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Friday Aug. 15, 2025

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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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Free

The Museum of Modern Art

9 am – 5 pm

Being Hyper Human Exhibition

Art
Film

FIT Art and Design GalleryChelsea

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

banksy museumSoho

10 – 11 am

Le Carrousel Extravaganza

Ages: All
Family
Free

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10 am – 5 pm

After ‘Women in the News’: Work by Kari Marboe, Friends, and Colleagues

Art
Free

Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich

2025 Juried Show image matrix

11 am – 6 pm

Bowery Gallery’s 34th Annual Juried Exhibition

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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1 – 2 pm

In Conversation – “War Threads” with Oksana Parafeniuk and Sara Ickow

Art
Free

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

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2 – 7 pm

Open Call: Portals

Art
Free

The Shed NYCHudson Yards

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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5 – 8 pm

Lobby Sounds by Najah Moeser

Free
Music

Moxy Times Square

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Museum of Modern Art

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

UNIQLO Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

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7 – 9 pm

Oculus Outdoors

Film
Free

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterFinancial District

World Music Institute- Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East + Gamelan Dharma Swara

7 – 9 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: Wold Music Institute | Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East + Gamelan Dharma Swara

Ages: All
Family
Free
Music

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