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New openings, exhibitions, events and our stories in Upper East Side, with a map of where everything is.
Bocado Cafe: Penne alla Vodka and a Caesar at the Bar of a Carnegie Hill Bistro Known for Its Burgers
A rustic-chic bistro and wine bar at Lexington and 87th in Carnegie Hill. The burgers are the draw, but at the lunch rush they take 15–20 minutes, so we sat at the bar for penne alla vodka and a Caesar, Parmesan grated at the counter.
New · Bocado Cafe · Upper East Side
VIEW ON MAPSiena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500 at The Frick Collection
The Frick Collection presents the first exhibition devoted to Siena as a center of Renaissance bronze sculpture. Nearly forty works by Donatello, Vecchietta, Francesco di Giorgio and others are on view through January 18, 2027, many shown outside Tuscany for the first time.
On view · The Frick Collection · Upper East Side
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Exploring the Unseen: The Sculptures of Tanaka Yū at Joan B Mirviss
Kyoto-based clay sculptor Tanaka Yū (b. 1989) shows her trompe l'oeil works, clay forms that read as cloth-wrapped vessels, at Joan B Mirviss on the Upper East Side from November 5 to December 18, 2026.
Upcoming · Joan B. Mirviss · Upper East Side
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Jutta Koether: tRaVeLiNgliGHt at Lévy Gorvy Dayan
Jutta Koether, the Cologne-born, New York-based painter, presents tRaVeLiNgliGHt at Lévy Gorvy Dayan on East 64th Street. The exhibition runs from November 4 to December 19, 2026.
Upcoming · Lévy Gorvy Dayan · Upper East Side
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Upcoming · Lévy Gorvy Dayan · Upper East Side
Leoncillo and the Soul of Clay at Lévy Gorvy Dayan
Lévy Gorvy Dayan presents the first New York solo show of Italian sculptor Leoncillo in over three decades. Twelve works from his final decade, when he turned to abstract terracotta, are on view from November 4 to December 19, 2026.
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Upcoming · Salon 94 · Upper East Side
Karon Davis: Wishful Thinking at Salon 94
Karon Davis presents Wishful Thinking at Salon 94 on the Upper East Side, a show of new life-size nude sculptures cast from the bodies of friends, muses and models, examining the Black figure's place in art history. November 5 to December 19, 2026.
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Ludovic Nkoth: Between Lines at Salon 94
Salon 94 presents Between Lines, a new series of paintings by Ludovic Nkoth and his first major New York solo show. Drawing on ballet, performance and migration, the works treat movement as both physical and psychological. On view November 5 to December 19, 2026.
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Upcoming · Neue Galerie · Upper East Side
25th Anniversary Exhibition: Masterworks from the Neue Galerie
Neue Galerie New York marks its 25th year by reopening all galleries on November 12 after a building restoration. Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I anchors a presentation of Austrian and German fine and decorative arts filling the whole building.
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New · Bocado Cafe · Upper East Side
Bocado Cafe: Penne alla Vodka and a Caesar at the Bar of a Carnegie Hill Bistro Known for Its Burgers
A rustic-chic bistro and wine bar at Lexington and 87th in Carnegie Hill. The burgers are the draw, but at the lunch rush they take 15–20 minutes, so we sat at the bar for penne alla vodka and a Caesar, Parmesan grated at the counter.
VIEW ON MAPNew
On view · The Frick Collection · Upper East Side
Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500 at The Frick Collection
The Frick Collection presents the first exhibition devoted to Siena as a center of Renaissance bronze sculpture. Nearly forty works by Donatello, Vecchietta, Francesco di Giorgio and others are on view through January 18, 2027, many shown outside Tuscany for the first time.
VIEW ON MAPNew
Upcoming · Joan B. Mirviss · Upper East Side
Exploring the Unseen: The Sculptures of Tanaka Yū at Joan B Mirviss
Kyoto-based clay sculptor Tanaka Yū (b. 1989) shows her trompe l'oeil works, clay forms that read as cloth-wrapped vessels, at Joan B Mirviss on the Upper East Side from November 5 to December 18, 2026.
VIEW ON MAPNew
Upcoming · Lévy Gorvy Dayan · Upper East Side
Jutta Koether: tRaVeLiNgliGHt at Lévy Gorvy Dayan
Jutta Koether, the Cologne-born, New York-based painter, presents tRaVeLiNgliGHt at Lévy Gorvy Dayan on East 64th Street. The exhibition runs from November 4 to December 19, 2026.
VIEW ON MAPNew
Upcoming · Lévy Gorvy Dayan · Upper East Side
Leoncillo and the Soul of Clay at Lévy Gorvy Dayan
Lévy Gorvy Dayan presents the first New York solo show of Italian sculptor Leoncillo in over three decades. Twelve works from his final decade, when he turned to abstract terracotta, are on view from November 4 to December 19, 2026.
VIEW ON MAPNew
Upcoming · Salon 94 · Upper East Side
Karon Davis: Wishful Thinking at Salon 94
Karon Davis presents Wishful Thinking at Salon 94 on the Upper East Side, a show of new life-size nude sculptures cast from the bodies of friends, muses and models, examining the Black figure's place in art history. November 5 to December 19, 2026.
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Upcoming · Salon 94 · Upper East Side
Ludovic Nkoth: Between Lines at Salon 94
Salon 94 presents Between Lines, a new series of paintings by Ludovic Nkoth and his first major New York solo show. Drawing on ballet, performance and migration, the works treat movement as both physical and psychological. On view November 5 to December 19, 2026.
VIEW ON MAPNew
Upcoming · Neue Galerie · Upper East Side
25th Anniversary Exhibition: Masterworks from the Neue Galerie
Neue Galerie New York marks its 25th year by reopening all galleries on November 12 after a building restoration. Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I anchors a presentation of Austrian and German fine and decorative arts filling the whole building.
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Event · Guest in Residence Madison Avenue store · Upper East Side
New on the Upper East Side, NYC: Guest in Residence Opens on Madison Avenue
Cashmere label Guest in Residence has opened a Madison Avenue store at 1061 Madison on the Upper East Side. Gigi Hadid hosted the opening party on Thursday, Oct. 29. It joins the brand's NoHo shop on Bond Street.
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Event · Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators · Upper East Side
The Original Art 46th Exhibition Opens at Society of Illustrators, Upper East Side, NYC
The Society of Illustrators' 46th Original Art show runs Oct. 31, 2026 to Jan. 30, 2027 on East 63rd Street. It presents nearly 200 works from over 800 submissions, drawn from the year's best U.S. children's books, with medal winners and related talks.
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Event · Neue Galerie New York · Upper East Side
Upper East Side, NYC: Neue Galerie Reopens All Galleries Nov. 12 With 25th Anniversary Show
Neue Galerie New York, the Fifth Avenue museum known for its Klimt works, opens all galleries again on November 12 after construction. A 25th anniversary exhibition marking its 2001 founding runs through January 11, 2027.
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Event · Rodder · Upper East Side
David Reed's "Terrible Idea" at Rodder on NYC's Upper East Side, Through Oct. 24
Rodder, the Upper East Side gallery, is showing David Reed's first exhibition with the space, Terrible Idea, through October 24. Working drawings with notes hang alongside recent paintings, showing the revisions and second thoughts behind five decades of process-driven abstraction.
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Event · Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at New York's Met Puts Two Abstract Pioneers in Conversation
The Met's "Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous" is now open, setting Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock side by side. It runs from Pollock's drip paintings to Krasner's reinventions of abstraction, including her 1947 Mosaic Table and her "Little Image" paintings. On view through January 2027.
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Event · Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity · Upper East Side
Candlelight Vivaldi at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Upper East Side, NYC
Fever's Candlelight series brings Vivaldi's Four Seasons to the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on East 74th Street, played by the Highline String Quartet. Sessions on Nov. 19 and Dec. 3 run 60 minutes, with tickets from $35.50 plus fees.
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Event · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Upper East Side
At New York's Guggenheim, Taryn Simon’s “Father Country I Do Love You” Fills the Rotunda
Taryn Simon fills the Guggenheim rotunda with a decade-long project tracing an unnamed federal agent’s life in 42 chapters, shadowed by her father’s story. Through March 14, 2027.
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Event · Vilcek Foundation · Upper East Side
Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty at the Vilcek Foundation, Upper East Side, NYC
The Vilcek Foundation on the Upper East Side presents Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty through June 25, 2027. Three fragments from We the People and a new firewood flag, Live Free or Die, reconsider the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. Admission is free with advance registration.
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Event · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Upper East Side
Frederic Church in Jamaica at Cooper Hewitt, Upper East Side, NYC
Cooper Hewitt on the Upper East Side opens "Frederic Church in Jamaica" on October 30, showing more than 60 oil studies and graphite sketches from the painter's 1865 trip. Part of his 200th-birthday celebrations, it runs through February 15, 2027.
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Upcoming · Lévy Gorvy Dayan · Upper East Side
Bacon / de Kooning at Lévy Gorvy Dayan: A First Pairing on the Upper East Side
Lévy Gorvy Dayan presents the first exhibition to pair Francis Bacon and Willem de Kooning, focusing on their smaller paintings from the late 1960s and 1970s, in the gallery's 1932 Beaux-Arts townhouse on East 64th Street, from November 4.
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Upcoming · The Frick Collection · Upper East Side
Kent Monkman: Officer and Laughing Girl at The Frick Collection
Kent Monkman, who reads European art history from an Indigenous perspective, shows new paintings in the Frick's Cabinet Gallery, inspired by Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl. On view November 12, 2026 to February 22, 2027.
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Event · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
At New York's Met Museum, Costume Art Runs Through January 10, 2027
The Costume Institute's "Costume Art" is on view at the Met on Fifth Avenue through January 10, 2027. The show treats the clothed body as central to artistic expression, and a companion book from MetPubs examines it through age, size, gender and disability.
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Event · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
At New York's Met, "Rembrandt and the Ancients" Is Set for November 2027
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre are co-organizing "Rembrandt and the Ancients," opening in New York in November 2027. It is the Met's first major Rembrandt show in about 20 years, with US debuts among more than 120 works, before it travels to Paris.
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Event · Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
Artisan Residency Programme Artworks Unveiled at The Met (Vacheron Constantin)
Works by three artisan residents, Aspen Golann, Ibrahim Said and Joy Harvey, were unveiled at The Met earlier this October. The 18-month residency, a Met and Vacheron Constantin collaboration, centers on traditional craft.
VIEW ON MAPJun 1, 2023
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Event · Guest in Residence Madison Avenue store · Upper East Side
New on the Upper East Side, NYC: Guest in Residence Opens on Madison Avenue
Cashmere label Guest in Residence has opened a Madison Avenue store at 1061 Madison on the Upper East Side. Gigi Hadid hosted the opening party on Thursday, Oct. 29. It joins the brand's NoHo shop on Bond Street.
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Event · Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators · Upper East Side
The Original Art 46th Exhibition Opens at Society of Illustrators, Upper East Side, NYC
The Society of Illustrators' 46th Original Art show runs Oct. 31, 2026 to Jan. 30, 2027 on East 63rd Street. It presents nearly 200 works from over 800 submissions, drawn from the year's best U.S. children's books, with medal winners and related talks.
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Event · Neue Galerie New York · Upper East Side
Upper East Side, NYC: Neue Galerie Reopens All Galleries Nov. 12 With 25th Anniversary Show
Neue Galerie New York, the Fifth Avenue museum known for its Klimt works, opens all galleries again on November 12 after construction. A 25th anniversary exhibition marking its 2001 founding runs through January 11, 2027.
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Event · Rodder · Upper East Side
David Reed's "Terrible Idea" at Rodder on NYC's Upper East Side, Through Oct. 24
Rodder, the Upper East Side gallery, is showing David Reed's first exhibition with the space, Terrible Idea, through October 24. Working drawings with notes hang alongside recent paintings, showing the revisions and second thoughts behind five decades of process-driven abstraction.
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Event · Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at New York's Met Puts Two Abstract Pioneers in Conversation
The Met's "Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous" is now open, setting Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock side by side. It runs from Pollock's drip paintings to Krasner's reinventions of abstraction, including her 1947 Mosaic Table and her "Little Image" paintings. On view through January 2027.
VIEW ON MAPNew
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Event · Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity · Upper East Side
Candlelight Vivaldi at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Upper East Side, NYC
Fever's Candlelight series brings Vivaldi's Four Seasons to the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on East 74th Street, played by the Highline String Quartet. Sessions on Nov. 19 and Dec. 3 run 60 minutes, with tickets from $35.50 plus fees.
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Event · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Upper East Side
At New York's Guggenheim, Taryn Simon’s “Father Country I Do Love You” Fills the Rotunda
Taryn Simon fills the Guggenheim rotunda with a decade-long project tracing an unnamed federal agent’s life in 42 chapters, shadowed by her father’s story. Through March 14, 2027.
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Event · Vilcek Foundation · Upper East Side
Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty at the Vilcek Foundation, Upper East Side, NYC
The Vilcek Foundation on the Upper East Side presents Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty through June 25, 2027. Three fragments from We the People and a new firewood flag, Live Free or Die, reconsider the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. Admission is free with advance registration.
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Event · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Upper East Side
Frederic Church in Jamaica at Cooper Hewitt, Upper East Side, NYC
Cooper Hewitt on the Upper East Side opens "Frederic Church in Jamaica" on October 30, showing more than 60 oil studies and graphite sketches from the painter's 1865 trip. Part of his 200th-birthday celebrations, it runs through February 15, 2027.
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Upcoming · Lévy Gorvy Dayan · Upper East Side
Bacon / de Kooning at Lévy Gorvy Dayan: A First Pairing on the Upper East Side
Lévy Gorvy Dayan presents the first exhibition to pair Francis Bacon and Willem de Kooning, focusing on their smaller paintings from the late 1960s and 1970s, in the gallery's 1932 Beaux-Arts townhouse on East 64th Street, from November 4.
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Upcoming · The Frick Collection · Upper East Side
Kent Monkman: Officer and Laughing Girl at The Frick Collection
Kent Monkman, who reads European art history from an Indigenous perspective, shows new paintings in the Frick's Cabinet Gallery, inspired by Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl. On view November 12, 2026 to February 22, 2027.
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Event · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
At New York's Met Museum, Costume Art Runs Through January 10, 2027
The Costume Institute's "Costume Art" is on view at the Met on Fifth Avenue through January 10, 2027. The show treats the clothed body as central to artistic expression, and a companion book from MetPubs examines it through age, size, gender and disability.
VIEW ON MAPNew
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Event · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
At New York's Met, "Rembrandt and the Ancients" Is Set for November 2027
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre are co-organizing "Rembrandt and the Ancients," opening in New York in November 2027. It is the Met's first major Rembrandt show in about 20 years, with US debuts among more than 120 works, before it travels to Paris.
VIEW ON MAPNew
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Event · Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side
Artisan Residency Programme Artworks Unveiled at The Met (Vacheron Constantin)
Works by three artisan residents, Aspen Golann, Ibrahim Said and Joy Harvey, were unveiled at The Met earlier this October. The 18-month residency, a Met and Vacheron Constantin collaboration, centers on traditional craft.
VIEW ON MAPJun 1, 2023
Jun 1, 2023
A classic New York City souvenir! A cookie specialty store with a cult following!
Since its establishment in 1995, this famous cookie store has been loved by New Yorkers for more than 20 year…
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