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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.  


Interior of Bronx Museum exhibit
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Museums & Galleries
South Bronx

Michael Richards: Are You Down?

The Bronx Museum puts on a posthumous exhibit of the artist’s work.

OOF artwork
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Museums & Galleries
Midtown

Ed Ruscha/Now Then

Take a look into the inspiration behind the pop artist's career.

Arturo O'Farril playing the piano
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Performing Arts
Financial District

Perelman Performing Arts Center Inaugural Season

The World Trade Center’s performing arts space begins performances.

Art piece by Barkley L. Hendricks
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Museums & Galleries
Upper East Side

Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick

Barkley Hendricks’ work returns to the building that was home to his first NYC museum show.

Manet painting
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Museums & Galleries
Upper East Side

Manet/Degas

Two titans of 19th-century French painting have their works displayed side by side.

Actors on stage at the Metropolitan Opera
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Performing Arts
Upper West Side

Met Opera 2023–2024 Season

This series has the greatest number of new works in recent history.

Dancers on stage at New York City Center
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Performing Arts
Midtown West

New York City Center 2023–24 Season

City Center marks their 80th anniversary with returning favorites and new productions.

Cliffs in the ocean
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Museums & Galleries
Lower East Side

Immersion: Gregory Halpern, Raymond Meeks and Vasantha Yogananthan

The exhibit showcases three projects made during the artists’ residencies in the US and France.

Portrait of Spike Lee with basketball net
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Museums & Galleries
Prospect Heights

Spike Lee: Creative Sources

This immersive exhibit showcases the people, places and ideas that inspired the filmmaker’s work.

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Performing Arts
Harlem

Apollo Theater’s Fall 2023 Season

The Apollo's stage is home to a full season of programming this fall.

Art by Picasso
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Museums & Galleries
Midtown

Picasso in Fontainebleau

The exhibit reunites Three Musicians and Three Women at the Spring.

Art by Judy Chicago
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Museums & Galleries
East Village

Judy Chicago: Herstory

Here’s a comprehensive look at the artist’s 60-year career.

black and white photograph of person sleeping in the sand
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Museums & Galleries
Upper East Side
Cole Porter Cigarette Case
Oct 13, 2023 - Ongoing
Museums & Galleries
Upper East Side

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.

Fashion designers in white coats work on garments at large tables in a studio. Mannequins, sketches, fabrics, and finished dresses are on display, with photos of spring 2023 designs hanging above.
Oct 8, 2025 - Apr 11, 2026
Events & Festivals
Fort Greene

BAM Next Wave

New York City’s most daring survey of avant-garde performance takes place in Brooklyn.

 Kay WalkingStick
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Museums & Galleries
Upper West Side

Kay WalkingStick/Hudson River School

Kay WalkingStick’s works sit in conversation with Hudson River School paintings.

Painting by Bellini
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Museums & Galleries
Upper East Side

Bellini and Giorgione in the House of Taddeo Contarini

This Frick Madison exhibit affords a rare opportunity to see these two works together.

Barbie at The Contenders MoMA
Nov 6, 2025 - Jan 8, 2026
Film & TV
Midtown West

The Contenders

MoMA’s annual series celebrates films that are destined to stand the test of time.

Manny Vega’s New York  Tile Collage
Dec 8, 2023 - Ongoing
Museums & Galleries
East Harlem

Byzantine Bembé: New York By Manny Vega

This exhibit features works showcasing the Bronx-born artist’s signature style.

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