After a long renovation, this under-appreciated museum is once again showing off its trove of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American art.
Check out the "Reframing American Art" exhibition, which features iconic works of modern art selected from the collection donated by Roy R. Neuberger. Read more.
Don't miss Robert S. Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of the Freedman's Son, the first exhibition featuring the work of the nineteenth-century African-American landscape painter. Read more.
Sweet Dreams: Comics, Cartoons and Contemporary Art presents artists who either directly use, are influenced by or reference the medium of comic books and cartoon illustrations. Read more.
Inaugurated in 1985, Lawrence R. Luhring and Roland J. Augustine's gallery has been fertile ground for multiple generations of artists, including Christopher Wool and his onetime assistant Josh Smith.
In 2010, a Prince “Nurse” sold here for $6,466,500, the third highest price for a Prince at auction.
A joint venture between gallerists Joel Mesler and Carol Cohen, UNTITLED is the biggest (and most brightly lit) gallery along the burgeoning Orchard Street gallery stretch.
This handsome bastion of all things drawing-related hosts shows of established and emerging artists throughout the year. Don't miss the extra gallery space across the street! Read more.
Run by Williamsburg gallery Pierogi, this space is, in fact, in a former boiler room. That means towering ceilings, tons of space, and great, old brick walls, perfect for displaying large-scale works.
The best-lit gallery in Chelsea, in our opinion (a silly accolade, but there is a lot of competition). Works by Jasper Johns, Ken Price, and Jo Baer have graced this space. History happens here. Read more.
Vital and energetic, Cinders is an art-run gallery with major ambitions. Check their Web site for information about regular readings, BBQs, and concerts. Their shows are usually a treat to see. Read more.
Four decades after bringing art to SoHo, Cooper may still be the classiest, most devoted gallerist in the business. With soaring ceilings, this is her biggest space, but it's also strangely intimate. Read more.
One of the art world's oldest brands, Marlborough is mixing younger artists into its established roster. With giant windows overlooking the street, it is one of the Chelsea's most welcoming galleries. Read more.
For almost three decades Staley-Wise has been showing a sterling selection of leading photographers. Though the focus is on masters, there is usually a surprise or two on view. Read more.
Though relative newcomers to Chelsea (they arrived in 2002), they have helped establish artists like painter Hernan Bas and video master Jennifer Steinkamp.
Created by composer La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, "Dream House" transforms a TriBeCa loft floor into a trippy environment of strange lights and sounds.
Proprieters Magdalena Sawon and Tamas Banovich may be the most pleasantly idiosyncratic gallerists in Chelsea: always surprising, usually pleasurable.
Feldman is a SoHo mainstay, having ventured into the neighborhood well before it had a Prada store. Expect a wide range of interesting fair.
This tiny LES gallery represents a stellar band of young artists, as well as international legend Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Check out the room behind the desk, where more art is sometimes hidden.
Representing legends (like Alighiero e Boetti), superstars (like Anish Kapoor), and rising forces (like Allora & Calzadilla), Barbara Gladstone is the pinnacle of class.
Deitch Projects director Kathy Grayson and Meghan Coleman recently opened this new SoHo gallery with a show of unfinished work.
This uptown gem of a museum, which recently celebrated its 40th birthday, has a show of Zwelethu Mthethwa's photographs on tap.
This SoHo gallery is one of the neighborhood's best, representing the photographer of America's naked youth, Ryan McGinley, and a handful of other rising stars.
This expansive subway stop features an effervescent, multicolored wall piece by Minimalist artist Sol LeWitt — and cell phone service near its upper level to let you "check in."
Canada opened on the Lower East Side well before that was a popular decision and shows smart young artists like Op Art master Xylor Jane and the wily Joe Bradley.
This tiny photography gallery surprises time and time again. The name is a mission statement but also a geographic truth: they are located on an upper floor on the Upper East Side.
This LES coffee shop and art gallery space, owned and curated by John Latimore, is known to host a late-night dance party or two.
