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Art Week NYC Debuts Nov. 11–14 Across New York, With the Met, Whitney and NYPL
Art Week NYC, organized by ARTnews, Art in America and Artforum, debuts Nov. 11–14, 2026. Thirty-two institutions, including the Met, Whitney, Guggenheim and the New York Public Library, join more than 80 galleries, with the New Museum as main partner and a daylong talk series on Nov. 14.
By NBT Editors · 2026-10-22
New York is adding a fixture to its cultural calendar. Art Week NYC makes its debut from November 11 to 14, 2026, organized by three long-established art titles: ARTnews, Art in America and Artforum. The idea is to gather museums, cultural institutions, galleries, artists, collectors and audiences into one four-day stretch, with walking tours, artist talks, gallery openings and special events scattered through the week.
On October 16 the organizers announced 32 participating institutions and nonprofits. The list includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Brooklyn Museum, the Frick Collection, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Queens Museum, El Museo del Barrio and the New York Public Library. Others include the Jewish Museum, the International Center of Photography, the High Line, Madison Square Park Conservancy, the FLAG Art Foundation and MTA Arts & Design. More than 80 galleries take part alongside them.
The week is built around the four main gallery neighborhoods: Chelsea, the Lower East Side, Tribeca and the Upper East Side. It began as a gallery-centered program, and the arrival of museums, nonprofits and civic organizations widens that scope. New York City Council Deputy Speaker Nantasha Williams said the format could introduce people to artists and cultural spaces they might not otherwise encounter.
The New Museum is the main institutional partner. On Saturday, November 14, it hosts a full day of public programming in its theater: Artforum's "Five Talks," with artists, architects, filmmakers, critics and writers in conversation. Topics include the redesign of notable museum spaces across the city, artists turning to filmmaking, the economic conditions facing artists working in New York, and the effect of machine intelligence on studio practice. The New Museum and select other institutions are presented in partnership with Bloomberg Connects.
Participating institutions and galleries each present their own exhibitions and programming. Further information is on the official site, art-week.com.
(Details are drawn from points that agree across reports by ARTnews, Artforum, WWD, Surface.)
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