This week, the Lower East Side, Soho, Chinatown, and East Village are buzzing with gallery openings, artist talks, and exhibitions you won’t want to miss. Whether you’re exploring contemporary installations, group shows, or solo exhibitions, these neighborhoods offer a rich mix of emerging and established talent. For Thursday, we’ve mapped out the evening’s must-see stops across the LES, Soho, and East Village, making it easy to plan your art crawl and hit all the key openings in one night.
East Village | Tues
14BC Gallery, 626 East 14th St, Artdog London in NYC, 5pm-9pm
Lower East Side | Weds
Equity Gallery, 245 Broome St, Transcender, featuring multiple artist talks from 7pm
Lower East Side | Thurs
137 Rivington, 137 Rivington St, Popcorn by Cerise Zelenetz, 6pm-9pm
Bittter.nyc, 45 Division St, ‘This Must Be The Place’with Maek Lim Stakrk and Alannah Farrell
Lichtundfire, 175 Rivington St, Gravity Field’ with several artists, curated by Priska Juschka
Laams, 74 Orchard St, Smile Now Cry Later’ by Chucky’s Play, via Pleasee Post Bills by Nike
Beverly’s, 297 Grand St, Nanna’ with Mollie McKinley, Stina Puotinen, Alex Schmidt, from 8pm
IFAC Arts, 85 Delancey St, work by Peter Walsh
Parent Company, 154 East Broadway, Cessation’ featuring various artists, organized by Benny’s Video
Gloria’s, 5 Eldridge Street, ‘Electromagnetic’ with Ryan DaWalt and Si Golraine, 6pm-9pm
Soho | Thurs
Staley Wise, 100 Crosby St, ‘In the 90s’ by Pamela Hanson
East Village | Thurs
Dacia Gallery, 621 E. 11th Street, 15 Year Anniversary group show with Victoria Selbach, Jennifer Cook, Sherri Wolfgang, Abby Heller-Burnham, Nikolina Kovalenko, Sohn Plenefisch, Elizabeth Leimkuhler, Mike Selbach, Alison Pasquini and Vittorio Ottaviani.
Thursday Map:
Soho | Fri
Superrare, 243 Bowery, work by Aleqth
Tribeca | Fri
Canal Projects, 351 Canal St, ‘Triumphant Currents, Auspicious Winds’ by Charlie Perez-Tlatenchi
15 Orient, 72 Walker Street, 3rd Floor, Landscaping for Privacy, Hardy Hill, 6pm-9pm
Lower East Side | Fri
Whaam!, 15 Elizabeth St, work by Ricky Powell
Peninsula, 13 Monroe St, ‘Rehearsals of Movement’ by Johnny G Mullen
Banzo Popup, 16B Ludlow Street, What Contains Me’ reception, 5pm-9pm
Tribeca | Sat
47 Canal, 59 Wooster St, 2nd Floor , Electronic Arts Intermix, and work by Trevor Shimizu
Lower East Side | Sat
Krause Gallery, 149 Orchard St , work by Ryan Thomas Monahan, Penny, 3pm-6pm
As this week’s featured artist, Pamela Hanson takes center stage in Soho’s gallery scene with her exhibition In the ’90s at Staley Wise, 100 Crosby Street. Hanson is celebrated for her intimate and personal approach to photographing models, capturing candid moments of friendship, fun, and real connection—offering a refreshing contrast to the posed fashion images typical of magazines. Her early career in Paris in the 1980s shaped her ability to understand her subjects deeply, a perspective that helped her become one of the pioneering women in fashion photography.
Coinciding with the close of New York Fashion Week 2025, this exhibition is a must-see for visitors exploring Soho, the Lower East Side, the East Village, and Chinatown, blending the energy of NYC’s fashion and art scenes. Paired with the release of her book The ’90s (Rizzoli), featuring previously unpublished images, Hanson’s work is a love letter to a transformative decade in style and culture. For anyone planning an NYC gallery crawl, this show exemplifies the vibrant creativity thriving across the city’s iconic neighborhoods.
Featured work above by Pamela Hanson at Staley Wise
