

Sango is a popular god of thunder from Oyo State in Nigeria with his signature thunderbolt axe that causes lightning and disruption when used by him. A story most Yoruba children grew up hearing.
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Sango is a popular god of thunder from Oyo State in Nigeria with his signature thunderbolt axe that causes lightning and disruption when used by him. A story most Yoruba children grew up hearing.
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August is here. In New York that means lazy afternoon and warm humid nights- the perfect NYC formula for a good time. We have great events indoors and out and many are free! Here are a few of the many events happening in the city that never sleeps, guaranteed to keep you Out and About. Continue reading

Marco Marco, an underwear label, hosted its Fashion Week show on Saturday and featured a cast of 34 transgender models on its runway. Continue reading
Heatwave! New York City is getting ready to become steamy, hot, and sticky- yeah summer in NYC is the best! We have great events indoors and out. There is interactive art on Randall’s Island, Dance in Central Park and on Fire Island, and a jazz brunch in Harlem. Here are a few of the many events happening in the city that never sleeps, guaranteed to keep you Out and About. Continue reading
It’s here! Memorial Day weekend- the official start of summer. We have an African-diaspora cultural festival in Brooklyn, and Afrobeats in Midtown. A genie grants big screen wishes and Love In Bloom on Staten Island. Here are a few of the many events happening in the city that never sleeps, guaranteed to keep you Out and About. Continue reading

It’s the first weekend of spring and time its time to get out and about! We have Warhol in Meatpacking and Jean- Michel Basquiat in the East Village. Dance from Williamsburg in Brooklyn to Westchester Ave. in Da Bronx. And The Grateful Dead share with kids while the Temptations are honored on Broadway. Here are a few of the many events happening in the city that never sleeps, guaranteed to keep you Out and About. Continue reading

Mid- July Heatwave, NYC beach and barbecue continues! New York City is hot. We have modernist sculpture off Fifth Avenue. Beautiful bodies dancing on Fire Island and the Upper Westside. Jokes in Harlem and Hawaii comes to the Bronx. Here are a few of the many events happening in the city that never sleeps guaranteed to keep you Out and About. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
The first week of August is the height of the summer, and the same is true for the arts. This week an old master of modern art returns to midtown, while an up and coming dance company debuts in Central Park. Here are a few of the many events taking place in the city that never sleeps guaranteed to get you Out and About. Continue reading
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| 1The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 2The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 3The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 4Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees from 1:35 am to 4:00 pm Dance of The Village Elders at St. Phillips Church from 2:30 am to 3:30 am The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Ballet Tech Kids Dance from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Ailey at BAM from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | 5Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Dance of the Village Elders - R.A.I.N. Neried from 10:30 am to 11:30 am A Nike Shox PR 26 Launch Experience By City Jeans - Puerto Rico Nike Shoe R4 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Tom Dick & Harry Brooklyn & Harlem Presents The Puerto Rico Nike Shox R4 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm Ballet Tech Kids Dance from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees from 7:05 pm to 10:00 pm Ailey at BAM from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Revelation & Jubilation: A Symphony of Spirit from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Knick vs Spurs - NBA Finals Game 2 from 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | 6Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm AWAKE NY & JUMP MAN 23 Presents COPA DO LOWER EAST SIDE from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm Ballet Tech Kids Dance from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm American Liberty Ballet Presents Sylvia from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Brooklyn Museum : First Saturday - Brooklyn Pride at 30 from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm First Saturday: Brooklyn Pride at 30 - Brooklyn Museum from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm American Liberty Ballet Presents Sylvia from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Ballet Tech Kids Dance from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Ailey at BAM from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees from 7:35 pm to 10:00 pm | 7Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees from 1:35 am to 4:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Harlem Renaissance 2.0 Banner Unveiling 2026 🏳️🌈🎨 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm The Oxtail Off - NYC from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm Ballet Tech Kids Dance from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm American Liberty Ballet Presents Sylvia from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Ailey at BAM from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sanctuary from 5:00 pm to 12:00 am | |||
| 8Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 9Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 10Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 11Dance of The Village Elders at St. Phillips Church from 2:30 am to 3:30 am Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Jasmine Hearn - Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | 12Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Dance of the Village Elders - R.A.I.N. Neried from 10:30 am to 11:30 am Jasmine Hearn - Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | 13Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Jasmine Hearn - Memory Fleet: Beloved, Let’s Cross from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | 14Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Sanctuary from 5:00 pm to 12:00 am | |||
| 15Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 16Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 17Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm LINES from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | 18Dance of The Village Elders at St. Phillips Church from 2:30 am to 3:30 am Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm LINES from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | 19Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Dance of the Village Elders - R.A.I.N. Neried from 10:30 am to 11:30 am LINES from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | 20Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Juneteenth Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | 21Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Sanctuary from 5:00 pm to 12:00 am | |||
| 22Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 23Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm 6/23/26 African Communities Together Presents: World Cup Watch Party Ghana vs Norway from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | 24Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 25Dance of The Village Elders at St. Phillips Church from 2:30 am to 3:30 am Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 26Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Dance of the Village Elders - R.A.I.N. Neried from 10:30 am to 11:30 am | 27Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 28Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Sanctuary from 5:00 pm to 12:00 am | |||
| 29Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | 30Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm The Met’s Arts of Africa from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | ||||||||
A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue
Maysles Documentary Center
A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue
A dance and wellness classes design for Older Adults taught by Walter Rutledge
204 W 134th St, New York, NY 10030
A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue
A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue
A dance and wellness classes design for Older Adults taught by Walter Rutledge
720 Nereid Ave, Bronx, NY 10466
A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue
A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue
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A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue
A pioneer in the use of new technologies, Van Herpen transcends conventional clothing norms while embracing both traditional couture artisanship and innovative techniques. Ranging from the micro to the macro, the exhibition explores the body’s place in space, its relationship to clothing and its environment, and its future in a rapidly changing world.
Brooklyn Musiem of Art
The show will present iconic works from the museum’s collection by more than 20 artists, including John Chamberlain, Chryssa, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, and Andy Warhol. Highlights will include Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Soft Shuttlecock (1995), on view in New York for the first time in 25 years. These works will be shown alongside Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE (2019), a major loan to the exhibition, and recent acquisitions by contemporary artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Alex Da Corte, Lucia Hierro, Martine Gutierrez, Lauren Halsey, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Yee I-Lann, Cara Romero, and Liu Shiyuan, whose practices expand the legacies of Pop.
1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (at 88th Street)

The new permanent installation foregrounds the creativity of artists across the subcontinent and enduring, dynamic historical traditions. The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent. The new galleries present original creations from the Middle Ages to the present, and one-fourth of the works are on display at the Museum for the first time.
The Met Fifth Avenue