From art to history, the Renaissance to the avant-garde, fashion to literature – there's something for everyone in New York' calendar of exhibitions. To help you navigate your way through the city's cultural gems, we've rounded up the most anticipated exhibitions in New York in 2021.
Tiqets' top NYC exhibits
Whitney Museum of American Art
Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019
Nov 22 2019 - Mar 03 2022
Through 80 works from the Whitney's collection, by more than 60 artists, explore the materials and methods of craft in art over the last seven decades.
American Museum of Natural History
Volcanoes
Jun 1 2020 - Jul 7 2021
Follow explorer Cartsen Peter on an adrenaline-filled volcano hunt during this 40-minute film, which sheds insight into how volcanoes have helped to shape the world around us.
The Guggenheim
Away from the Easel: Jackson Pollock’s Mural
Mar 28 2020 - Sep 20 2021
Away from the Easel is dedicated to Jackson Pollock’s iconic Mural, and the movement it ignited. Originally commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim herself, Mural has not been on view in New York in more than 20 years. Its Guggenheim debut is a unique opportunity to encounter a seminal work of modern art.
The Guggenheim
Knotted, Torn, Scattered: Sculpture after Abstract Expressionism
Oct 3 2020 - Sep 20 2021
The Guggenheim's Knotted, Torn, Scattered: Sculpture after Abstract Expressionism showcases sculptures from the Guggenheim collection from the 1960s and '70s by six artists who helped redefine the legacy of postwar art in the United States.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
A New Look at Old Masters - The Collection of European Paintings
Jan 26 2021 - Jun 22 2022
In preparation for the re-installation of The Met's European Paintings galleries in 2022, A New Look at Old Masters brings some of the museum's outstanding European works – by the likes of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Peter Paul Rubens, and others – to the fore.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Dutch Masterpieces At The Met
Jan 26 2021 - Jun 22 2022
The Met's collection has been a home for paintings of the Dutch Golden Age from the very beginning. In Praise of Painting brings together 67 thematically organized works by masters like Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals.
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney's Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965
Feb 3 2021 - Jun 1 2022
Winding the clocks back to 1930, this exhibition of over 120 works from the Whitney's own collection celebrates the founding of the museum by sculptor and art patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
Madame Tussauds New York
New York Fashion Experience
Feb 12 2021 - Jan 1 2022
Fancy yourself as a catwalk star? Madame Tussauds New York puts you in the middle of your very own runway show.Follow in the footsteps of your coach, model icon Alessandra Ambrosio, and take home a video that you can upload to the 'Gram. It's your chance to become a star!
Madame Tussauds New York
The Ghostbusters Experience
Feb 12 2021 - Jan 1 2022
Ghostbusters got a badass matriarchal makeover in 2016, and the spectral warriors of Ghostbusters Headquarters are brought to life in a cinematic experience at Madame Tussauds New York. Brace for spooks and scares on the NYC subway and in a haunted mansion, and even catch a ride on Ecto-2!
Madame Tussauds New York
Face The King
Feb 12 2021 - Jan 1 2022
There are plenty of terrifying creatures in Hollywood, but King Kong is the biggest of them all. At Madame Tussauds New York, you'll come face to face with the king himself by taking on the Skull Island experience.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Alexander Calder - Modern from the Start
Oct 3 2020 - Sep 20 2021
Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture. Built from MoMA's own collection and key loans from the Calder Foundation, this exhibition covers the full scope of Calder's work, from the earliest wire and wood figures to the monumental abstract sculptures of his later years.
ARTECHOUSE New York
Geometric Properties by Julius Horsthuis
Jan 26 2021 - Jun 22 2022
Go on a mind-bending journey through the infinite geometric patterns of fractal worlds and explore an ideal future that returns to nature with this immersive audio-visual installation by Julius Horsthuis.
The Guggenheim
Re/Projections: Video, Film, and Performance for the Rotunda
Feb 3 2021 - Jun 1 2022
In the wake of COVID-19, the Guggenheim's rotunda has been transformed into a place of reflection. Through a series of films, and work by some of today's most compelling artists, the museum is helping its guests navigate the tensions we feel between the collective and individual experience.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Fotoclubismo - Brazilian Modernist Photography, 1946–1964
- Mat 3 - Jun 20 2021
Fotoclubismo explores the creative achievements of São Paulo's Foto-Cine Clube Bandeirante (FCCB), a group of amateur photographers whose ambitious and innovative works embodied the originality of postwar Brazilian culture.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Alice Neel People Come First
Mar 22 - Aug 2 2021
Alice Neel: People Come First is the first New York museum retrospective of the radical painter's work in 20 years, with over 100 paintings, drawings and watercolors making up the collection dedicated to a feminist icon and passionate advocate of social justice.
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