Harlem & Upper Manhattan Gallery Guide (May 2026)

Harlem and Upper Manhattan's gallery and museum landscape is anchored by major institutions — the Met, the Guggenheim, the Jewish Museum, El Museo del Barrio — plus a tighter cluster of dealer galleries on the Upper East Side. Below: 10 shows on view between 60th Street and 125th Street this May, with addresses, subway lines, and how long to plan for each.

1. Marcel Duchamp by Marcel Duchamp at Gagosian

Show

Marcel Duchamp

Artist

Marcel Duchamp

Gallery

Gagosian

Address

974 Madison Ave, Upper East Side

On view

Apr 25, 2026 – Jun 28, 2026

Marcel Duchamp is at Gagosian, 974 Madison Ave, Upper East Side, on view Apr 25 – Jun 28, 2026. Gagosian is pleased to present a significant presentation of key works by Marcel Duchamp to inaugurate the gallery's new ground-floor space in the historic building at 980 Madison Avenue. The exhibition brings a selection of works—including all of the artist's most iconic readymades—back to the location where these editions made their American debut in a 1965 exhibition at…

Plan thirty minutes minimum at Gagosian — the works reward time. The gallery is closed Mondays.

2. Process Invented the Mirror by Jessi Reaves at Arts and Letters

Process Invented the Mirror is at Arts and Letters, Audubon Terrace, Washington Heights, on view Mar 14 – Jul 4, 2026. Jessi Reaves (b. 1986; Portland, OR) makes sculptures that confront the assumptions and values embedded in objects of daily life. Early works incorporate severed limbs of mid-century furniture in crude constructions that humorously question the elevation of clean lines and rational forms to universal good taste.

Through July 4, 2026. Arts and Letters keeps standard NYC gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday.

3. Through Reflection by Soyoung Lee at Franklin Parrasch

Through Reflection is at Franklin Parrasch, 19 E 66th St, 3rd Floor, Upper East Side, on view May 20 – Jun 19, 2026. Franklin Parrasch Gallery is pleased to present Through Reflection, an exhibition of new paintings by Soyoung Lee (b. 1973, Seoul, South Korea). Soyoung Lee’s work centers on self-portraiture shaped through reflection and distortion.

Worth combining with the nearby galleries on the same block. Franklin Parrasch is closed Mondays.

4. Satan Ceramics at Salon 94 Design

Satan Ceramics is at Salon 94 Design, 3 E 89th St, Upper East Side, on view May 20 – Jun 21, 2026. Mary Frey JJ Peet Pat McCarthy Luc Hammond-Thomas Tom Sachs Salon 94 Design is pleased to present an exhibition hosting works by artists Mary Frey, JJ Peet, Pat McCarthy, Luc Hammond-Thomas, and Tom Sachs, who together form Satan Ceramics. Each of the artists brings an independent practice in sculpture, painting, photography, or installation.

On view through June 21, 2026. Allow at least twenty minutes; the gallery is generally quietest on weekday afternoons.

5. Devotion by Emma Fineman at Alexander Berggruen

Devotion is at Alexander Berggruen, 1018 Madison Ave, 3rd Floor, Upper East Side, on view May 19 – Jun 25, 2026. Alexander Berggruen is pleased to present our first solo show with Emma Fineman. For her solo show Devotion, Emma Fineman presents a new body of psychological paintings where queerness is not exiled from divinity but placed at its very center.

Alexander Berggruen is most easily reached by subway; check the gallery's hours before walking over, since most NYC galleries are closed Mondays.

6. Myths in Translation by Maria Stabio at Kristen Lorello

Myths in Translation is at Kristen Lorello, 23 E 73rd St, 5th Floor, Upper East Side, on view May 16 – Jun 14, 2026. Kristen Lorello is thrilled to present Maria Stabio’s second solo exhibition at the gallery featuring paintings on canvas that celebrate the culture and landscape of the Philippines through the artist’s unique, diasporic lens. The exhibition unfolds in the two main rooms of the gallery.

Plan thirty minutes minimum at Kristen Lorello — the works reward time. The gallery is closed Mondays.

7. Local Color at Kristen Lorello

Local Color is at Kristen Lorello, 23 E 73rd St, 5th Floor, Upper East Side, on view May 16 – Jun 14, 2026. Martha Clippinger, Ash Ferlito, Stacy Fisher, Kaitlin Zorah McDonough, Ilse Sørensen Murdock, Maria Stabio Kristen Lorello is pleased to present Local Color, a show featuring works by six women artists: Martha Clippinger, Ash Ferlito, Stacy Fisher, Kaitlin Zorah McDonough, Ilse Sørensen Murdock, and Maria Stabio.

Through June 14, 2026. Kristen Lorello keeps standard NYC gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday.

8. Women by Gustav Klimt at Gladstone

Women is at Gladstone, 130 E 64th St, Upper East Side, on view May 15 – Jun 18, 2026. "I never painted a self-portrait. I am not interested in myself as a subject; rather, I am drawn to other people, especially women. Whoever wishes to understand me as an artist - which is the only remarkable aspect - should look at my paintings and discern through them who I am and what I seek to express.

Worth combining with the nearby galleries on the same block. Gladstone is closed Mondays.

9. Works on Paper from the 1960s by Agnes Martin at Elkon Gallery

Works on Paper from the 1960s is at Elkon Gallery, 18 E 81st St, Upper East Side, on view May 15 – Jul 25, 2026. The Elkon Gallery is pleased to present Agnes Martin: Works on Paper from the 1960s, which features fourteen exceptional works. In 1961, Leo Castelli encouraged Robert Elkon to open a gallery, and suggested that Agnes Martin be his first represented artist. That same year, Elkon opened his eponymous Madison Avenue gallery with a solo exhibition of her new works.

On view through July 25, 2026. Allow at least twenty minutes; the gallery is generally quietest on weekday afternoons.

10. Venezuelan Cultural Diplomacy at Henrique Faria

Venezuelan Cultural Diplomacy is at Henrique Faria, 35 E 67th St, 4th Floor, Upper East Side, on view May 13 – Jul 18, 2026.

Henrique Faria is most easily reached by subway; check the gallery's hours before walking over, since most NYC galleries are closed Mondays.

How to plan a walk

Upper Manhattan's gallery and museum landscape needs a multi-step plan. Start with the Met or the Guggenheim on Fifth Avenue (the 4/5/6 to 86th Street). Walk south through Madison Avenue's 64th-80th gallery row. Then take the 4/5/6 north to 116th for El Museo del Barrio, or to 125th for the Studio Museum in Harlem. Plan a full day — six to eight hours — with lunch.

More shows on view

Mothers of Time

Amorelle Jacox · Management

Apr 29 – Jun 8, 2026

The Moment and the Distance

Helen Frankenthaler · Gagosian

Apr 30 – Jul 3, 2026

Five Years: On Surface

Morgan Presents

Apr 29 – Jun 25, 2026

The Stationary Traveler

Farrell Brickhouse · Galerie Sardine

May 15 – Jul 16, 2026

Our Days, Like a Shadow (a Non-abiding Hauntology)

Julie Mehretu · Marian Goodman

Apr 14 – Jun 7, 2026

Ghost Stone

Stephen Lichty · Yve Yang

May 8 – Jul 4, 2026