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Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters. Photo:Samuel Morgan

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

Bolero in rehearsal, with Anatole Viltzak, Ida Rubinstein’s co-lead, at center.
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Museums & Galleries
Midtown East

Crafting the Ballets Russes

Music manuscripts help tell the story of women in early 20th century ballet.

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Bee on red flower
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Outdoor Art Spaces
Prospect Heights

Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story

The intersection between plants and their pollinators comes to life in this exhibit.

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Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters exhibit at Poster House
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Museums & Galleries
Chelsea

Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters

See how New York City was promoted through an exhibit of historical marketing materials.

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Slick Rick showing off his rings
Oct 29, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025
Museums & Galleries
Upper West Side

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.

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Photography work from LaToya Ruby Frazier
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Museums & Galleries
Midtown West

LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity

View the first survey of this artist-activist’s two-decade career.

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Museums & Galleries
Long Island City

Hard Ground

See works by seven New York–based artists at MoMA PS1.

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Rose B. Simpson, Seed instalation
Oct 28, 2024 - Mar 9, 2025
Outdoor Art Spaces
Flatiron District

Public Art in Public Space: Madison Square Park’s 20th Anniversary

The park puts on works by multiple artists on its grounds and in collaboration with other Manhattan green spaces.

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Portrait of Cannupa Hanska Luger
Oct 29, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Outdoor Art Spaces
Lower Manhattan

Cannupa Hanska Luger: Attrition

Public Art Fund’s annual City Hall Park installation features the work of a Native American artist.

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Museums & Galleries
Upper West Side

From Paul Revere to Edward Hopper

Centuries of American artworks trace history up to today.

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Interior of the Armory Show
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Museums & Galleries
Hells Kitchen

The Armory Show

This top international art fair features exhibits and events devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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SUMMER PERFORMANCES IN NYC

Shakespeare in the Park
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Performing Arts
Citywide

Festival of Free Shakespeare in the Park

Enjoy free Shakespeare performances throughout the City.

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Photo: Emily Goncalves
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Performing Arts
Central Park

SummerStage

See dozens of free and ticketed live music performances in parks.

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