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What to See

Chelsea, Tribeca, the Lower East Side and the Upper East Side: where the Art Week galleries cluster, which museums sit nearby, and four routes that join them up.

Nov11–142026

First edition

Art Week NYC

Opens Wed, Nov 11, 2026
Looking down a square white stairwell
A stairwell in the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gansevoort Street. Photo: Claudio Schwarz.
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Four districts and a hub

Where the Galleries Are

Art Week NYC follows the map of New York’s gallery world as it is now: Chelsea, still the largest district; Tribeca, which has drawn many galleries south since about 2020; the Lower East Side and the edge of Chinatown; and the Upper East Side, where galleries on and around Madison Avenue sit among the museums. ARTnews says its editor-led tours will run “from the Upper East Side to Chinatown.”

The examples below are galleries on the Art Week list with a well-known space in each district. Several galleries have more than one New York space, and the organizers have not said which they will use, so check each gallery’s site before you set out. Biennale’s grouping

The four gallery districts
DistrictThe groundOn the Art Week list, for exampleInstitutions nearby
ChelseaWest 18th to West 27th Streets, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, under and beside the High LineGagosian, David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, Lehmann MaupinThe High Line; The FLAG Art Foundation; the Whitney at the south end
TribecaBroadway, Walker, White and Franklin Streets, below CanalAlmine Rech, P·P·O·W, Jane Lombard Gallery, Margot SamelWhite Columns (West Village) is a short ride north
Lower East SideOrchard, Eldridge, Forsyth and Essex Streets, up to the BoweryMiguel Abreu Gallery, Kiang MalingueNew Museum, 235 Bowery; International Center of Photography, 79 Essex Street
Upper East SideMadison Avenue and the side streets from the East 60s to the 80sLevy Gorvy Dayan, Van Doren Waxter, White Cube, Sprüth MagersThe Frick, the Met, the Guggenheim, the Jewish Museum, Asia Society, Americas Society; the ADAA Fair at the Park Avenue Armory
MidtownThe ARTnews and Art in America hubAddress not announced TBAThe New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street

Districts as named by the organizers. Gallery examples are from the August 4 list; locations are from the galleries’ own sites and should be re-checked once the organizers publish addresses.

A brick building topped by a glass and steel addition
Brick and glass on a converted building in Chelsea. Photo: John Angel.
A cobblestone street lined with parked cars and brick buildings
A cobblestone street in Tribeca. Photo: Zachary Shakked.
Tenement rooftops with fire escapes and water tanks
Tenement rooftops on the Lower East Side. Photo: Gene Gallin.
Prewar apartment buildings on Park Avenue at dusk
Park Avenue at 72nd Street on the Upper East Side, a few blocks north of the Armory. Photo: Clay LeConey.

On foot

Four Routes

Chelsea and the High Line, half a day. Start at the Whitney, 99 Gansevoort Street, climb onto the High Line at Gansevoort and walk north. Drop down at West 20th, 22nd, 24th and 26th Streets for the galleries between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues; the big spaces on West 24th Street are the densest block. The FLAG Art Foundation is on West 25th Street.

A Chelsea side street at golden hour seen from above
Chelsea from the High Line, the spine of the first route. Photo: Leslie Cross.

Tribeca to the Bowery, half a day. Begin on lower Broadway in Tribeca, work through Walker and White Streets, cross Canal into Chinatown and continue east to Eldridge and Orchard Streets. Finish at the New Museum on the Bowery. On Saturday, November 14, this route ends at the talks.

A red-brick tenement front with a fire escape and stoop
A tenement front in the Lower East Side manner. Photo: Zoshua Colah.
Low-rise blocks in early morning light with Midtown towers beyond
The Lower East Side in early morning light, Midtown beyond. Photo: Jeffrey Blum.

Madison Avenue to the Armory, a day. From the Frick at East 70th Street, walk Madison Avenue for the galleries, turn east to the Park Avenue Armory at East 66th to 67th Streets for the ADAA Fair (from Friday), then go north up Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile: the Met at 82nd Street, the Guggenheim at 88th to 89th, the Jewish Museum at 92nd, and the Museum of the City of New York and El Museo del Barrio at 103rd to 105th.

Autumn trees and the San Remo towers reflected in a still lake
Central Park in November, between Madison Avenue and Museum Mile on the third route. Photo: Emily Kessler.

Beyond Manhattan, a day. The Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway, Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus and the Williamsburg Biannual are in Brooklyn; the Queens Museum is in Flushing Meadows Corona Park; the Studio Museum in Harlem opened its new building on West 125th Street in 2025. Pick one borough a day.

A row of brownstones behind a bare tree
Brownstones in November light. Photo: Sam Balye.

The museums

Already on View

The participating museums have not said what they will program for Art Week. These exhibitions are recorded in the Biennale directory as on view through the week. Whether each is part of the Art Week program has not been confirmed.

  • Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now, Guggenheim, to January 10, 2027
  • Modernist Perspectives in the Anthropocene, Guggenheim, to February 1, 2027
  • Technocratic Visions of the Future, Whitney, to December 31
  • Dyani White Hawk: Nourish, Whitney, to March 15, 2027

Dates are from the Biennale directory; confirm with the museum. Browse everything at New York on My Biennale. Verify with museums

The spiral ramps and skylight of the Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim rotunda. Photo: David Emrich.
The Whitney Museum of American Art seen from the street
The Whitney Museum of American Art, Gansevoort Street. Photo: Max Harlynking.

Sources. Artforum, galleries, Aug 4; Artforum, institutions, Oct 16; ARTnews, June 11; New Museum event page; ADAA Fair visitor information. Every fact was checked on October 19, 2026; full list on the Sources page. Corrections: contact@biennalemail.com.

Plan the trip

Tours and tickets in New York Partners

  1. Gallery tours in Chelsea and beyondGuided visits · GetYourGuide
  2. The Met, timed entryFifth Avenue · GetYourGuide
  3. The High Line on footChelsea to the Whitney · GetYourGuide
  4. The Lower East Side on footTenements and galleries · GetYourGuide

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