Guide

Five New York City Art Shows That We Love Right Now

From George Morrison to June Leaf, the city is alive with wonderful abstract and carnivalesque art.

Hrag Vartanian, John Yau, Faye Hirsch, Leah Triplett Harrington, Nancy Zastudil

October 7, 2025 — 3 min read

Susan Rothenberg, “Blue Frontal” (1978), acrylic, Flashe, and tempera on canvas (© The Estate of Susan Rothenberg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo by Object Studies, courtesy Hauser & Wirth)

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Shape Your Artistic Future at UC Davis: The Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio MFA Program

Generously funded, renowned faculty and visiting artists, spacious studios, and an exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Graduate Programs and Deadlines

Explore graduate study at the most influential art and design school in the United States.

Exhibition as Living Archive: the 1950s Baghdad Modern Art Group in the UAE Today

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, Curated by Nada Shabout, on view at the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery through January 3, 2027