Six Must-See NYC Gallery Shows for June 2026

A roundup of six New York gallery exhibitions to visit in June 2026, curated by Rose from The Rose Period newsletter. At Gladstone (through June 17), intimate drawings by Gustav Klimt are presented with dealer Richard Nagy, offering a rare glimpse of the artist's private, erotic sketches. Lisa Yuskavage's tenth show with David Zwirner (through June 26) features new paintings, works on paper, and her first collages, continuing her controversial figurative style. Gagosian (through July 2) showcases Helen Frankenthaler's large-scale stain-soak paintings, including works from her influential 1952 breakthrough. David Zwirner also presents Gerhard Richter's landscapes (through July 10), hung chronologically to trace his shift from photorealism to abstraction, alongside his squeegee abstracts. Hauser & Wirth (through July 10) focuses on Philip Guston's tender domestic paintings and Poem Pictures created with his wife, poet Musa McKim. Eric Firestone Gallery (through July 11) surveys American women artists from 1945 to 1979, featuring both well-known figures like Elaine de Kooning and Helen Frankenthaler and lesser-known artists such as Mary Abbott and Hedda Sterne.