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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

Rose B. Simpson, Seed instalation

Jul 11, 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.

Paul McCartney. Self-portrait.

Jul 12, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024

Museums & Galleries

Prospect Heights

Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm

Experience Beatlemania through the eyes of a band member.

Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters exhibit at Poster House

Jul 12, 2024 - Sep 8, 2024

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.

Installation view of Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Museums & Galleries

Upper East Side

Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance

Works by European painters go on display at the Met.

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Museums & Galleries

South Bronx

Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial

More than 50 artists are featured in this Bronx Museum event.

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Museums & Galleries

Washington Heights

The Word-Shimmering Sea: Diego Velázquez / Enrique Martínez Celaya

Through a childhood notebook, an artist from the present is connected with a renowned artist from the past.

Slick Rick showing off his rings

Jul 12, 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.

Photography work from LaToya Ruby Frazier

Jul 12, 2024 - Sep 7, 2024

Museums & Galleries

Midtown West

LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity

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

Jul 12, 2024 - Oct 14, 2024

Museums & Galleries

Long Island City

Hard Ground

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

Bee on red flower

Jul 12, 2024 - Oct 20, 2024

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.

Portrait of Cannupa Hanska Luger

Jul 12, 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.

Jul 12, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024

Museums & Galleries

Upper West Side

From Paul Revere to Edward Hopper

Centuries of American artworks trace history up to today.

Bolero in rehearsal, with Anatole Viltzak, Ida Rubinstein’s co-lead, at center.

Jul 12, 2024 - Sep 22, 2024

Museums & Galleries

Midtown East

Crafting the Ballets Russes

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

Interior of the Armory Show

Sep 6, 2024 - Sep 8, 2024

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.

SUMMER PERFORMANCES IN NYC

Shakespeare in the Park

Jul 12, 2024 - Sep 6, 2024

Performing Arts

Citywide

Festival of Free Shakespeare in the Park

Enjoy free Shakespeare performances throughout the City.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

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Culture & History

Morningside Heights

Pathways of Pride

Celebrate Pride at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Photo: Victor Llorente

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Performing Arts

Queens

Queens Rising

Take part in a monthlong celebration of Queens' cultural community.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Photo: Brittany Petronella

Jul 12, 2024 - Aug 10, 2024

Performing Arts

Upper West Side

Summer for the City

Lincoln Center celebrates arts, theater and culture with scores of events, some of which are free.

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Performing Arts

Battery Park City

Shakespeare Downtown

Free downtown performances focus on classical theater.

ABT Dancers. Photo: Fabrizo Ferri

Jul 12, 2024 - Jul 20, 2024

Performing Arts

Upper West Side

American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season

The ballet returns to the Met Opera House with premiere and classic performances.

The Official App of the Summer 2024 Arts Guide

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