Postcard from New York I Oct 19-Oct 23, 2026

Here is our weekly Postcard from New York 2026, 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

In Museums

ROY LICHTENSTEIN: LIKE NEW @WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART

11 OCT, 2026 - 10 MAY, 2027 Roy Lichtenstein’s breakthrough Pop work stunned both the art world and the country when it was first shown in the early 1960s. An appropriation artist long before the term was used by art historians, Lichtenstein took his imagery from comic books and newspapers, reconfiguring and refining his compositions before enlarging and transferring them to canvas. Cool, crisp, and mechanical-looking yet decidedly handmade, his work—executed to mimic the bold black outlines, flat bright colors, and fields of dots associated with commercial printing—upended conventional notions of what an artwork could be. Lichtenstein’s legacy extends far beyond Pop, however. His career-long investigation into image culture has shaped successive generations of artists and changed the way we see and understand images

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In Museums

THERE ARE NO WORDS: SI LEWEN'S PARADE @METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 01 OCT, 2026 - 05 JAN, 2027 The Parade is an epic cycle of 63 charcoal, pencil, and ink drawings conceived by Si Lewen (1918–2016) in the aftermath of World War II. The work unfolds a visual narrative on war, memory, and the human condition that is informed by the artist's extraordinary life. Born in Poland to Jewish parents and raised in Germany, Lewen fled Nazi persecution with his family in 1933 before immigrating to the United States. While serving in the U.S. Army as one of the Ritchie Boys, a specialized unit of German-speaking soldiers, Lewen arrived at the Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after its liberation in 1945. The Parade is rooted in the artist’s experience of these events as well as his coming of age during the tumultuous years when, as he reflected later, the parades after World War I gave way to the death marches of World War II. Discover more

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In Brooklyn

MANGA BEFORE MANGA JAPANESE ART FROM THE COLLECTION

@BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART

03 OCT, 2026 - 31 JAN, 2027

Journey through centuries of Japanese storytelling to discover the roots of modern manga. Offering historical context for the more than 600 drawings in Art of Manga, this Spotlight installation traces traditions and techniques that shaped the contemporary art form. Twenty-one works from the Brooklyn Museum collection reveal how Japanese artists have used line and form to convey emotion, power, and even sound and motion for more than 900 years.

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Outside

THE OYSTER - ALAN MICHELSON @GOVERNORS ISLAND, NYC

30 JUL - 30 NOV, 2026 The Oys­ter, a mon­u­men­tal out­door sculp­tur­al instal­la­tion by acclaimed Mohawk artist Alan Michel­son (Six Nations of the Grand Riv­er), on view on Gov­er­nors Island from July 30 through Novem­ber 30, 2026. The Oys­ter is com­mis­sioned by More Art and pre­sent­ed as part of their 2026 pro­gram­ming ini­tia­tive Refram­ing 1776: Land, Water, and the Work of Repair. The ini­tia­tive brings togeth­er three com­mis­sions that respond to the nation’s 250th anniver­sary through projects ground­ed in Indige­nous per­spec­tives and envi­ron­men­tal his­to­ries. Devel­oped in part­ner­ship with the Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, Michelson’s instal­la­tion draws on pre-colo­nial Lenape oys­ter mid­dens and shell rings — vast accu­mu­la­tions that reflect long his­to­ries of habi­ta­tion and stew­ard­ship in the region. Discover more