The first-ever "Art Week NYC" will run for four days, from Wednesday, Nov. 11, through Saturday, Nov. 14. Created by the art magazines Artforum, ARTnews and Art in America, the event brings together more than 80 galleries in Chelsea, Tribeca, the Lower East Side and the Upper East Side, along with major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Frick, the Brooklyn Museum and the Queens Museum. On Nov. 14, the New Museum will host a full day of talks.
New York is getting an "Art Week." From Wednesday, Nov. 11, through Saturday, Nov. 14, more than 80 museums and galleries in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens will open exhibitions, tours and artist talks all at once for the first Art Week NYC. It was created by the art magazines Artforum, ARTnews and Art in America, with the New Museum as its lead partner institution.
At a Glance
What Makes It Different
New York hosts art fairs every year, such as Frieze in May and the Armory Show in September, but all follow the "marketplace" model of booths set up under one roof. Art Week is the opposite. There is no fair venue; instead, galleries and museums already located around the city open their doors and coordinate their programming over the same four days. It is closer to an "art crawl," in which visitors walk from Chelsea, the city's gallery hub, to Tribeca and the Lower East Side. Some in the art world say it is surprising that New York, which bills itself as the center of the global art market, has not had a week like this until now.
The participating galleries number more than 80, from major dealers such as Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Pace and Lisson to small spaces. Exhibition openings, artist talks and neighborhood walking tours are concentrated during the week.
Nov. 14 at the New Museum: "Art and the City"
The centerpiece of the event is the New Museum on the final day, Saturday, Nov. 14. Together with Artforum, it will hold five talks throughout the day under the title "Art and the City." Artists, architects, filmmakers and critics will address topics such as redesigning the museum, artists moving into film, the cost of making work in New York and the impact of artificial intelligence on the studio. The New Museum, which reopened this year with a new building, will also present the largest retrospective of Arthur Jafa's work, Diego Marcon's first solo museum show in New York, and an exhibition on 400 years of the Bowery's history during the week.
"This is a new attempt to bring the art world together in New York, a city that artists have made and remade," said Massimiliano Gioni, artistic director of the New Museum.
How to Go
Most galleries are free. Museums follow their own admission policies, and the Met, the Whitney and the Guggenheim offer discounts for New York State residents or pay-what-you-wish admission on certain days, so it is best to check ahead. The Chelsea gallery district is closest to the 23rd Street station on the A, C and E lines; Tribeca is closest to the Franklin Street station on the No. 1 line; and the Lower East Side is closest to the Second Avenue station on the F line. From New Jersey, you can take the PATH to the 14th Street or Christopher Street station and walk to Chelsea.
Further details and the VIP program will be announced. The full schedule is available on the official website, art-week.com. Before visiting, it is safest to double-check each institution's hours and whether reservations are required.