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Every fall, New York's art calendar collapses into a single crowded week. This year it runs September 21–28, anchored by the Armory Show's 32nd edition at the Javits Center (September 24–27), now under Frieze ownership and drawing roughly 230 galleries from more than 30 countries. Around it, the whole city fills in: fairs, gallery openings, and museum shows stacking up across Chelsea, Tribeca, and the Lower East Side. Here's what to see, split into what's exclusive to 100 collectors members and what's open to everyone.
DIGITAL ART EVENTS (MEMBER-ONLY)
Please note that RSVP to the openings is reserved to members of 100 collectors
This is where the week's digital art program lives. Auriea Harvey opens Ready to Die at Heft, on view through October 9. Nguyen Wahed presents the group show Malleable Archives: What the Future Remembers, running September 15–24. Gazelli Art House opens its first permanent New York gallery in Chelsea with Put the Kettle On, previewing September 22 and running through October 31. And the Museum of the Moving Image continues its yearlong MoMI x Tezos partnership on the Herbert S. Schlosser Media Wall. RSVP details for each are below, reserved for 100 collectors members.
WEBSITES WEBSITES WEBSITES! Opening Reception by ARTXCODE & RHIZOME
MON, SEPT 21 | 6-9PM
We're excited to invite you to the opening reception of the group exhibition organized in partnership with ARTXCODE that celebrates the website as an artistic medium.
Responsive Signals at MoMI x Tezos
TUE, SEPT 22 | 6-9PM
Join the Museum of the Moving Image and Art on Tezos during Armory Week for an evening of artist talks and interactive installations.
Gazelli Art House Inaugural New York Opening: Put the Kettle On
TUE, SEPT 22 | 6-8PM | NYC
Join us to celebrate the debut exhibition at Gazelli Art House's New York space on West 25th Street, Chelsea.
Opening of 0xfff's One Billion Dollar Show at Nguyen Wahed
FRI, SEPT 25, 2026 | 6 - 9:30PM
0xfff's debut New York solo show opens at Nguyen Wahed September 25 with a performance lecture co-hosted with Rhizome.
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS IN NEW YORK
Beyond the Armory Show itself, the fair calendar fills out fast. Independent 20th Century moves uptown to the Breuer building, Sotheby's new New York headquarters, for the same four days. Spring/Break Art Show runs its own curator-driven program through the full week. And Salon Zürcher keeps its mini fair presentation going on Broome Street. Here's where to find each.
The Armory Show
September 24–27, 2026 | Javits Center | More info
Independent 20th Century
September 24-27, 2026 | Sotheby’s New York, The Breuer | More info
Spring / Break Art Show
September 23-28, 2026 | One Hudson Square, 75 Varick St | More info
Salon Zürcher
September 21-27, 2-26 | 33 Bleecker St | More info
MUSEUM SHOWS NOT TO MISS
The museums are moving fast too. The Guggenheim opens a new Taryn Simon commission across its rotunda, the New Museum unveils Arthur Jafa's first US survey, and the Whitney, the Met, and MoMA all have new work going up the same week. Here's what's worth the trip.
GUGGENHEIM:
Taryn Simon | Father Country I Do Love You opens September 18, a new interactive commission spiraling through the entire rotunda in photographs, text, video, and sculpture.
More info
NEW MUSEUM:
Arthur Jafa: I Am Tony opens September 25, his first US museum survey; Diego Marcon: Arrivederci, Piggies! and The Bowery: Devil's Mile open the same day.
More info
WHITNEY MUSEUM:
The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans; Coumba Samba: Stars and Stripes opens September 19; the Whitney Biennial 2026 continues through October 12.
More info
THE MET:
The Genesis Facade Commission: Liu Wei, Speculation takes over the Fifth Avenue facade starting September 17; David Hartt: Peripheries opens September 25; Musical Bodies is in its final days, closing September 27.
More info
MoMA:
Pierre Huyghe, UUmwelt, Through Nov 29; Sarah Michelson: nowhere (performance in the atrium) opened September 15; Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives opens September 20; Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies and Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design both open September 27.
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GALLERY SHOWS AND OPENINGS
The galleries are just as packed. David Zwirner, Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, and Pace all open new shows in Chelsea and Tribeca this week, alongside smaller spaces worth the detour: Gallery Henoch, Norr Cohan, Sapar Contemporary, and Boesky. A rundown of what's on where.
David Zwirner (Tribeca & 19th/20th Street):
Opening Emma McIntyre: This body holds / swamp stuff in Tribeca (September 18) alongside ongoing runs of Nate Lowman: Hanging Out, Scott Kahn: Silent Night, and Thomas Ruff: jpegs ny (all opened September 10).
Gagosian:
Brice Marden: I Am Plane Image, a six-decade survey at the West 21st Street space (opened September 15, first New York showing of this scope in 20 years); Deana Lawson's debut solo show with the gallery (September 10); Jordan Wolfson's first New York exhibition with Gagosian (September 18); Bea Scaccia: Groomed at Park & 75 (September 22). Last chance to see Marcel Duchamp and Robert Rauschenberg: Important Early Works from the Cy Twombly Foundation, both closing September 26.
Hauser & Wirth:
Arp. Heads or Tails, the first New York Jean Arp show in nearly fifteen years; George Rouy: REPRISE; and Lee Bul: The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun, the gallery's first show with the artist — all opened September 10.
Pace Gallery:
Torkwase Dyson: Seeing in Blue, Lynda Benglis: Knotting, Tying, Folding, and Arlene Shechet: She Said She Said all opened September 11; David Byrne: Stairwell Drawings is an ongoing installation through the stairwell landings.
Gallery Henoch (Chelsea):
Igor & Marina: The Garden of Invisible Birds, starting September 17, luminous portraiture and symbolic imagery.
Norr Cohan (Tribeca):
Savdie / Soutine, pairing contemporary paintings by Ilana Savdie with historic works by Chaïm Soutine. [[8]]Every fall, New York's art calendar collapses into a single crowded week. This year it runs September 21–28, anchored by the Armory Show's 32nd edition at the Javits Center (September 24–27), now under Frieze ownership and drawing roughly 230 galleries from more than 30 countries. Around it, the whole city fills in: fairs, gallery openings, and museum shows stacking up across Chelsea, Tribeca, and the Lower East Side. Here's what to see, split into what's exclusive to 100 collectors members and what's open to everyone.