Upper East Side Art Guide

Curated gallery guide for world-class contemporary art exhibitions at leading Upper East Side galleries and museums. Browse or filter our listings to find artists, exhibition openings and events happening now in Manhattan. Use NearMe to see what's on near you in the New York art world today.

Acquavella GalleriesNew York Upper East Side
Three Dimensions: Modern and Contemporary Approaches to Relief and Sculpture 25 Sep - 17 Nov 2017 sculptural works by seminal international artists including Degas, Laurens, Melotti, Picasso, Miró, Calder, Bourgeois, Oldenburg, van Bruggen, Hesse and Anatsui
Acquavella GalleriesNew York Upper East Side
Jacob El Hanani Linescape: Four Decades 2 Oct - 17 Nov 2017 twelve works on canvas and fifteen works on paper reflecting on El Hanani’s interpretation of the theme of landscape
Almine Rech Gallery New YorkNew York Upper East Side
no current exhibition, forthcoming:
Words Without Thoughts Never to Heaven Go 30 Oct - 16 Dec 2017 a Group Show curated by Dieter Buchhart
Anders Wahlstedt Fine ArtNew York Upper East Side
Works on Paper 1960’s - 80’s 4 Oct - 27 Oct 2017
Di DonnaNew York Upper East Side
no current exhibition, forthcoming:
Nuvolo and Post-War Materiality 1950–1965 27 Oct 2017 - 26 Jan 2018 20 works by Nuvolo, most of which have never been seen outside of Italy, contextualized by important works of Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Cy Twombly and others
Gagosian 976 Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition
Gagosian Madison AvenueNew York Upper East Side
John Chamberlain: Masks 19 Sep - 28 Oct 2017 a series of steel masks created in the 1990s, alongside abstract wall sculptures made between the 1970s and 2000s
Greene NaftaliNew York Upper East Side
last week
Peter Halley 15 Sep - 21 Oct 2017
Greene NaftaliNew York Upper East Side
last week
Allen Ruppersberg: The Novel That Writes Itself 7 Sep - 21 Oct 2017
Hauser & Wirth 69th StNew York Upper East Side
last week
Mira Schendel: Sarrafos and Black and White Works 7 Sep - 21 Oct 2017
Henrique Faria Fine ArtNew York Upper East Side

no current exhibition
Lévy Gorvy New YorkNew York Upper East Side
last week
Adrian Piper 14 Sep - 21 Oct 2017 the gallery's first solo exhibition with the acclaimed conceptual artist and philosopher, including the first realisation of the site-specific installation 'Here'
Lévy Gorvy New YorkNew York Upper East Side
last week
Pat Steir: Kairos 7 Sep - 21 Oct 2017 lush and sweeping oil paintings which revisit the dialogue between intuition and accident that has defined Steir’s work since the 1970s
Luxembourg & Dayan New YorkNew York Upper East Side
no current exhibition, forthcoming:
Contingencies: Arte Povera and After 23 Oct - 16 Dec 2017 contemporary works are presented in dialogue with significant Arte Povera works from the 1960s and 1970s
Michael Werner, Upper East SideNew York Upper East Side
Peter Doig 16 Sep - 18 Nov 2017 new paintings and works on paper
SkarstedtNew York Upper East Side
David Salle: Ham and Cheese and Other Paintings 14 Sep - 28 Oct 2017 new works by the celebrated master of postmodern painting who, for the past 40 years, has deconstructed the image by embracing the performative and the cinematic aspects of his medium
Sotheby's New YorkNew York Upper East Side
no current exhibition, forthcoming:
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Auction: 14 Nov 2017
Exhibition: 3 Nov - 14 Nov 2017
Sotheby's New YorkNew York Upper East Side
no current exhibition, forthcoming:
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Auction: 15 Nov 2017
Exhibition: 3 Nov - 14 Nov 2017
Sotheby's New YorkNew York Upper East Side
no current exhibition, forthcoming:
Contemporary Art Evening Auction Auction: 16 Nov 2017
Exhibition: 3 Nov - 16 Nov 2017
Sotheby's New YorkNew York Upper East Side
no current exhibition, forthcoming:
Contemporary Art Day Auction Auction: 17 Nov 2017
Exhibition: 3 Nov - 16 Nov 2017
The FLAG Art FoundationNew York Upper East Side, Public
Ashley Bickerton 23 Sep - 16 Dec 2017
not open today
The Met BreuerNew York Upper East Side, Public
Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950–1980 13 Sep 2017 - 14 Jan 2018
The Met BreuerNew York Upper East Side, Public
just opened
Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs 11 Oct 2017 - 2 Jan 2018
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York Upper East Side, Public
World War I and the Visual Arts 31 Jul 2017 - 7 Jan 2018
not open today