The best arts & culture in NYC: Critics' picks
Find the best theater, art, dance, classical, books and museum events in New York City this week.
Miguel Abreu Gallery
- Critics choice
- Free
A filmmaker as well as founding member of the legendary Threadwaxing alternative space in Soho (now closed), Miguel Abreu began his venture into dealing in 2006. Hosting a highly intellectual series of performances, art theory seminars and film screenings, as well as exhibitions, the gallery
- 36 Orchard St, between Canal and Hester Sts, 10002
Acquavella Galleries
- Critics choice
- Free
This well-established uptown gallery is the ultimate in blue-chip venues, offering museum-quality shows of Impressionist and Modernist masters. It also represents the work of contemporary British figurative giant Lucian Freud.
- 18 E 79th St, between Fifth and Madison Aves, 10075
"Activist New York"
- Critics choice
Long before Occupy Wall Street, New Yorkers were hitting picket lines to ask for civil rights, sexual equality and other freedoms. See artifacts and photographs that tell the stories of Gothamites protesting as far back as the 17th century. The show also inaugurates the museum's new Puffin
- Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave, between 103rd and 104th Sts
- Fri Mar 14 - Wed Dec 31
"African Innovations"
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
This long-term installation draws on the museum's impressive collection of African art, which spans 2,500 years and the entire continent. Approximately 200 works, arranged chronologically, will show the progression of ancient art to contemporary works in themes such as protection and beauty.
- Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Pkwy, at Washington Ave
- Fri Mar 14 - Wed Dec 31
After Midnight
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
After Midnight. Brooks Atkinson Theatre (see Broadway). Conceived by Jack Viertel. Music and lyrics by various artists. Directed by Warren Carlyle. With ensemble cast. Running time: 1hr 30mins. No intermission. After Midnight: in brief Previously known as City Center's Harlem homage Cotton Club
- 256 W 47th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
- $60–$142
- Fri Mar 14 - Wed Dec 31
AIA Center for Architecture
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
- Free
After five years of planning, the Center for Architecture opened to acclaim in the fall of 2003. Founded in 1867, the organization languished for years on the sixth floor of a Lexington Avenue edifice, far out of sight (and mind) for all but the most devoted architecture aficionados. After a design
- 536 La Guardia Pl, between Bleecker and W 3rd Sts
Alice Austen House
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
Clear Comfort, 19th-century photographer Alice Austen's family home, is also one of New York's oldest buildings, dating back to 1690. It now houses a large collection of her work, as well as frequent exhibitions of contemporary shutterbugs.
- 2 Hylan Blvd, at Edgewater St
All the Way
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
All the Way. Neil Simon Theatre (see Broadway). By Robert Schenkkan. Directed by Bill Rauch. With Bryan Cranston. Running time: 2hrs 50mins. One intermission. All the Way: In brief Former TV meth overlord Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) gets back to his stage roots in this Washington drama set in the
- 250 W 52nd St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
- $57–$142
- Fri Mar 14 - Sun Jun 29
“Alta Moda by Mario Testino”
- Critics choice
The fashion photographer documents the colorfully traditional garb of native Peruvians.
- Queen Sofía Spanish Institute 684 Park Ave, between 68th and 69th Sts
- Sat Mar 15 - Sat Mar 29
“Pawel Althamer: The Neighbors”
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
This Polish artist is known for performance pieces (such as his contribution to the New Mu's 2009 "Skin Fruit" exhibition, consisting of a live Jesus on the cross) and figurative sculptures—which have run the gamut from a large inflatable naked man, resembling a Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloon
- New Museum of Contemporary Art 235 Bowery, at Prince St
- Fri Mar 14 - Sun Apr 13
