film fests / series:

► thru 3/12: doc fortnight 2026: the museum of modern art’s annual festival of international nonfiction film and media marks its 25th year with screenings of 33 new nonfiction films by both emerging and established directors. museum of modern art (midtown west), $14 general, $12 seniors, $10 students. >>

► thru 3/14: the fantastic realism of georges franju: eyes without a face, head against the wall, judex, and more. l’alliance new york (ues), $8-16. >>

► thru 3/15: 31st rendez-vous with french cinema: unifrance and film at lincoln center’s showcase of contemporary french cinema. walter reade theater and elinor bunin munroe film center (lincoln center), $16+. >>

► thru 3/16: the year begins in silence: solaris, mouchette, paris, texas, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 3/18: days of being maggie cheung: metrograph (les) presents a 10-film maggie cheung retrospective, including as tears go by, comrades: an almost love story, days of being wild, police story, and a new 4k restoration of green snake. $18. >>

► thru 3/28: juliette binoche: emotion in motion: certified copy, clouds of sils maria, the english patient, the unbearable lightness of being, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 3/29: what price hollywood?: in a lonely place, inland empire, sunset boulevard, the player, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 4/3: sukiyaki bebop: battle royale, cowboy bebop: the movie, ghost dog: the way of the samurai, kill bill: vols 1 + 2, sukiyaki western django. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 4/4: holy trips: stalker, the darjeeling limited, the seventh seal, weekend, and more. metrograph (les), $18. >>

► thru 4/5: 2001: the year, not the movie: museum of the moving image celebrates the year 2001 with an anniversary series featuring 36 screenings, including films, a television series, and three episodes. the series kicks off with moulin rouge with ewan mcgregor in person, and also includes a spotlight on the third season of the sopranos with creator david chase and cast members steven van zandt, dominic chianese, edie falco, and annabella sciorra. museum of the moving image (astoria), $17.50-20 general, $12 seniors/students. >>

thru 3/12: 2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets: two seats, one price. grab 2-for-1 tickets to 29 of off-broadway shows, including bigfoot: the musical, heathers: the musical, silver manhattan, what we did before our moth days, and more. >>

thru 3/12: the jim irsay collection at christie’s: get a glimpse inside one of the most remarkable collections of guitars, instruments, sports, movie, literary, and pop-culture memorabilia ever assembled. ahead of a major auction, christie’s rockefeller plaza gallery is hosting a public exhibition of the late jim irsay’s private collection. highlights include ringo starr’s drum used during the beatles’ debut ed sullivan show performance in 1964, bob dylan’s handwritten lyrics to ‘the times they are a-changin’, kurt cobain’s fender mustang guitar, jack kerouac’s original typescript scroll of on the road, and much more. free admission. >>

thru 3/13: scny’s 142nd annual members exhibition: the salmagundi club opens its doors for its annual members exhibition, filling the skylight gallery of its historic greenwich village townhouse with works of art in all media – oil, watercolor, pastel, graphics, sculpture, photography and mixed media. receptions 2/19 + 3/5 (rsvp required). free admission. >>

thru 3/14: level up: a video game inspired group exhibition: pixelated nostalgia meets gallery walls at spoke art’s first-ever video game–themed group show. artists from around the country and beyond pay tribute to their favorite titles with paintings, sculptures, prints, and more, spanning every era from 8-bit classics to current hits. opening reception 2/21 6-8pm. spoke art (les), free admission. >>

thru 3/15: new exhibitions open at museum of arts and design: designing motherhood: things that make and break our births and douriean fletcher: jewelry of the afrofuture. museum of arts and design (midtown west), $20 general, $16 seniors, $14 students. >>

thru 3/22: weave in, weave out: a disability socially engaged art exhibition: step into a growing fiber-art installation created by disabled artists from intertwine arts, then add your own thread. this participatory exhibition invites visitors to sit at the loom, try their hand at weaving, and become part of an evolving artwork celebrating creativity and community. no experience needed; guidance provided. opening reception 1/23 6-8pm. positive exposure gallery (fidi), free admission. >>

thru 3/28: claudia bitrán: titanic, a deep emotion: christin tierney gallery (tribeca) presents claudia bitrán’s recreation of james cameron’s titanic, created scene by scene over more than a decade using cardboard sets, painted backdrops, animation, performance, and a cast of more than 1,400 volunteers (bitrán plays both rose and cameron, while jack is portrayed by 40 different actors). the project is presented as a three-channel film installation, surrounded by props, paintings, and storyboards that reveal its construction. bitrán will be present at the opening reception 2/20. free admission. >>

thru early april: new highline art: dinosaur: the highline unveils its latest plinth commission, iván argote’s dinosaur, a giant 21-foot-tall hyper-realistic sculpture of a pigeon. on the high line at the spur on 30th street and 10th avenue, free admission. >>

sponsored: thru 4/12: join us at the rodeo!: primary stages in association with jamie deroy presents: calf scramble at 59e59 theaters. deep in a dusty east texas barn, five teenage girls raise calves and wrestle with what it means to be good – at school, at god, at girlhood. calf scramble is a fiercely original, darkly funny coming-of-age tale soaked in sweat, scripture, and competition, where faith is tangled with survival, and tenderness bucks like a wild animal. use code ‘skint’ to snag $26 tickets (reg. $66-86). >>

thru 4/18: robert mapplethorpe: organized in collaboration with the robert mapplethorpe foundation, gladstone gallery presents an exhibition of 16 large-scale, limited-edition photographs by american photographer robert mapplethorpe (1946–1989). opening reception 3/5 6-8pm. gladstone gallery (chelsea), free admission. >>

thru 4/19: art x fashion: is fashion art? runway meets gallery wall at art x fashion, a new exhibition at the museum at fit (chelsea) exploring the ways that fashion has been a partner, not a follower, of fine art. more than 140 objects are featured, including garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and original artworks drawn from mfit’s permanent collection. free admission. >>

thru 4/19: the mad mad world of jonathan adler: in his first curatorial role, ceramicist and designer jonathan adler presents more than 60 works from the museum of arts and design’s permanent collection alongside his own designs. the exhibition installation was designed by author, window dresser, former barneys new york creative director — and adler’s husband — simon doonan. museum of arts and design (midtown west). $20 general, $16 seniors, $14 students. >>

thru 4/27 (closed tuesdays + wednesdays): pat oleszko: fool disclosure: sculpture center (lic) presents the first nyc solo exhibition in over 35 years of pat oleszko. the show fills both floors of the space with dozens of large-scale inflatable works, costumes, films, and more. opening reception 1/29 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thru 5/23 (mon-sat 11am-6pm): ‘ruglife’: a traveling contemporary art exhibition reimagines the rug as a platform for social, political, and cultural commentary, using unconventional materials and techniques to tackle topics like environmentalism, identity, and conflict. curated by ginger gregg duggan and judith hoos fox (c2–curatorsquared), the show features work by 14 international artists, including ai weiwei, andrea zittel, nicholas galanin, and slavs + tatars. pratt manhattan gallery (chelsea), free admission. >>

thru 5/31: stories and set designs for the sopranos: drawing from creator david chase’s personal archive, museum of the moving image opens a new exhibition featuring scripts, notes, and research material from the sopranos that document story arcs and character trajectories as the show moved from a pilot into the first season. museum of the moving image (astoria), $20 general, $12 seniors/students, free thursdays 2-6pm. >>

thru 5/31: 45 years of pac-man exhibit: the paley center celebrates 45 years of chasing ghosts and chomping dots with a new exhibition filled with arcade cabinets, installations, rare artifacts, and fun facts that trace the history of pac-man in the arcade and pop culture. the paley center for media (midtown), included with regular museum admission ($20 general, $16 seniors/students/teachers/veterans/first responders). >>

thru 6/29: the bronx museum’s seventh annual aim biennial: ‘forms of connection’: 28 emerging artists from the 2024-2025 cycles of the bronx museum’s artist in the marketplace (aim) fellowship program unveil new works. opening party 1/23 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thru 7/11: mystery and wonder: a legacy of golden age magicians in new york city: step behind the curtain at the new york public library for the performing arts (uws) with an exhibition devoted to the city’s golden age of magic. drawing from rare archival materials, the show explores how turn-of-the-century magicians blurred the lines between spiritualism, vaudeville, circus, and theater, alongside emerging science and technology. photographs, posters, and artifacts trace the careers of legendary figures like harry houdini, harry kellar, alexander and adelaide herrmann, and others. the exhibition is accompanied by a series of free public programs, including magic performances, conversations, and film screenings. free admission. >>

thru 8/16: art of noise: a new exhibition at cooper hewitt celebrates the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past century. organized by the san francisco museum of modern art and adapted to the history of the new york music scene for its east coast presentation, the exhibition features over 300 works from concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, plus immersive audio installations by teenage engineering and devon turnbull. cooper hewitt (ues), $22 general, $16 seniors, $10 students, pay-what-you-wish 5-6pm daily. >>

thru 8/23: whitney biennial 2026: the 82nd edition of america’s longest-running contemporary art survey brings together 56 artists, duos, and collectives for a wide-ranging look at life right now. whitney museum of american art (meatpacking district), $30 general, $24 seniors/students, free for 25 and under, free for all every friday 5-10pm and every second sunday. >>

thru 12/1: orwell + truth: the legacy of author george orwell: with big brother all around us, a new outdoor exhibition at nyu showcases rare archival materials from university college london’s george orwell archive, tracing the evolution of george orwell from eric blair, colonial police officer in burma, to one of the 20th century’s most influential truth-tellers. spread across 13 windows, the exhibition includes wartime diaries, personal letters, research notes for the road to wigan pier, and the unpublished preface to animal farm. free admission. >>

misc.

nine old-fashioned soda fountains in nyc: enjoy a taste of old new york at these spots rounded up by untapped cities. >>

10 old-fashioned candy stores in nyc: get your sweet treats at these shoppes, rounded up by untapped new york. >>

where to find manhattan’s passageways named after theatre stars: find yourself walking on a street dedicated to leonard bernstein, humphrey bogart, katherine hepburn, jerry orbach, paul robeson, cecily tyson, and others whose work has graced the new york stage. >>

eight places to see art by keith haring in nyc >>

24 exceptional subway artworks to see in nyc: the folks at hyperallergic highlight some of the most interesting subway art installations across the boroughs. >>

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