Lower East Side, SoHo, East Village, West Village, Tribeca, and Two Bridges are unveiling ambitious summer exhibitions, artist talks, and opening receptions that celebrate creativity, identity, and community. Whether you’re gallery hopping through LES, exploring Tribeca’s expansive exhibition spaces, or discovering emerging voices in the East Village, this final weekend of June offers an exceptional snapshot of contemporary art in downtown Manhattan.
Lower East Side | Thursday
Van der Plas Gallery, 156 Orchard St, Crossroads by David Buckingham, Al Diaz, Doug Groupp
Hollis Taggart, 109 Norfolk St, ‘A View All Their Own’ with Diana Al-Hadid, Grimanesa Amorós, Lynda Benglis, Alina Bliumis, Kate Clark, Dee Clements, Francine Fleischer, Margaret Garrett, Ana Maria Hernando, Patty Horing, Dana James, Karen Margolis, Verdiana Patacchini, Howardena Pindell, Lina Puerta, Kate Rusek, Anastasia Samoylova, Bastienne Schmidt, Rebecca Stern, and Amy Wickersham
Gern en Regalia, 105 Henry St #5, work by Betty Goodwin, Alexa Hawksworth, Irene F Whittome
Rectangle Room, 113 Eldridge St, ‘Two’ with Lee Mary Manning, Peter Sutherland, 6pm-9pm
Little Pine, 125 Division St, ‘The Warmth in Between’ with Paul Anagnostopoulos, Sherly Fan, Danninger Feng, Anya Rosen, Qin Shen, Ruihan Zhang
Cafe Forgot, 29 Ludlow St, Dr Martens Aurix collection release
Entrance, 48 Ludlow Street, ‘Beyond Inadequate Measure’ by Ana Ion Leonte
All St, 77 E 3rd St, ‘These Walls Can Talk’
Soho | Thursday
Nino Mier Gallery, 62 Crosby St, ’the persistence of beauty’ featuring various artists
Nicodim, 15 Greene Street, ‘Sublunary’ by Liang Fu
West Village | Thursday
White Columns, 91 Horatio St, work by Goran Medak, Oswald Saenz, Karryl Eugene
Thursday Event Crawl / Gallery Map
Tribeca | Friday
Grimm Gallery, 54 White Street, ‘You Must Change Your Life’ by Alexander Tovborg, Elinor Stanley, Sophie Ruigrok, Sara Rossberg, Jhonatan Pulido, Ken Kiff, Matthew Day Jackson, Ted Gahl, Gabriella Boyd, Anderson Borba, Kinga Bartis, Mahesh Baliga, Charles Avery
James Fuentes, 52 White St, ‘Sometime Somewhere Someone Is Dancing’ by Lola Stong-Brett
Tara Downs, 424 Broadway 3rd Fl, ‘Swallow the Ground’ by Nick Jensen, ‘Nouvelles Sculpture’ by Julien Monnerie
Jane Lombard Gallery, 58 White Street, ‘Immensity of Blue’ by Katherine Blackburne and Ayse Wilson, Jeff Wallace, Adam de Boer, Eva Struble
Luhring Augustine, 17 White Street, ‘In a Free State’ Curated by Salman Toor and Doron Langberg
Anat Ebgi, 372 Broadway, ‘Illuminations’ group show curated by Angela Lane
Soho | Friday
The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St, ‘Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L’
Derosia, 197 Grand St, ‘In the Ultimate I Dwell’ by Shiriya Davis
Lower East Side | Friday
Dashwood Projects, 63 East 4th Street, ‘Last Call Vol 1’ by Tyrell Hampton, reception and book signing
Sitting Room Gallery, 195 Henry St, ‘Magazine Spell’ by Annabelle Weatherly, 6pm-9pm, ‘Diary Face’ group show, curated by Annabelle Weatherly, 6pm-9pm
Friday Art Crawl Gallery Map
West Village | Saturday
Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune St, Jenny Tango at 100 – a retrospective including works by Robert Bunkin and Susan Grabel, 2pm-6pm
One of this week’s featured artists is Verdiana Patacchini, whose work is included in A View All Their Own, a major group exhibition at Hollis Taggart Downtown. Opening June 25 and running through August 15, the exhibition brings together twenty contemporary women artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, installation, works on paper, and mixed media. Curated by Angelica Semmelbauer, the show examines how artists develop distinct visual languages through process and material exploration, highlighting the diverse ways making itself becomes a form of expression.
Patacchini’s practice, known for its layered engagement with memory, transformation, and materiality, sits within a compelling intergenerational dialogue alongside artists including Diana Al-Hadid, Grimanesa Amorós, Lynda Benglis, Howardena Pindell, Lina Puerta, and Anastasia Samoylova. Installed at Hollis Taggart Downtown’s Norfolk Street location in the heart of the Lower East Side, A View All Their Own offers a timely reflection on the power of individual perspectives and the evolving contributions of women artists to contemporary art.
Read on for the best gallery openings, exhibitions, and art events happening this Pride Weekend across Lower Manhattan.
Featured work above by Verdiana Patacchini at Hollis Taggart
