Explore the best art exhibitions happening this week across downtown Manhattan, with standout shows in the Lower East Side, SoHo, NoHo, East Village, West Village, and Tribeca. These iconic NYC art neighborhoods are buzzing with new openings featuring contemporary painting, sculpture, textile art, mixed media, and more.
From bold solo debuts to group exhibitions and a must-attend downtown magazine launch, this week’s weekday listings offer a curated guide to what’s fresh and unmissable in the city’s art scene. Whether you’re gallery hopping in the LES or discovering new work in a West Village brownstone space, there’s something on view for every kind of art lover.
Lower East Side/Two Bridges | Weds
King’s Leap, 105 Henry Street (Store 5), work by Lorenzo Bueno and Max Guy
Salma Sarriedine, 116 Elizabeth St, 3rd Floor, Dream a Little Dream of Me’ with Lina Bradford and Gage Spex, 5pm-8pm
Noho | Weds
Superrare, 243 Bowery, foreverAgain featuring various artists, 5pm-9pm
Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, 417 Lafayette, ‘20F (Simultaneity)’ by Raphaele Shirley, Algis Kizys, and Micheal Lisnet
Tribeca | Weds
52 Walker, 52 Walker St, ‘Low-slung Promises on the Tongues of the Devout’ by EJ Hill
Lower East Side/East Village | Thurs
Hollis Taggart, 109 Norfolk St, ‘The Hot Garden’ by John Knuth
Art Gotham, 4 Saint Marks Place, work by Jill Krutick, 6pm-9pm
Cafe Studio, 195 Chrystie St, #102W, Field Mag Launch Party, 7pm-10pm, RSVP email
Lichtundfire, 175 Rivington St, ‘Recent Collages’ by Yevgeniy Fiks, 6:30-8pm
Underdonk, 191 Henry St, ‘The Milk Door is a Portal’ by Christine Heindl, 5pm-8pm (limited at 75 capacity)
Vacation Forever, 154 East Broadway, ‘The Reception’ by Xixi Wang, 7pm-9pm
Lyles & King, 21 Catherine Street, ‘Gargantua Eats Himself’ by Nick Modrzewski
Fugue, 141 Canal Street, 3rd Floor, ‘Bleu’ by Costanza Damiani, 6pm-9pm
Soho | Thurs
Nino Mier Gallery, 62 Crosby St, STRATA with Ana Villagomez, Lucienne O’Mara, Gregory Hodge, Connie Harrison, Alexandria Tarver
Tribeca | Thurs
Ruttkowski;68, 46 Cortland Alley, ‘UFO – Unforeseen Feelings Observed’ curated by Luisa Schlotterbeck
Andrew Kreps Gallery, 394 Broadway, ‘Personalize’ by Liz Magor
Pablo’s Birthday, 105 Hudson Street, #410, ‘Summer House organized by Thea Smolinski’ by Alex Becerra, Mark Ryan Chariker, Gabrielle Garland, Brice Guilbert, Gala Knörr, Amy Lincoln, Maud Madsen, Nat Meade, Koichi Sato, Tony Toscani, and Lorena Torres
Amelie Du Chalard, 85 Mercer St, Line, Gesture, Memory with Catherine Danou, Hiroko Takeda, 6pm-9pm, RSVP link
Theta, 184 Franklin St, ‘The Aeolipile’ with Michael Bala, Eli Coplan, Kelsey Isaacs, Nandi Loaf, Gedi Sibony, Richard Sides, Johnathan Wilborn, Terry Winters
Featured work above by John Knuth at Hollis Taggart
Thursday Map:
As you explore this week’s art listings across the Lower East Side, SoHo, NoHo, East Village, West Village, and Tribeca, be sure to reference our Thursday map for an easy route through the most exciting openings happening downtown. Whether you’re tracking down large-scale installations in Tribeca or intimate painting shows on the LES, the city’s creative energy is in full force.
Our featured artist this week is John Knuth, whose highly anticipated solo exhibition, The Hot Garden, opens Thursday at Hollis Taggart Downtown (109 Norfolk Street). This marks Knuth’s fourth solo outing with the gallery—and his most personal yet. Following the devastating Eaton Fire earlier this year, which destroyed his Los Angeles home and studio archive, Knuth returns with a stunning mix of resilience and radical process. The exhibition includes his signature “fly paintings” and a live sculptural installation in which flies will actively create artwork in the gallery during the opening week. Incorporating fragments salvaged from the fire, The Hot Garden reimagines destruction as creation—an alchemical transformation in true Knuth fashion.
So whether you’re venturing out to see innovative textile works or attending a buzzworthy magazine launch, this mid-week collection is proof that downtown Manhattan remains a beating heart of artistic reinvention.
