This week’s 14thbelow.com Art Event Guide takes you straight into the heart of downtown NYC’s creative pulse, spotlighting must-see happenings across the Lower East Side, Tribeca, SoHo, the West Village, and Chinatown. From provocative gallery openings to indie book releases and fashion launches drawing the city’s style set, we’ve curated the essential events defining what’s fresh and culturally charged below 14th Street. Plus, don’t miss our special event map for Thursday, the busiest night this week, to help you navigate the scene with ease and hit every can’t-miss stop.
LES | Tues
The Ripple Room, 183 Bowery, Bar Grand Opening!
Plato , 202 Bowery, ‘Soft Horizons’ by Erik Nieminen
LES | Weds
JJ Murphy Gallery, 53 Stanton St, work by Judy Simonian
Friend Editions, 357 Canal St, End is Now release with Holy Cowow, 6pm-9pm
Visionary Projects, 124 Forsyth St, Food for Thought with various artists, RSVP
LES | Thurs
Dacia Gallery, 621 E. 11th Street, Reactive Interactions by Delaney Conner, Paper Skies by Kathryn Rose
Marinaro, 678 Broadway, Floor 3, work by Ridley Howard
Thomas Nickles Project, 47 Orchard Street, ‘Peripheries Vol. 2: Echoes Within’ by Rigo
Colbo, 51 Orchard St, Mephisto Shoes launch popup, 5pm-8pm
Ruby Dakota, 155 East 2nd St, Stretch Mark by Erica Newton and Ellen Hanson
Privy, 46 Hester St, Embodied by Cassandra Trenary, 6pm-9pm
Soho | Thurs
Allouche Gallery, 77 Mercer St, work by Nick Georgiou
LES | Fri
Essex Flowers, 19 Monroe St, The Douobly Balanced Sky by Linnea Vedder, 6pm-9pm
West VIllage | Fri
Eli Klein, 398 West Street, ‘This Is Not A War’ by Bui Cong Khanh, Bui Thanh Tam, Ca Le Thang, Doan Van Toi, My-Lan Hoang-Thuy, Le Hoang Bich Phuong, Oanh Phi Phi, Nguyen Phuong Linh, Anh Thuy Nguyen, Xuân-Lam Nguyen, Ha Ninh Pham, Pham Tuan Tu, Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran, Tran Luong, Truong Tan, Van Khanh, Minh Dung Vu
Book Marc, 400 Bleeker St, One Night in Watford book release by Ewen Spencer
Tribeca | Fri
Hal Bromm, 90 West Broadway, The Queer Show Part II featuring several artists
81 Leonard Gallery, 81 Leonard St, ‘Departures’ by Henry Anker, Sammy Bennett, Steffie Chau, Danielle Klebes, Kendall Henderson, Ray Hwang, Nancy Pantirer, Hannah Eve Rothbard, Katia Rozenberg, Susan May Tell, and Rochelle Voyles
Tribeca | Sat
Jane Studios, 72 Warren St, group show, 5pm-10pm
LES | Sat
Blank Mag Books, 17 Eldridge St, Miniotics book launch, 6pm-9pm
Below Grand, 53 Orchard St, ‘Where Air Turns to Fog’ curated by Ray Hwang with Sammy Bennett, Anna Gregor, Jesse Ng, 5pm-7pm
Featured image above by Delaney Conner at Dacia Gallery
As this week’s downtown art circuit wraps, we close out with a spotlight on our featured artist, Delaney Conner—a rising New York City-based fiber artist whose work challenges perceptions of femininity, identity, and space through sharply geometric, large-scale embroidered portraits. Her pieces—on view now in the Lower East Side—reject the softness often projected onto both her medium and her subject matter, presenting instead a bold, abstraction-driven study of the female form as part of a greater collective experience. Don’t miss her opening reception and Artist Talk at 8:00 PM, where she’ll dive deeper into the architectural influences, emotional texture, and social commentary behind her work.
From SoHo fashion launches to book events in Tribeca, cutting-edge openings in Chinatown, and intimate gatherings in the West Village, this week’s 14thbelow.com Art Event Guide has been your curated compass to what’s vibrant and vital below 14th Street. And if you’re heading out Thursday, be sure to check out our interactive map to help you navigate the evening’s top exhibitions and events across all five neighborhoods with ease.
Thanks for following along. We’ll see you on the street—and in the gallery.
