Independent 20th Century 

Sotheby’s at The Breuer 

945 Madison Avenue

September 24–27

Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi

September 18, 5:00-7:30 pm: Lower Manhattan, from Bowling Green Park to Foley Square

September 19, 2:00–4:30 pm: Downtown Brooklyn, from Abolitionist Place to Brooklyn Bridge Park

Over two days, a herd of life-size buffalo puppets will roam the streets of New York in Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi. Part spectacle, part ritual, the public art event brings music, poetry, ceremony, and performance to Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, inspired by the buffalo’s remarkable return from near extinction.

What Holds Us 

456 West 18th Street 

September 18-20

Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 

September 16 – 20 

Starrett-Lehigh Building, 3rd Floor, 601 West 26th Street

An Afternoon with Tuan Andrew Nguyen

High Line Spur at 30th Street and 10th Avenue

September 19, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Brice Marden: I Am Plane Image 

522 West 21st Street

September 15–December 12

After two decades away, Brice Marden’s paintings return to New York in a sweeping six-decade survey at Gagosian, presented with the Estate of Brice Marden. The exhibition brings together major works from institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago and Whitney Museum, alongside rarely seen paintings from the Estate and private collections. From the early Nebraska (1966) to later works, the show traces Marden’s lifelong fascination with the relationship between image, surface, color, and the natural world. 

Marden was fascinated by the idea of keeping the “plane and the image locked together,” building paintings through layered color, brushwork, and a distinctive mixture of oil paint, beeswax, and turpentine. His travels, particularly his time on the Greek island of Hydra, deeply informed his palette and sensitivity to natural light.

Grove & Pines Film Festival 

Fire Island

September 18–20 

The Met's Groundbreaking Event

The Met officially began work on its long-awaited new modern and contemporary art wing, designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo. The 126,000-square-foot project will add significantly more gallery space while updating the existing wing with better access, infrastructure, and environmental performance. It is slated to open in 2030. 

The design is as much about the Met’s surroundings as its art, with a limestone lattice facade, galleries flooded with natural light, and terraces overlooking Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. The beloved Cantor Roof Garden will return on a larger terrace, while a new fifth-floor café will give visitors another place to take in the views. With $670 million raised so far, the project marks a major new chapter for the museum.