Photobook Talk: Andrew Lichtenstein — This Short Life
Photographer Andrew Lichtenstein presents his photobook This Short Life at BDC Main, a small documentary space. A chance to hear a photographer talk through his own work in an intimate room.
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Stephanie Dinkins: Anchoring Home Public Exhibition Opening
A participatory, sensory solo show where AI processes collected community stories into a living narrative that evolves in real time, and asks who gets to shape the future of AI.
The Music of Siena: Graindelavoix
Björn Schmelzer leads an ensemble known for visceral, ornament-rich early music, answering the Siena bronzes show. Wander the galleries while it plays, or claim one of the few seats.
Hildegard Commission Concert 2026
Four rising composers each write new music answering an illustration from Hildegard von Bingen's codices, brought to life with animations and projections in an immersive setting.
Wang’s World: Photographs and Films of Harvey Wang
An opening for a show of photographs and films by Harvey Wang, put on by an independent documentary center. A chance to see his still and moving work together, with the artist's world on the walls.
Press Play 2026
Hundreds of exhibitors fill Pioneer Works with art books, zines, records, and underground publications, with talks and workshops built around a theme drawn from what's alive in publishing.
Sống: Photographs by Ocean Vuong
An exhibition of photographs by Ocean Vuong, open to the public. A quiet chance to take in his pictures up close, hung on the wall rather than seen on a screen.
Son Lux with Samora Pinderhughes, Holland Andrews, mmeadows, Vines
Son Lux play two nights in the Main Hall for their forthcoming album Out Into, each with different openers. A newly made single-channel film with stereo sound runs as a 17-minute loop.
Live at the Frick: Hisham Matar on Siena and the Imagination
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Month in Siena speaks about his bond with the city and how it shaped the imagination of artists, including the bronze sculptors in the exhibition.
Kwaidan
Listed as a visual arts event at Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen, a room that pairs a bar and a kitchen with its stage, so a drink and a bite fit easily around it.
Studio Salon: Touched by the Mother
A salon built around a single book, pairing a conversation with a reading in the Stoop, the Studio Museum's casual gathering space. A close, unhurried way to spend an afternoon with ideas.
CBH Talk | Armed Objects: Weapons, Ornamentation, and Museum Stewardship
A look at firearms, swords, and powder horns as fine craftsmanship, their engraving and ornament set against their violent purpose, and at how museums care for such objects.
New York Fashion at PS1, 1980–1984
An exhibition tracing New York fashion in the early 1980s through the lens of PS1, a focused look at one short, restless stretch of the city's style history.
Book Launch: Bodega Cats of New York by Dan Rimada
A launch for a photo book on the working cats of neighborhood stores: 150 photographs and stories from their owners, built over four years of earning the trust of shopkeepers.
The Status of Statuettes
A talk on small Renaissance bronze figures, long prized by collectors, and how their makers and subjects were forgotten or confused, with some mistaken for actual antiquities.
Art Dialogues: Vecchietta’s "Resurrection of Christ"
A museum educator leads a long, unhurried look at one work, Vecchietta's Resurrection of Christ, with the galleries after hours. Attendees are encouraged to join the conversation.
Mindfulness in the Galleries: Ikebana
Mindful ikebana teacher Anjie Cho leads a special edition among Isamu Noguchi's sculptures, treating Japanese flower arranging as a practice of presence alongside the art.
The Music of Siena: Jasper Snow, Vielle; Georgia Burashko, Alto; Joshua Cheatham, Viol; Richard Pittsinger, Tenor
A vielle and a viol join alto and tenor voices to answer the bronze exhibition with chant and devotional song. Listen while wandering the galleries or take one of the few seats.
Activating the Decolonization Rider
Emily Johnson, author of the Decolonization Rider, and analyst Leomary Rodriguez share research and lead an interactive workshop on how artists and institutions can put the tool to use.
Art Dialogues: Johannes Vermeer and Kent Monkman: "Officer and Laughing Girl"
After hours in the galleries, take a long look at one work with a museum educator and fellow attendees, focused on Kent Monkman's dialogue with Johannes Vermeer.
