Looking for the best art exhibitions and gallery openings in Lower Manhattan this week? From Tribeca and SoHo to Chinatown and the Lower East Side, New York’s downtown art scene is packed with new exhibitions, artist talks, and can’t-miss openings. Whether you’re planning a gallery crawl or searching for the latest contemporary art events in NYC, our weekly guide highlights the most exciting shows happening across these iconic neighborhoods.
LES | Thurs
Plato, 202 Bowery, Pastime group show
Studio 9BC, 616 East 9th St, Consider Dwelling Here Too Long by Cassandra Trenary, 6pm-9pm
Vacation Forever, 154 East Broadway, Between Flesh and Dirt by Margo Wallace, 7pm-9pm
Equity Gallery, 245 Broome St, ‘Echoes of Place’ with Carol Fabricatore, Susan Greenstein, and Janet Pedersen
Frosch & Co, 34 East Broadway, Good Bunny with Neal Barab, Sarah Dineen, Emily Eveleth, Barbara Friedman, Jerelyn Hanrahan, Debra Jenks, Norma Markley, Edie Nadelhaft, Helen Oji, Fleur Palau, Fedele Spadafora, and Jeanne Verdoux
Market Gallery, ‘Ancient History’ by Esteban Jefferson, Wiki
Soho | Thurs
Deitch, 18 Wooster St, work by Ryan McGinley, performance by Porches, presented with Carhartt, 7pm-9pm
Tribeca | Thurs
Marinaro, 86 Walker St, 4th Fl, Five Below group show
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LES | Fri
Collective Z, 325 Broome St, ‘The Art Of The hat’ featured Designers: SHEM (Brooklyn NYC) & Clockwork XIV - Soho Art Walks
Whaam!, 15 Elizabeth St, Don’t Stop group show organized by Abella D’Adamo
Marc Strauss, 299 Grand St, ‘Continuum’ by Otis Jones
Miguel Abreu Gallery, 88 Eldridge St, ‘Regroup Show’ with Akdogan, Alex Carver, Liz Deschenes, Kate Mosher Hall, Dana Lok, Scott Lyall, Beaux Mendes, Grant Mooney, Jean-Luc Moulène, Paul Pagk, Florian Pumhösl, R. H. Quaytman, Eileen Quinlan, Raha Raissnia, Blake Rayne, Milton Resnick, Pamela Rosenkranz
Nguyen Wahed, 504 E 12th St, ‘We Had Been Citizens of No Country’ by john gerrard, Anna Barlik
Tribeca | Friday
Scroll, 86 Walker St, ‘Memento’ with Ole Goldt, Onur Kılıç, Erin Wolf Mommsen, and Elias Njima, 5pm-7pm
Hesse Flatow, 77 Franklin St, ‘A Rose is a Rose’ by Pauline-Rose Dumas, work by Bix Archer and Mason Owens, ‘Ladder / Chain’ by Juyon Lee and Emma Safir
West Village | Fri
Fragment, 39 West 14th, #308, A Line in Use group show curated by Daniela Custrin, 5pm-8pm
LES | Saturday
Hashimoto Contemporary, 54 Ludlow St., ‘Plus One’ with Scott Albrecht, Damion Silver, Sabrina Bockler, Fay Sanders, Genevieve Cohn, Nicole Duennebier, Paul Gagner, Andrew Smenos , Lindsey Lou Howard, Rossana Romero, Sally Jerome, Sarah Smiley, Nicolas Bono Kennedy, Casey Baden, Stephen Morrison, Sam Doubek, Carlos Rodriguez, Gustavo Garcia-Villa, Sara Suppan, Hannah Motzel Brown, Madeleine Tonzi, Lena McCarthy, Angela Fang Zirbes, Naomi Hawksley
Krause Gallery, 149 Orchard St, ‘Never Lose Sight’ by Chris RWK, 6pm-9pm
This week’s featured artist is Emma Steinkraus, whose whimsical, dreamlike paintings are included in Pastime, a new group exhibition at PLATO. Opening Thursday, July 16, Pastime brings together seventeen international artists exploring leisure, togetherness, and the small pleasures that shape our memories. Inspired by shared meals, summer rituals, and carefree moments, the exhibition unfolds as a playful guide to living well—from frolicking through spring woods and hunting unicorns (as imagined by Steinkraus) to dancing late into the night, discovering hidden gardens, and ending the evening over Peking duck in Chinatown. Together, the artists create a celebration of joy, recreation, and the fleeting moments that become our favorite memories, making Pastime one of this week’s standout contemporary art exhibitions in Lower Manhattan.
Featured work above by Emma Steinkraus at Plato
