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Postcard from New York I Dec 15 - Dec 19, 2025

Here is our weekly Postcard from New York, in collaboration with Clio Art Fair!


In this article, we will explore some of the highlights of this week, looking for the most interesting and inspiring exhibitions and events in NYC.


Let's discover our selection of NYC-based art events!New York 2025



Person in black suit holding a suitcase against a beige backdrop. Text: "POSTCARD FROM NEW YORK," exhibit at MoMA, Dec 2025-Apr 2026.

In Museums

IDEAS OF AFRICA: PORTRAITURE AND POLITICAL IMAGINATION

@MUSEUM OF MODERN ART I MOMA 14 DEC, 2025 - 04 APR, 2026

deas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination examines how photographers and their sitters contributed to the proliferation of Pan-African solidarity during the mid-20th century. Embracing the international spirit of the time, the exhibition gathers striking pictures by photographers working in Central and West African cities. They created images of everyday citizens, dazzling music scenes, and potent manifestations of youth culture that reflected emerging political realities. Discover more



Surreal art of legs with colorful dress, postcard design. Text: "POSTCARD FROM NEW YORK," "In Galleries," exhibit details below.

In Galleries

BETWEEN FIGURE AND FRACTURE - LING JIAN @ELI KLEIN GALLERY

13 DEC, 2025 - 07 FEB, 2026

Eli Klein Gallery is pleased to present Ling Jian: Between Figure and Fracture, the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition traces Ling’s ongoing inquiry into the convergence of realism and surrealism, the fragility of the human spirit, and the estrangement of our digital age. Ling Jian is among the most technically accomplished and conceptually distinctive painters to emerge from the first internationally recognized generation of Chinese contemporary artists. Working primarily in oil on canvas, Ling combines traditional Chinese motifs with contemporary forms, using flowing blood-vessel patterns in cinnabar—a pigment symbolizing life force and spiritual energy—and precise gongbi brushwork to bridge tradition and innovation. Discover more



Hand holds Spider-Man popsicle with text "Postcard from New York" overlaid. Details: art show in Brooklyn, Dec 2025-Feb 2026. Blue sky.

In Brooklyn

ICE POPS FOREVER - MERIDITH ALLEN & CAROL SAFT SHOW

14 DEC, 2025 - 01 FEB, 2026

Tappeto Volante Projects is proud to present Ice Pops Forever, a two-person exhibition by Meredith Allen (1964–2011) and Carol Saft, partners in life and art whose intertwined practices and enduring bond shaped a singular story within the history of Brooklyn’s creative scene. Emerging from the vibrant Williamsburg art community of the 1990s and early 2000s, Allen and Saft forged independent yet deeply connected trajectories — each devoted to the act of seeing, to intimacy as a radical gesture, and to love as an artistic practice. In an era clouded by conflict and estrangement, when love and difference are too often weaponized, their work reminds us that tenderness endures — and that to witness one another remains a radical act. The exhibition unfolds across two rooms, tracing the arc of a shared life and artistic vision.



Autumn trees and art installation in a park. Text: "Postcard from New York," "Orogeny – Queens Lighting Collective," event dates.

Outside

OROGENY - QUEENS LIGHTING COLLECTIVE @FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS 30 OCT, 2025 - 18 OCT, 2026

"The Raft" by Kenneth Doherty is a notable sculpture associated with the Art Students League of New York (ASLNYC), often featured in their "Works in Public" 2025 program, displayed in locations like Riverside Park, showcasing ASL artists' work in the city. Doherty is a member of the League, and the artwork highlights the organization's efforts to bring art by its members into the public sphere, a significant part of its 150th-anniversary celebrations.



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