Summer 2024 Arts Guide
Enjoy summer in the City with an exciting array of performing and visual arts—including the aptly named Summer for the City, Lincoln Center’s series of performances, dances, talks and the like across the boroughs. Elsewhere you’ll find a celebration of NYC as a tourist destination at Poster House, hip-hop jewelry at the American Museum of Natural History, the chance to learn about native plants and insects at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and outdoor art installations in City Hall and Madison Square Parks. Look below to start filling up your calendar.
SUMMER EXHIBITS IN NYC
Head to museums and galleries for contemporary and classical works, and check out parks for public art displays.
Crafting the Ballets Russes
Music manuscripts help tell the story of women in early 20th century ballet.
Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story
The intersection between plants and their pollinators comes to life in this exhibit.
Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters
See how New York City was promoted through an exhibit of historical marketing materials.
Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry
A visually arresting part of hip-hop style is on display at American Museum of Natural History.
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity
View the first survey of this artist-activist’s two-decade career.
Hard Ground
See works by seven New York–based artists at MoMA PS1.
Public Art in Public Space
The park puts on works by multiple artists on its grounds and in collaboration with other Manhattan green spaces.
Cannupa Hanska Luger: Attrition
Public Art Fund’s annual City Hall Park installation features the work of a Native American artist.
From Paul Revere to Edward Hopper
Centuries of American artworks trace history up to today.
The Armory Show
This top international art fair features exhibits and events devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries.
SUMMER PERFORMANCES IN NYC
Whether you are looking for modern dance recitals, outdoor concerts or Shakespeare on a grand stage, you'll find it in NYC.
Shakespeare in the Park
Enjoy free Shakespeare performances in Central Park's newly refurbished Delacorte Theater.
SummerStage
See dozens of free and ticketed live music performances in parks around the five boroughs, with Central Park as the main stage.
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