Get ready for one of the most vibrant weekends of the season in Downtown Manhattan, as Pride Weekend collides with a packed lineup of art openings, performances, pop-ups, and parties across the Lower East Side, Tribeca, SoHo, and Chinatown. From boundary-pushing gallery shows to rooftop DJ sets and experimental performance art, this weekend marks a high point in the cultural calendar—and likely the last big wave of art openings until September. Whether you’re looking to gallery-hop through SoHo and LES, catch a late-night set in Chinatown, or join the celebration of queer creativity throughout Tribeca, there’s no better time to explore what downtown NYC has to offer. Here’s your essential guide to everything happening this weekend.
Lower East Side/Chinatown/Two Bridges | Fri
Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, ‘A Comedy for Mortals’ by Tammy Nguyen
Commodore, 14 Loisaida Ave, Ladies Free’ party by Nolita Dirtbag, 4pm-8pm, RSVP Link
Uffner Liu Gallery, 170 Suffolk Street, ‘Solar Music / Lunar Revel’ with Piper Bangs, Katherine Bradford, Shuyi Cao, Christian Franzen, Jess Xiaoyi Han, Yulia Iosilzon, Olivia Jia, Wanda Koop, Reeha Lim, Zoe McGuire, Heidi Norton, Laurie Nye, Katie Paterson, Anna Danyang Song, Jia Sung, Daniel Um, Angela Wei, and Leon Zhan. Curated by Lucy Liu
Fierman, 127 Henry St, ‘Time Vision’ featuring various artists
Essex Flowers, 19 Monroe St, ‘Flats’, Anne Marie Rooney, Julia Rooney, 6pm-9pm
Derosia, 197 Grand St, ‘In Medias Res’ with Allen-Golder Carpenter, Whitney Claflin, Elise Corpataux, Kai Jenrette, Orion Martin, Andy Meerow, Jay Payton, Machteld Rullens, Naoki Sutter-Shudo
Clemente Center, 107 Suffolk Street, PEST,’ Mike Estabrook, David B Frye, Robert Goldkind, Vandana Jain, Katarina Jerinic, Mark Power, 6pm-9pm
601artspace, 88 Eldridge Street, ‘BIG FUN’ featuring various artists
Long Story Short, 52 Henry St, ‘Focal Point’ with Sam Bornstein, Amanda Marre Brown, Michael Buhler-Rose, Masao Nakahara, Kitty Ng, Sage Schachter, Crys Yin
Post Times, 29 Henry Street, ‘Material Instinct’ with several artists, 6pm-9pm
Soho | Fri
Deitch, 18 Wooster St, Carnival closing party, performances, tattoos, psychics, curated by Joe Coleman
Tribeca | Fri
Almine Rech, 361 Broadway, Under the Rose by Marisa Adesma
Grimm Gallery, 54 White Street, ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ with Sophie Birch, Gabriella Boyd, Anthony Cudahy, Sarah Esme Harrison, Volker Hüller, Hettie Inniss, Matthew Day Jackson, Jochem Mestriner, Francesca Mollett, Fischer Mustin, Ken D. Resseger, Mosie Romney, Kiki Wang, Shiwen Wang, and Georg Wilson
Jane Lombard Gallery, 58 White Street, ‘Soft Structures’ 10 artists curated by Jen Wroblewski
Shrine, 368 Broadway, ‘Earth to Sky’ with Angela China, Loren Erdrich, Yehong Mao, Rob Ober
Theodore, 373 Broadway F10, Old Crow by HC Westermann
Timothy Taylor, 74 Leonard, ‘The Kids Are Alright’ with Ann Agee, Diane Arbus, Michaël Borremans, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Zoë Buckman, Dominic Chambers, Joana Choumali, Larry Clark, Mark Cohen, R. Crumb, Gehard Demetz, Kim Dingle, Madeline Donahue, Marcel Dzama, William Eggleston, Lloyd Foster, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Julia García, Elizabeth Glaessner, Jay Lynn Gomez, Titus Kaphar, Jonathan Lasker, Louise Lawler, Charles LeDray, Sherrie Levine, Sally Mann, Marape, Elizabeth McIntosh, Joel Meyerowitz, Annie Morris, Ragen Moss, Anya Paintsil, Gordon Parks, Erin M. Riley, Kenny Rivero, Antonia Showering, David Shrigley, Ruby Sky Stiler, Katie Stout, Allison Elizabeth Taylor, and Rhys Ziemba
Astor Weeks, 209 Canal St, 3rd Floor, ‘Phantom Attractions’ with Zoe Beloff, Dorothy F. Foster, Todd Hamel, Megan Mi-ai Lee, Hanna Rochereau
Mendes Wood DM, 47 Walker St, ‘Nocturnal Music’ by Varda Caivano
PPOW, 390 Broadway 2nd Fl, work by Karen Arm
Silke Lindner, 350 Broadway, Eurhythmia with Alice Gong Xiaowen, Jesus Hilario-Reyes, Marlon Kroll, Solomon Rousseau, Bronson Smillie, Ang Ziqi Zhang
IRL, 86 Walker St, 2nd Fl, Terra Forma with Saman & Sasan Oskouei
HB381, 381 Broadway, ‘Hostler Burrows x HB381’ with Taher Asad-Bakhtiari, Zimra Beiner, Anne Brandhøj, Frida Fjellman, and Sigve Knutson
JDJ, 373 Broadway, B11, ‘In the Midst’ with Samira Abbassy, Barrow Parke, Miriam Cahn, Kim Dingle, Victoria Dugger, Julia Felsenthal, Clare Grill, Whit Harris, Lucia Love, Abby Leigh, Marianna Peragallo, Elbert Joseph Perez, Nathaniel Robinson, Kathy Ruttenberg, Bea Scaccia, Kiki Smith, Alessandro Teoldi, Marianna Peragallo, Tecla Tofano, Nicola Tyson and curated by Jayne Johnson with Bea Scaccia
Lower East Side | Sat
Lubov, 5 East Broadway, The Happiness Project: Episode 1: Acquaintance
Olympia, 41 Orchard St, ‘Cake’ with Alicia Adamerovich, Yura Adams, Cassandra Mayela Allen, Madeline Bach, Hannah Beerman, Heather Benjamin, Wells Chandler, Fung Cheung, Magnet Curry, Emily Davidson, Leah Dixon, Tamara Gonzales, Aisling Hamrogue, Colleen Herman, Stephanie Temma Hier, Eli Hill, Erin Lee Jones, Melissa Joseph, Hein Koh, Lizzy Lunday, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Lee Maxey, Nicole Mourino, Cristina de Miguel, Naomi Nakazato, Sarah Nsikak, Alex Schmidt, Pauline Shaw, Jessica Stoller, Erika Ranee, Adrianne Rubenstein, Robin F. Williams, Mie Yim
Ayllu Gallery, 457 Broome St, Raices Vivas: Echoes of Ecuador by Luis Medina, 7pm-9pm
Chinatown | Sun
Time Again Bar, 105 Canal St, Chome Chom Popup, 2pm
Soho | Sun
VFA, 151 Wooster St, Pride Pop, 1pm-7pm
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As Lower Manhattan art events hit a summer high this Pride Weekend, don’t miss the debut New York solo exhibition of Marisa Adesman, now on view at Anat Ebgi in the Lower East Side. A highlight of this final wave of downtown gallery openings before the summer lull, Adesman’s featured work, Predicament Escape (2024), showcases her signature blend of surrealism and classical painting technique. Known for her richly detailed compositions that transform domestic objects—candles, linens, tableware—into eerie and poetic visual puzzles, Adesman challenges traditional ideas of femininity and the domestic sphere. With nods to Dutch still life and vanitas painting, her technically masterful oil works shimmer with light, shadow, and symbolism. Whether you’re exploring galleries in SoHo, Tribeca, Chinatown, or the LES, her show at Anat Ebgi is a must-see among this weekend’s Lower Manhattan art exhibitions and events.
Featured work above by Marisa Adesman at Anat Ebgi
