NYC This Week — This Week (May 1–May 8, 2026)

Free Openings NYC This Week (May 1–May 8, 2026)

A curated edit of free Openings this week. Pop-ups, sample sales, openings, food events, and cultural moments — updated daily by The City Edit NYC.

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Whitney Museum of American Art · Meatpacking District · Mon, Apr 27 · Free

Claes Oldenburg: Drawn from Life at the Whitney spans seven decades of the pop art pioneer's work, with a focus on his drawing practice as t…

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Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights · Sat, May 2 · Free

First Saturdays: May 2026 — Brooklyn Museum runs on May 2 at Brooklyn Museum. Go earlier if you want the opening-week energy rather than a l…

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David Zwirner Gallery · Chelsea · Thu, May 7 · Free

Gerhard Richter: Landschaften gathers the German painter's celebrated landscape works at David Zwirner Chelsea — abstract and photo-based pi…

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David Zwirner Gallery · Chelsea · Thu, May 7 · Free

Jasper Johns: Copy/Trace at David Zwirner Chelsea examines the artist's lifelong practice of repetition, appropriation, and tracing — explor…

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Upper East Side · Fri, May 8 · Free

A Year with Children 2026 — Guggenheim runs from May 8 through June 7 at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Go earlier if you want the opening-we…