Broadway, ‘Wild Reveries ’ by Jemima Murphy, ‘Crisis Management’ by Gloria Klein
Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley, work by Roberto Burle Marx
Bortolami, 39 Walker St, ‘Journal Works’ by Tom Burr
Chart, 74 Franklin St, ‘Burying Flowers’ by Jacqueline Qiu
Cristin Tierney, 49 Walker St, ‘Influencers’ with diane burko, yayoi kusama, abby leigh, wangechi mutu, judy pfaff, amy sillman, sara siestreem (hanis coos), audra skuodas, lynette yiadom-boakye and more, organized by Cristin Tierney and Adam Sheffer
George Adams Gallery, 38 Walker Street, ‘Out of Hand: New Ceramic Sculpture’ by Elisa D’Arrigo
HB381, 381 Broadway, ‘One Way or Another’ by Caroline Slotte and Paul Scott
Jack Barrett, 89 Franklin St, ‘Space and Color’ by Stephen Antonakos
James Cohan, 48 Walker St, ‘High Vibration’ by Kathy Butterly
James Cohan, 52 Walker St, ‘Corner/Fold’ by Charlotte Edey
Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, 87 Franklin Street, ‘Dot’ with Graham Anderson, Jennifer Bartlett, Nancy Brooks Brody, Marsha Cottrell, Liz Deschenes, Tony Feher, Glenn Goldberg, Yuki Higashino, Xylor Jane, Ray Johnson, Pamela Jorden, Linda Matalon, Yoko Ono, Jeff Ostergren, Erika Ranee, Sur Rodney (Sur)
Margot Samel, 295 Church Street, ‘Lost Canyon’ by Anne Wehrley Björk
PPOW, 392 Broadway, ‘A friend gave me a book’ by John Kelly
YveYANG, 12 Wooster St, ‘Talisman’ by Oliver Bak, E’wao Kagoshima, Heidi Lau, Alastair Mackinven, R.H. Quaytman, Pauline Rintsch, Ker‑Xavier Roussel, Raphaela Simon, Kiki Smith, Anna‑Maria Škroba, Wang Ye, Martin Wong, Curated by Hindley Wang
Ruttkowski;68, 46 Cortland Alley, ‘Fantasy Nightmare Reality: waging onwards mental battle against treacherous images created by masters’ with Wombat
IRL, 86 Walker St, 2nd Fl, ‘A Garden Made of Time’ by Ana Won
LES | Sat
Entrance, 48 Ludlow Street, ‘The Photo Issue’ Dirty release party
Beverly’s, 297 Grand St, ‘The Photo Issue’ Dirty release afterparty, from 8pm
David Peter Francis, 35 East Broadway #3F, ‘Snake, Turtle, Alligator’ by The Atomic Archive of Bryan LaPlante, Gregg Bordowitz, Nina Katchadourian, Lucy Raven, Elaine Reichek, Turquoise, Bruno Zhu
Derosia, 197 Grand St, Clémence de La Tour du Pin
Essex Flowers, 19 Monroe St, ‘Everything Is Different Now’ by Aaron Krach, 3pm-6pm
Lichtundfire, 175 Rivington St, Theseus’s Craft, 10 year gallery anniversary exhibition with various artists curated by Hayley Ferber and Priska Juschka
Soho | Sat
Nino Mier Gallery, 62 Crosby St, ‘Amnesia’ by Joanne Greenbaum
Tribeca | Sat
Life Center, 75 Maiden Lane, ‘Bring Fine Art Back to The Lord’ with various artists, 6:30pm-9pm
Freight & Volume, 39 Lispenard Street, ‘Pleasure Reading’ by Becky Brown, ‘Ezra Johnson’s Home and Garden Show’ by Ezra Johnson
Noho | Sun
Zurcher Gallery, 33 Bleeker St, 13 Women Artists, 2pm-5pm, with Alice Adams, Louise Bourgeois, Loretta Dunkelman, Audrey Hemenway, Helene Hui, Pat Lasch, Ann Marshall, Mary Miss, Kazuko Miyamoto, Patsy Norvell, Joyce Robin
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s, Paula Tavins, Judy WatermanOne of the weekend’s standout moments includes work by Wangechi Mutu, featured in a major group exhibition at Cristin Tierney Gallery in Tribeca. A globally influential figure in contemporary art, Mutu’s presence anchors a broader conversation around artistic lineage, exchange, and impact within the New York City art scene. Presented alongside artists whose practices have shaped—and continue to shape—contemporary discourse, the exhibition frames influence as a shared and evolving force rather than individual visibility. For those tracking NYC gallery shows, women artists in contemporary art, and artists with lasting international influence, this exhibition offers a resonant way to close the weekend of downtown gallery openings.
Featured work above by Wangechi Mutu at Cristin Tierney
