Fall 2023 Arts Guide
Major performing arts institutions tend to launch their new seasons in the fall. This year the regular gets a boost with the opening of the Perelman Performing Arts Center, which hosts a series of programs to mark the completion of its campus at the World Trade Center. On the museum front, exhibits honor the long careers of Ed Ruscha, Judy Chicago and Barkley Hendricks while the worldwide celebration of Picasso continues. Also in the mix: a Brooklyn Museum retrospective on Brooklyn’s own Spike Lee. Click on the events below for all the details.
Michael Richards: Are You Down?
The Bronx Museum puts on a posthumous exhibit of the artist’s work.
Ed Ruscha/Now Then
Take a look into the inspiration behind the pop artist's career.
Perelman Performing Arts Center Inaugural Season
The World Trade Center’s performing arts space begins performances.
Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick
Barkley Hendricks’ work returns to the building that was home to his first NYC museum show.
Manet/Degas
Two titans of 19th-century French painting have their works displayed side by side.
Met Opera 2023–2024 Season
This series has the greatest number of new works in recent history.
New York City Center 2023–24 Season
City Center marks their 80th anniversary with returning favorites and new productions.
Immersion: Gregory Halpern, Raymond Meeks and Vasantha Yogananthan
The exhibit showcases three projects made during the artists’ residencies in the US and France.
Spike Lee: Creative Sources
This immersive exhibit showcases the people, places and ideas that inspired the filmmaker’s work.
Apollo Theater’s Fall 2023 Season
The Apollo's stage is home to a full season of programming this fall.
Picasso in Fontainebleau
The exhibit reunites Three Musicians and Three Women at the Spring.
Judy Chicago: Herstory
Here’s a comprehensive look at the artist’s 60-year career.
Mood of the moment: Gaby Aghion and the house of Chloé
See the work of designers whose careers began at Chloé.
People, Place, and Influence: The Collection at 100
See a survey of what makes the Museum of the City of New York an indispensable keeper of NYC history.
BAM Next Wave
New York City’s most daring survey of avant-garde performance takes place in Brooklyn.
Kay WalkingStick/Hudson River School
Kay WalkingStick’s works sit in conversation with Hudson River School paintings.
Bellini and Giorgione in the House of Taddeo Contarini
This Frick Madison exhibit affords a rare opportunity to see these two works together.
The Contenders
MoMA’s annual series celebrates films that are destined to stand the test of time.
Byzantine Bembé: New York By Manny Vega
This exhibit features works showcasing the Bronx-born artist’s signature style.
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