Hyperallergic Lists 30 Must-See Summer Art Shows in NYC
Lisa Yin Zhang, an associate editor at Hyperallergic, has put together a guide featuring 30 must-see art exhibitions in New York City for the summer of 2026. Key events include the reopening of the Studio Museum in Harlem and the New Museum's expansion. Noteworthy concurrent exhibitions are the Whitney Biennial 2026, running until August 23, and MoMA PS1's Greater New York 2026, available until August 17. Significant showcases comprise Pierre Huyghe's 'UUmwelt' at MoMA (July 1–Nov. 29), 'Marcel Duchamp' (ending August 22), and The Met's 'Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy' (through February 28, 2027). Additional highlights feature Carol Bove at the Guggenheim (until August 2) and 'Certainly an Act' at The Drawing Center (June 26–Sep. 27).
Key facts
- Hyperallergic published a guide to 30 summer art shows in NYC for 2026.
- The guide was written by associate editor Lisa Yin Zhang.
- Major events include the reopening of the Studio Museum in Harlem and the expansion of the New Museum.
- Whitney Biennial 2026 runs through Aug. 23 at the Whitney Museum.
- MoMA PS1's Greater New York 2026 runs through Aug. 17.
- Pierre Huyghe's 'UUmwelt' at MoMA uses AI to interpret brain activity, July 1–Nov. 29.
- MoMA's Marcel Duchamp retrospective is the first in the US in over 50 years, through Aug. 22.
- The Met's 'Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy' runs through Feb. 28, 2027.
- Carol Bove's first museum survey is at the Guggenheim through Aug. 2.
- Pope.L's drawing survey is at The Drawing Center June 26–Sep. 27.
- Powerhouse Arts opens with 'THE ARK: What is Wild is Sacred' June 11–Aug. 30.
- Abram Champanier's restored New Deal mural is at the Museum of the City of New York through Sep. 27.
- Ulises Beisso's first US exhibition is at ISLAA through Aug. 29.
- Sheyla Baykal's photography is at Participant Inc July 10–Aug. 16.
- Yehwan Song's 'The Other Internet' is at Subtitled NYC through Aug. 23.
- The Aldrich Decennial in Connecticut runs through Jan. 10, 2027.
- The Long Island Biennial at Heckscher Museum runs through Sep. 13.
- Princeton University Art Museum's 'Clay Has Memory' runs July 19–July 3, 2027.
Entities
Artists
- Lisa Yin Zhang
- Pierre Huyghe
- Marcel Duchamp
- Pope.L
- Carol Bove
- Abram Champanier
- Ulises Beisso
- Sheyla Baykal
- Yehwan Song
- Jeffrey Gibson
- Wangechi Mutu
- Kiki Smith
- Rob Pruitt
- Cannupa Hanska Luger
- Toshio Sasaki
- Daniel Firman
- Ryan Johnson
- Nicole Cherubini
- Spencer Tinkham
- Eric Fischl
- Osman Hamdi Bey
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Ross Bleckner
- Félix González-Torres
- Akira Ikezoe
- Samia Halaby
- Ali Eyal
- Pat Oleszko
- Malaika Temba
- Penny Arcade
- Peter Hujar
- Frank O'Hara
- Elaine de Kooning
- Willem de Kooning
- Cinthya Santos Briones
- Res Julian
- Sonia Boyce
- Sophie Rivera
- Kim Gordon
- CFGNY
- Christopher Payne
- Paul Klee
- Walter Benjamin
- Donald Moffett
- John Lewis
- Bill Clinton
- Rose Malenfant
- Arghavan Khosravi
- Tammy Nguyen
- Aki Sasamoto
- Pinky Urmaza
- George Grosz
- Wallace Stevens
- Ozioma Onuzulike
- Chonon Bensho
- Yeni and Nan
- Kameron Neal
- Red Canary Song
- Emilio Martínez Poppe
- Kamrooz Aram
- Maia Chao
- Shigeko Kubota
- Rammellzee
- Jean Tinguely
- Konrad Klapheck
- Alison Knowles
- Hakim Bishara
- Aruna D'Souza
- Hrag Vartanian
- Valentina Di Liscia
- Seph Rodney
- Natalie Haddad
- Julia Curl
- Julie Schneider
- Aaron Short
- Clara Maria Apostolatos
- Renée Reizman
- Thierry de Duve
- Joan Miró
- Josep Llorens Artigas
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Lewis Carroll
Institutions
- Hyperallergic
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- MoMA PS1
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Guggenheim Museum
- Drawing Center
- Powerhouse Arts
- Museum of the City of New York
- Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)
- Participant Inc
- Subtitled NYC
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- New Museum
- Brooklyn Museum
- Jewish Museum
- El Museo del Barrio
- Queens Museum
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York
- Wave Hill
- Amant
- Tempest Gallery
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
- Heckscher Museum of Art
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Met Cloisters
- Clark Art Institute
- Gladstone Gallery
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Federal Art Project
- Resistance Revival Chorus
- Sonic Youth
Locations
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown, Manhattan
- 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY
- Soho, Manhattan
- 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY
- Upper East Side, Manhattan
- 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
- 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
- 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY
- 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, NY
- 322 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
- Park Slope, Brooklyn
- 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
- 142 Franklin Street, New York, NY
- Tribeca, Manhattan
- 16 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY
- Chinatown, Manhattan
- 113 Franklin Street, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY
- Greenpoint, Brooklyn
- 144 West 125th Street, New York, NY
- Harlem, Manhattan
- 235 Bowery, New York, NY
- Lower East Side, Manhattan
- 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
- Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
- 1109 5th Avenue & East 92nd Street, New York, NY
- 1230 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
- East Harlem, Manhattan
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY
- Corona, Queens
- 2 East 91st Street, New York, NY
- 154 Ludlow Street, New York, NY
- 4900 Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY
- Riverdale, Bronx
- 315 Maujer Street, Brooklyn, NY
- East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- 16-42 Weirfield Street, Queens, NY
- Ridgewood, Queens
- 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, NY
- Washington Heights, Manhattan
- Sag Harbor, NY
- Ridgefield, Connecticut
- Huntington, New York
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Dakar, Senegal
- Benin
- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Togo
- West Asia
- North Africa
- Europe
- Americas
- United States
- Alabama
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Afghanistan
- Hamburg, Germany
- Adamstown, Pennsylvania