Here’s a curated selection of standout exhibitions in NoHo, SoHo, Tribeca, and the Lower East Side to explore this week if you’re looking for a midweek art fix in downtown Manhattan!
Noho | Tues
Venus Over Manhattan, 39 Great Jones St, work by Brad Kahlhamer
Noho | Weds
Palo, 30 Bond St, ‘Spoglia’ by Tancredi Di Carcaci
Tribeca | Weds
One Art Space, 23 Warren St, Pratt Digital Arts presents: Meta-Morphosis, MFA Interactive Arts 2025 curated by Andrea Defelice, 5:30-8:30 pm
LES | Weds
Underdonk, 191 Henry St, ‘Mouth’ by Mónica Palma, Santiago Sierra, Michael Wetzel, Curated by Leonora Loeb and Janice Sloane
Soho | Thurs
Staley Wise, 100 Crosby St, ‘Last Laughs’ by Elliott Erwitt
LES | Thurs
Lyles & King, 21 Catherine Street, work by Alessandro Fogo and Maria A. Guzmán Capron
Tribeca | Thurs
205 Hudson Gallery, 205 Hudson Street, ‘World Animal’ by Sadaf Azadehfar, Anna Gregor, Ian Myers, Anastasya Pena, Vanessa Sandoval, Xingyun Wang, Jani Zubkovs
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, 7 Franklin Place, ‘Afterlifes’ by Louise Despont, ‘Paradox of Peace’ by Brittni Ann Harvey
Featured work above by Tancredi Di Carcaci at Palo
This week’s downtown Manhattan art scene—spanning NoHo, SoHo, Tribeca, and the Lower East Side—features London-based artist Tancredi di Carcaci, whose sculptural works are a must-see. Known for his mastery of stone, bronze, and ceramic, di Carcaci explores the symbolism of idolatry as a metaphor for the conflict between people, power, and belief systems.
Blending figurative sculpture and abstract forms, his work evokes a sense of the numinous while referencing both Renaissance art and the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome. Through the lost wax technique, he crafts sanctified bodies that challenge the viewer to see through both a contemporary and ancient lens. Competing materials and sacred motifs blur the lines between effigy and icon, inviting deep reflection on art’s role in shaping identity and ideology.
If you’re exploring art galleries in SoHo, sculpture exhibits in Tribeca, or contemporary art in the Lower East Side, Tancredi di Carcaci’s work is not to be missed. It’s a powerful intersection of history, materiality, and metaphor—on view now in downtown NYC.
