NY Weekly · Oct 19–25

NY Weekly, Oct 19–25: Japanese Photographers, Sugimoto, and a Closing-Week Rush

Many Chelsea and Tribeca gallery shows close on October 24, so this is the week to catch them. Japan-linked picks include Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tomie Ohtake and a new ICP survey of Japanese women photographers. Add two new Japanese-leaning restaurants, free Halloween-season screenings and a few Japanese-label releases.

Japan-Connected Exhibitions

  1. I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now

    I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now

    International Center of Photography, Lower East Side · 2026-10-15–2027-01-11

    Twenty-eight Japanese women photographers, from the 1950s to now, in a survey that began in Arles in 2024 and makes its first US stop at ICP. A fresh angle on Japan's photographic history. Through January 11, 2027.

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  2. The GFX Challenge Grant: Five Years, Five Projects

    The GFX Challenge Grant: Five Years, Five Projects

    International Center of Photography, Lower East Side · 2026-10-15–2026-10-19

    One project from each of five years of Fujifilm's GFX Challenge Grant, free on ICP's ground floor. One traces a family between Japan, Taiwan and Hunan. It runs only October 15–19, so today is the last day.

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  3. Unnatural Habitat

    Unnatural Habitat

    Lisson Gallery, Chelsea · 2026-09-15–2026-10-24

    Hiroshi Sugimoto's show centers on the Diorama series begun in 1975, with new 2025 photographs and washi screens. It looks at how photography handles staged nature. Lisson, Chelsea, through October 24.

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  4. The Ultimate Works

    The Ultimate Works

    Nara Roesler, Chinatown · 2026-09-10–2026-10-24

    The last works of Kyoto-born, Brazil-based Tomie Ohtake: thick white paintings and looping steel sculptures beside her 1960s blindfolded paintings. At Nara Roesler in Chinatown through October 24.

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  5. Patina of Time: The Clay Art of Iguchi Daisuke

    Patina of Time: The Clay Art of Iguchi Daisuke

    Joan B. Mirviss, Upper East Side · 2026-09-10–2026-10-30

    Nearly thirty new pieces by ceramicist Iguchi Daisuke: coil-built vessels of Ibaraki paddy clay, ash-coated and traced in silver slip. Open weekdays 11am–6pm, through October 30.

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Gallery Shows Closing Soon

  1. Tony Cragg

    Tony Cragg

    Marian Goodman Gallery, Tribeca · 2026-09-10–2026-10-24

    Tony Cragg's new sculpture fills two floors in Tribeca: bronze, wood, stone and Corten steel, from mirrored columns suggesting bodies to masks made from two merged faces. Through October 24.

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  2. Zephyr, Zephyr

    Zephyr, Zephyr

    Paula Cooper Gallery, Chelsea · 2026-09-10–2026-10-24

    Tauba Auerbach paints liquid foam under a microscope in hand-painted dots, alongside heat-camera photos of water currents and rotating sculptures. Paula Cooper, Chelsea, through October 24.

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  3. Land animal, house animal

    Land animal, house animal

    303 Gallery, Chelsea · 2026-09-10–2026-10-24

    Tanya Merrill's oil-and-graphite paintings move between home and countryside: a sleeping couple, a mother and child, a persimmon orchard, a marsh hawk. Small works to canvases nearly eight feet wide. Through October 24.

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New Tables

  1. Sakasama

    Sakasama

    Sakasama, Midtown West

    A hand roll and sake bar on West 46th, led by an Atoboy alum. The 20-seat counter serves temaki with caviar, uni, A5 Wagyu and eel, plus sake and cocktails. A useful Midtown stop.

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  2. Odo East Village: Chef Hiroki Odo's 14-Seat Kaiseki Izakaya

    Odo East Village, East Village · 2026-02-01

    Chef Hiroki Odo of Michelin-starred Odo in Flatiron opened a 14-seat kaiseki-style izakaya in the East Village. Time Out reports prices under $20, with bluefin tuna and binchotan-grilled A5 Wagyu.

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Weekend and Evening Plans

  1. Movie Under the Stars: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

    Owl's Head Park Lawn Area (in Owl's Head Park) · 2026-10-23

    On Friday, Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn screens The Nightmare Before Christmas free on the lawn. A fitting stop-motion classic for Halloween weekend. Bring a blanket.

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  2. 2026 Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse

    2026 Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse

    1 Monroe Place townhouse, Brooklyn Heights · 2026-10-02–2026-11-01

    Nineteen design firms remade a landmarked Greek Revival mansion at 1 Monroe Place across six floors. Open Thursday to Sunday through November 1; $50 tickets benefit the Brooklyn Heights Association.

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Japanese-Label Drops

  1. COMME des GARÇONS PLAY: Pink Heart Collection at Dover Street Market New York

    COMME des GARÇONS PLAY: Pink Heart Collection at Dover Street Market New York

    Dover Street Market New York, Midtown East · 2026-10-16

    COMME des GARÇONS PLAY's Pink Heart collection reached Dover Street Market New York on October 16, putting the brand's heart emblem front and center.

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  2. Nepenthes New York Releases Eighth Delivery of Engineered Garments FW26

    Nepenthes New York Releases Eighth Delivery of Engineered Garments FW26

    Nepenthes New York (in-store and online), Hell's Kitchen · 2026-10-16

    The eighth delivery of Engineered Garments' FW26 arrived at Nepenthes New York on October 16, themed "Heritage Reframed." Available in the Hell's Kitchen store and online.

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