{"id":489445,"date":"2026-01-03T12:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489445\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:48:35","slug":"8-must-see-2026-nyc-art-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489445\/","title":{"rendered":"8 must-see 2026 NYC art shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no shortage of blockbuster art shows coming to New York City in 2026, including the MoMA\u2019s Marcel Duchamp retrospective<\/a>, the Met\u2019s gathering of 200-plus Raphael<\/a> works and, of course, the 82nd Whitney Biennial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But galleries and smaller museums are also announcing their 2026 slates with exhibitions spotlighting groundbreaking design, overdue retrospectives, and the opportunity to see a piece from an Italian master in person.<\/p>\n

Here are eight art shows to look forward to in the year ahead.<\/p>\n

William Eggleston\u2019s final dye transfers<\/b><\/p>\n

William Eggleston, “Untitled”<\/p>\n

Courtesy of the Eggleston Artistic Trust and David Zwirner<\/p>\n

The saturated reds and acid greens of William Eggleston\u2019s prints helped establish color as a serious medium in art photography. With \u201cThe Last Dyes,\u201d David Zwirner presents a historic farewell to the dye-transfer process that defined the Southern Americana photographer’s early work, which stood out then, as now, for its hyper-realistic tones.<\/p>\n

These are the final prints ever produced from his archive using this richly hued and now discontinued analog method. \u201cThe Last Dyes\u201d is a landmark show and a time capsule of a vanishing technique that shaped American photography.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam Eggleston: The Last Dyes\u201d<\/a> opens at David Zwirner’s 19th Street gallery on Jan. 15.<\/p>\n

A famed Caravaggio Portrait at the Morgan<\/b><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been to Rome\u2019s Galleria Borghese, then you\u2019ve seen the tour groups stopping to breathlessly discuss this landmark painting in every language on Earth. On a rare loan to the Morgan Library, Caravaggio\u2019s provocative portrait of a teenage model holding a basket of overripe fruit will be shown in conversation with works by other Italian painters.<\/p>\n

In a reminder of the power collectors have long held over artistic legacy, the show concludes with Gianlorenzo Bernini\u2019s portrait drawing of the painting\u2019s first owner, Cardinal Scipione Borghese.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoy with a Basket of Fruit<\/a>\u201d is on view at the Morgan Library on Jan. 16.<\/p>\n

The Bronx Museum\u2019s AIM Biennial<\/b><\/p>\n

Since 1980, the Bronx Museum\u2019s AIM (Artist in Marketplace) fellowship has given stipends, training, and an intensive yearlong seminar to working NYC artists who aren\u2019t represented by commercial galleries.<\/p>\n

In late January, the museum will open its seventh biennial showcasing the work of 28 artists in the last two cohorts of AIM fellows, from Bronx-raised painters to Dominican-American artists who work with found furniture as their medium.<\/p>\n

\u201cForms of Connection<\/a>,\u201d the seventh Bronx Museum AIM Biennial, opens Jan. 23.<\/p>\n

Joe Macken\u2019s monumental scale model of NYC<\/b><\/p>\n

Cindy Schultz\/The New York Times\/Redux<\/p>\n

Joe Macken spent 21 YEARS handcrafting a roughly 50-by-30-foot architectural model of New York City<\/a> from cardboard, glue and personal memory. Now, the Museum of the City of New York is putting his creation on public view.<\/p>\n

Every inch of his model, from the city skyscrapers to the rooftops of the outer boroughs, reflects a balance of faithful precision and imaginative detail. It will be installed near the museum\u2019s permanent exhibitions on the evolution of the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe Built This City<\/a>\u201d opens at the Museum of the City of New York on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt of Noise\u201d reimagines the design of sound<\/b><\/p>\n

From 1960s radios to today\u2019s immersive listening rooms, this exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt surveys a century of objects and images that help us experience music. The wide-ranging show was organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art but is being reimagined with East Coast elements, featuring more than 300 record sleeves, posters and audio gear, as well as interactive sound environments created by the cult electronics brand Teenage Engineering and artist Devon Turnbull. The result is a sensory journey through how we\u2019ve packaged and played music across generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Art of Noise<\/a>\u201d opens at Cooper Hewitt on Feb. 13.<\/p>\n

Ceija Stojka\u2019s art of witness<\/b><\/p>\n

Ceija Stojka, “Untitled”<\/p>\n

2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York \/ Bildrecht, Vienna<\/p>\n

Ceija Stojka was a Roma refugee who survived three concentration camps before emerging, in her late 50s, as a prolific visual artist making arresting folk art paintings. Stojka died in 2013; this major U.S. retrospective at the Drawing Center is her first. It showcases dozens of vivid, expressionistic paintings that document both the horror of the Holocaust and the richness of Roma cultural life.<\/p>\n

\u201cCeija Stojka: Making Visible<\/a>\u201d opens at the Drawing Center on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n

Carol Bove\u2019s monumental sculptures transform the Guggenheim<\/b><\/p>\n

Carol Bove, Vase Face I \/ The Ascent to Heaven on a Dentist\u2019s Chair<\/p>\n

Carol Bove Studio LLC. Photo: Maris Hutchinson<\/p>\n

Carol Bove, who’s known for her twisted steel \u201ccollage sculptures\u201d and exacting spatial choreography, will receive her largest museum survey to date this spring. The exhibit charts her evolution from delicate early drawings to commanding new works in industrial metal, many made specifically for the Guggenheim\u2019s iconic rotunda.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarol Bove<\/a>\u201d opens at the Guggenheim on March 5.<\/p>\n

\u00c9liane Radigue\u2019s sonic minimalism resonates at Dia Chelsea<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cStates of Listening\u201d closes 2026 with a deep listening experience featuring the radical sonic experiments of \u00c9liane Radigue, a pioneering French composer of drones, tape loops, and synthesizer music. With her focus on imperceptibly shifting frequencies and Eastern metaphysics, Radigue\u2019s influence can be felt across ambient and experimental music today. This immersive exhibit will restage her 1970s sound installations alongside newly programmed live performances and acoustic works.<\/p>\n

\u201cStates of Listening<\/a>\u201d opens at Dia Chelsea on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is no shortage of blockbuster art shows coming to New York City in 2026, including the MoMA\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":489446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-489445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115831249741460227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}