Williamsburg Gallery Guide: Brooklyn Shows on View (May 2026)
Williamsburg's gallery scene has shifted over the past decade — many spaces have closed or moved to Bushwick — but the neighborhood retains active programming worth a Brooklyn afternoon. Williamsburg's 4 currently on view shows are clustered near the L train's Bedford Avenue stop. Below: the shows live right now in Williamsburg, plus a few East Williamsburg additions accessible by the same L train ride.
1. Who Wants Candy? by Bobby Morebed at Snow Gallery
- Show
- Who Wants Candy?
- Artist
- Bobby Morebed
- Gallery
- Snow Gallery
- Address
- 430 Graham Ave, Williamsburg
- On view
- Apr 24, 2026 – May 30, 2026
Who Wants Candy? is at Snow Gallery, 430 Graham Ave, Williamsburg, on view Apr 24 – May 30, 2026. Snow Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by Bobby Morebed, his first solo gallery show. Morebed works in a lineage of American transgression running from John Waters to Mike Kelley: bad taste as method, abjection as structure. But where Waters narrates, Morebed reduces. His images strip down to emblem—figures held in a tense, confrontational stillness.
Plan thirty minutes minimum at Snow Gallery — the works reward time. The gallery is closed Mondays.
2. Count Your Chickens by Kim Gordon at Amant
- Artist
- Kim Gordon
- Gallery
- Amant
- Address
- 306 Maujer St, Géza, East Williamsburg
- On view
- Mar 19, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026
Count Your Chickens is at Amant, 306 Maujer St, Géza, East Williamsburg, on view Mar 19 – Aug 17, 2026. Count Your Chickens surveys Kim Gordon's work from 2007 to the present, bringing together a new film commissioned by Amant alongside drawings, ceramics, paintings, and selected readymades. Across these mediums, the exhibition considers how intimacy and private experience are formatted for public address, and the different ways they aesthetically operate as sites of desire,…
Through August 17, 2026. Amant keeps standard NYC gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday.
3. Count Your Chickens by Kim Gordon at Amant
- Artist
- Kim Gordon
- Gallery
- Amant
- Address
- 315 Maujer St, East Williamsburg
- On view
- Mar 19, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026
Count Your Chickens is at Amant, 315 Maujer St, East Williamsburg, on view Mar 19 – Aug 17, 2026. Count Your Chickens surveys Kim Gordon's work from 2007 to the present, bringing together a new film commissioned by Amant alongside drawings, ceramics, paintings, and selected readymades. Across these mediums, the exhibition considers how intimacy and private experience are formatted for public address, and the different ways they aesthetically operate as sites of desire,…
Worth combining with the nearby galleries on the same block. Amant is closed Mondays.
4. Puddles into Pond by CFGNY at Amant
- Artist
- CFGNY
- Gallery
- Amant
- Address
- 315 Maujer St, East Williamsburg
- On view
- Mar 19, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026
Puddles into Pond is at Amant, 315 Maujer St, East Williamsburg, on view Mar 19 – Aug 17, 2026. CFGNY is a collaboration between artists Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, and Tin Nguyen. Established in 2016, the collective has developed a research-driven practice across fashion, painting, ceramics, photography, and installation that examines Asian diasporic histories through what the artists describe as "vaguely Asian" aesthetics, mobilizing strategies of stylization and replication…
On view through August 17, 2026. Allow at least twenty minutes; the gallery is generally quietest on weekday afternoons.
How to plan a walk
Williamsburg's remaining gallery scene is compact and walkable from the L's Bedford Avenue stop. East Williamsburg (Morgan Avenue stop on the L) extends the visit with Amant's complex on Maujer Street. Combine the trip with food in Williamsburg's restaurant cluster around Bedford and Berry, then walk the East River Park for the city skyline view.
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Frequently asked
Are there still galleries in Williamsburg?
Yes, though the scene is smaller than it was a decade ago. 4 Williamsburg and East Williamsburg shows are on view this May, including the Amant complex on Maujer Street.
How do I get to Williamsburg from Manhattan?
Take the L from Union Square to Bedford Avenue (Williamsburg) or to Morgan Avenue (East Williamsburg). The J/M/Z to Marcy Avenue is an alternative. The trip is about 15-20 minutes from Union Square.
What's the difference between Williamsburg and East Williamsburg?
Williamsburg sits west of the BQE, around Bedford Avenue. East Williamsburg is east of the BQE, bleeding into Bushwick. The gallery density is higher in East Williamsburg, but Amant — the most ambitious nonprofit in the area — anchors East Williamsburg's program.
Are Williamsburg galleries kid-friendly?
Most galleries welcome visitors of all ages. Amant's outdoor sculpture garden and large-scale installations tend to work well for families.
