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New York City Guide – Winter ’26

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We’ve gathered New York’s best activities for your next wintry wander! Consider it your art map of cultural stops that make the city shine.

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

Our Art Fix map will guide you through NYC’s winter must-sees!

OUT AND ABOUT

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

Photo by Nicholas Knight

Monira Al Qadiri | Public Art Fund Central Park

  • Until 2 Aug ‘26
  • Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Central Park (near 60th Street)
  • perrotin.com

First Sun by Monira Al Qadiri re‑imagines the ancient Egyptian sun god as a towering, iridescent human‑scarab figure: a bold, futuristic monument in the middle of Central Park.

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Leo Villareal | JP Morgan Chase

Celestial Passage was recently unveiled at JP Morgan Chase’s new global headquarters. Using custom-built software and 1.5 million LED’s Villareal has sculpted swaths of light that play across the exterior of the 60-story skyscraper.

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Abstract Futures | Grand Central Station  

  • Until Jan ‘26
  • Entrance of 42nd Street/3rd Avenue
  • hilmas.ghost

Enter a new realm as you walk past this 600-foot mosaic by feminist collective Hilma’s Ghost – a tribute to Hilma af Klint and visionaries alike. Artists Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray invite us to whisper the names of those who inspire us as we pass by.

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Tai Shani | The High Line  

Take a cozy nighttime walk amongst giant candles – lighting the way as we approach winter’s darker skies.

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Tuan Andrew Nguyen | The High Line

Coming this spring to the High Line: The Light That Shines Through the Universe. A monument to cultural loss and enduring spirit. This towering, 27-foot sandstone sculpture pays homage to the Bamiyan Buddhas, two 6th-century colossal statues in central Afghanistan that were tragically destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 in an act of iconoclasm.

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Anish Kapoor | Jenga Tower

Like a shimmering keystone, Anish Kapoor’s mirrored Tribeca bean anchors the Jenga Tower at 56 Leonard.

MUSEUMS

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

Robert Rauschenberg | Guggenheim Museum      

Centered on Rauschenberg’s monumental silkscreen painting Barge, the Guggenheim’s exhibition traces his radical shift into the medium and the experimental momentum that reshaped postwar art.

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Carol Bove – Guggenheim Museum

Carol Bove’s first major museum survey fills the iconic Rotunda with her bold, inventive sculptures and spatial interventions that play with material, scale and form in ways that transform how you experience Frank Lloyd Wright’s legendary architecture.

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Raphael | Metropolitan Museum of Art

This spring, Raphael: Sublime Poetry weaves together 200+ masterworks in a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the Renaissance genius whose harmony of line, color, and lyricism still feels like art’s most poetic heartbeat.

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Flora Yukhnovich | The Frick Collection

At the freshly reopened Frick Collection, Flora Yukhnovich Four Seasons enters into a seductive dialogue with one of the world’s most extraordinary collections—home to masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and more.

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Ruth Asawa | MoMA      

  • Until 7 Feb ‘26
  • 11 West 53rd Street
  • moma.org

Through six decades of continuous experimentation, Ruth Asawa made art a practice of discovery, shaping a life devoted to making, teaching, and connecting with natural materials.

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Helen Frankthaler | MoMA     

  • Until Feb 8 ‘26
  • 11 West 53rd Street
  • moma.org

From splashy early pours to late-career moodscapes, follow Frankenthaler’s career in one confident, color-drenched sweep.

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Art Fix Tip: Don’t miss Odili Donald Odita’s new large-scale commission in MoMA’s lobby. Bright colors and abstract patterns create a cascading kaleidoscope. His work is also on show at David Kordansky Gallery until 28 February.

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Biennial  | Whitney Museum      

  • 8 Mar – 23 Aug ’26
  • 99 Gansevoort Street
  • whitney.org

The eighty-second Whitney Biennial – the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States – brings together 56 artists, duos, and collectives whose work reflects the present moment through themes of connection—from family and geopolitics to technology, ecology, and shared mythologies.

GALLERIES UPTOWN

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Matthew Krishanu | Salon 94 

UK-based Matthew Krishanu paints atmospheric, pared-back compositions of scenes from his own life, particularly his childhood years in Bangladesh growing up with his brother, and their parents: a Christian priest, and a theologian.

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Marguerite Humeau | White Cube 

Marguerite Humeau’s White Cube exhibition invites visitors into an immersive landscape where caves, shadows, and communal resilience take center stage.

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Jasper Johns | Gagosian

The exhibition brings together rarely seen paintings and drawings from 1973 to 1983. Key works that shaped his practice and continue to echo throughout his later work, including exceptional loans from major American museums and Johns’ own collection.

CHELSEA

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Gideon Appah | Pace

Beneath Night and Day presents vivid new paintings that blend everyday life in Ghana with mythic imagination, where swimmers, surfers, and solitary figures drift across dreamlike, jewel-toned landscapes that dissolve the border between the real and the imagined.

Art Fix Tip: listen on Spotify to the Pace playlist. The songs on Gideon Appah’s playlist reflect the dreamlike quality of his fauvist creations; from the cosmopolitan vibe of Nigerian R&B star Wizkid to the alternative pop-rock of Coldplay.

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Anish Kapoor | Lisson Gallery 

Anish Kapoor’s focused presentation of mirror and stainless-steel works invites viewers into his ongoing investigation of spatial illusion, where scale, reflection, and materiality dissolve the boundaries between object, space, and self.

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Jeff Koons | Gagosian

Blending myth, luxury, and cutting-edge fabrication, Jeff Koons’s gleaming porcelain-inspired sculptures transform mirror-polished stainless steel into seductive icons that reflect the viewer while collapsing past, present, and future into a single, hyper-crafted surface.

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Louise Bourgeois | Hauser & Wirth

Gathering Wool spotlights the restless, ruminative abstraction at the core of Bourgeois’s practice, where wandering thoughts take sculptural form.

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Robert Gober | Matthew Marks

Robert Gober’s new sculptures are made from a wide variety of materials including bronze, pewter, wood, handblown glass, acrylic paint, and handmade paper.

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Davide Balliano | Tina Kim 

An exhibition featuring new paintings and works on paper by Italian-born and New York-based artist Davide Balliano. He expands his rigorous geometric language with warm hues and material depth.

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Michael Heizer | Gagosian 

City, in the Nevada desert, is a monumental sculptural city by Michael Heizer, a landmark work of Land Art; his radical use of negative space is also well known from his iconic installations at Dia Beacon. This same vision now takes center stage in his exhibition Negative Sculpture

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Haim Steinbach | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Everyday objects become art in Haim Steinbach’s hands – his new show turns shelves, boxes and familiar items into a subtle investigation of how we collect, display, and invest meaning in the mundane.

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Dan Flavin | David Zwirner

We love Dan Flavin’s fluorescent light constructions! His colored tubes arranged in geometric grid formations transform corners and space into immersive, chromatic architectural situations.

Art Fix Tip: Watch our light episode: Spot On for more inside information on Dan Flavin

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Odili Donald Odita | David Kordansky Gallery

In Shadowland, Odili Donald Odita brings together bold color, rhythmic geometry, and personal history, turning painting into an immersive experience that feels energetic, political, and deeply human.

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Alexis Rockman | Jack Shainman

Feedback Loop presents new and recent work that charts nearly five decades of the artist’s prescient engagement with ecological disruption.

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Kandy G Lopez | ACA Gallery

  • February 3 through March 7, 2026
  • 529 West 20th Street, 5th Floor
  • acagalleries.com

Textile Truths: Faces of Resilience, a powerful solo show of monumental handwoven “fiber paintings” that fuse portraiture and textile into bold acts of cultural memory, strength, and survival.

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Over 100 Years of Black Art | ACA Galleries

This show celebrates the range of styles and content in paintings, drawings and sculptures by African American artists from the 19th century to the present.

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William Egglestone | David Zwirner

The Last Dyes features the final dye-transfer prints ever made by the pioneering photographer, offering a rare chance to see his richly saturated, color-saturated visions of everyday America in the analog medium that helped redefine photographic art.

GALLERIES SOHO & TRIBECA

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Franz Gertsch | Hauser and Wirth 

Hauser and Wirth honors the late Swiss master Franz Gertsch through a selection of monumental works that show how he pushed realism—and the photograph—into new, resonant territory.

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Faux Food Pop Up MoMA Design Store

At MoMA Design Store‑SoHo, the revamped Soho outpost even includes a playful Faux Food boutique section where artful, design-forward food-themed objects elevate everyday eats into sculptural must-haves.

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In Celebration of Shadows | Grimm Gallery          

Ian Hartshorn curated this group exhibition, celebrating the intergenerational impact of teaching painting, highlighting the often unseen mentors and influences—the “shadows”—that shape artistic practice.

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

Jongsuk Yoon | Marian Goodman 

On view will be new paintings and works on paper which explore imagination and cultural memory through the invented topographies of past and present, in what the artist calls “landscapes of the soul.”

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

Gloria Klein | Anat Ebgi

Gloria Klein’s mature works grow from repetition and rhythm: countless diagonal strokes build up into vibrating fields where each mark feels alive.

LOWER MANHATTAN

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Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park Pavilion | Battery Park

A red concrete pavilion by Thomas Phifer just opened at Battery Park City. In it you’ll find a community room, classroom, future restaurant and public restrooms at park level, anchored by graceful arched openings framing views of New York Harbor, plus an accessible rooftop terrace with sweeping panoramas of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

QUEENS & BROOKLYN

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Noguchi’s New York | Noguchi Museum

  • 4 Feb – 13 Sep ’26
  • 9-01 33rd Road, at Vernon Boulevard, Queens
  • noguchi.org

Our favorite museum in Queens celebrates its 40th anniversary. This exhibition display how Isamu Noguchi and New York shaped one another—through iconic works, unrealized civic dreams, and his enduring gift to the city he always returned to.

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Iris Van Herpen | Brooklyn Museum

Something to look forward to…  After Paris and Rotterdam, Dutch fashion designer Iris Van Herpen’s show travels to the USA. Explore the fluidity of water, the physics of motion, the perception of sound and light, and nature’s profound interconnectedness.

NYC EATS & DRINKS

LUNCH

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E.A.T. | Upper East Side

Pick up a sandwich or grab a quick salad. Art Fix tip: there is a great gift store right next door.

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William Jess Laird

Frick Museum Café | Upper East Side

The newly restored museum has just reopened, and its café is well worth a visit. Perfect for lunch after exploring the galleries. Reservations recommended.

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Fairfax | West Village

Order their classic American lunch to indulge in the best Caesar salad and fries in town.

COFFEE

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Silence Please

The speaker company Silence Please has transformed a Bowery loft into a multi-sensory haven: bespoke speakers up front, with a tea room, record shop and listening space tucked behind.

DRINKS

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CloudM Rooftop Bar, CitizenM | Bowery

Elevated cocktails, floor-to-ceiling views, and downtown energy—your stylish escape above the Bowery. Art Fix tip: book prior using this link here.

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schmuck. | East Village

If unconventional cocktails are your thing, Schmuck’s lively, friendly atmosphere will make you feel right at home.

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Blondeau Rooftop Bar, Wythe Hotel | Brooklyn

Sip natural wines and craft cocktails with sweeping skyline views—Williamsburg’s most chic perch above the East River.

DINNER

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ADDA | East Village

A neighborhood gem where bold Indian flavors meet a laid-back East Village vibe.

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

The Corner Bar | Lower East Side

A stylish LES spot where classic cocktails and elevated comfort food make every night feel like a downtown celebration.

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

Manuela | SoHo

The latest branch of Hauser & Wirth’s growing empire, Manuela serves up artfully crafted dishes that feel as vibrant and inventive as the gallery’s exhibitions—a delicious masterpiece in every bite!

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Jack’s Wife Freda | Chelsea

Jack’s Wife Freda in Chelsea is the perfect blend of cozy and chic. The vibe is always buzzing, making it a great spot for brunch with friends or a casual date night. Don’t miss the peri-peri chicken or the iconic green shakshuka!

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Loring Place | Greenwich Village

Loring Place serves up farm-to-table freshness with flair, turning seasonal ingredients into dishes that feel like a celebration of the city’s vibrant food scene!

Interior of Crevette Restaurant in New York City
Seafood dishes at Crevette Restaurant
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Crevette | West Village

Crevette is where grown-up summer dreams dock in the West Village—part Côte d’Azur daydream, part seafood salon, all pastel-drenched perfection. And come summer, the terrace will be magnifique!

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Twin Tails | Columbus Circle

Indulge in Twin Tails’ glitzy ambiance with velvet banquettes and marble floors while savoring Southeast Asian-inspired dishes like King crab and uni buns, all nestled within The Shops at Columbus Circle.

New York City Guide – Winter ’26

Sant Ambroeus | Upper East Side

In the mood for pasta? Sant Ambroeus is a chique uptown Italian spot, just steps away from White Cube Gallery.

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Oxomoco | Brooklyn

Come to Oxomoco for a Michelin-starred wood-fired wonderland where smoky pollo a las brasas, tempura shrimp tacos, and a legendary tlayuda steal the show.

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