Calendar
New York design events
Fairs, festivals, exhibitions, openings, talks, tours, workshops, and markets from New York's design community — updated continuously.
184 events
January 2026
Apr 20, 2024 – Oct 4, 2026
OUT of the Jewelry Box
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Oct 18, 2025 – Aug 8, 2027
Public Address by Alex Strada
Storefront for Art and Architecture · Manhattan
Dec 12, 2025 – Aug 16, 2026
Devon Turnbull: HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Dec 12, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026
Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
February 2026
Feb 4 – Sep 13
Noguchi's New York
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City
Feb 13 – Aug 16
Art of Noise
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Feb 24 – Dec 31
The Invention of Park Avenue
The Skyscraper Museum · Battery Park City
Feb 28 – Oct 4
2025 Burke Prize: Hai-Wen Lin
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Feb 28 – Oct 4
Alice Riehl's Porcelain Florilegium
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
March 2026
Mar 13 – Sep 6
Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen
Poster House · Chelsea
Mar 13 – Sep 6
Love & Fury: New York's Fight Against AIDS
Poster House · Chelsea
Mar 19 – Aug 16
Christelle Oyiri: Belief May Vary
Amant (932 Grand) · East Williamsburg
Mar 19 – Aug 16
Kim Gordon: Count Your Chickens
Amant (Géza, 306 Maujer) · East Williamsburg
April 2026
Apr 8 – Aug 14
Haas Brothers: Tree House
R & Company · Tribeca
Apr 11 – Aug 16
Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Apr 23 – Nov 1
From Monarchy to Modernity: Travel, Identity, & the Czechoslovak First Republic (1918–1938)
Poster House · Chelsea
Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime
Poster House · Chelsea
May 2026
May 6 – Sep 13
Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City
May 7 – Sep 2
AIANY Design Awards 2026
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
May 7 – Sep 2
CFA Lab: Repair – Democracy and Urban Spaces
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
May 7 – Sep 2
Gerrit Rietveld: Wealth of Sobriety
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
May 8 – Jul 24
Joris Laarman: Symbio
Friedman Benda · Chelsea
May 10, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027
Costume Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile
May 12 – Aug 31
Assembler I
The Future Perfect - St. Luke's Townhouse · West Village
May 12 – Aug 31
D'Haene Studio
The Future Perfect - St. Luke's Townhouse · West Village
May 12 – Oct 18 · 11 AM ET
reSOUND New York: reSENSE
HERO at Rockefeller Center · Midtown
d'strict
May 13 – Oct 18
Material Intent: Color and Form
Carpenters Workshop Gallery · Midtown
May 13 – Oct 18
Terence Woodgate X John Barnard: Lightness of Form
Carpenters Workshop Gallery · Midtown
May 15 – Oct 2
High-Touch
MillerKnoll New York Gallery · Flatiron District
May 16 – Dec 6
Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses
Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights
May 18 – Aug 1
2026 Thesis Exhibitions: BFA/MFA Thesis Projects, MPS Studio Projects
New York School of Interior Design · Upper East Side
May 20 – Dec 6
Roberto Lugo: Alfarero del Barrio (Village Potter)
Madison Square Park · NoMad
R & Company
May 20 – Jul 31
Vaughn Davis Jr.: Wade in the Water
Superhouse · Tribeca
May 29 – Aug 8
Masters of the Stitch: Threaded Stories
Claire Oliver Gallery · Harlem
May 30, 2026 – Apr 18, 2027
Jessica Lichtenstein: Rewilding
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
June 2026
Jun 4 – Jul 29
Phases
Salon 94 Design · Upper East Side
Jun 15 – Sep 15
Pratt Institute x The Village West: Windows on 14th Street
The Village West · Manhattan
Pratt Institute
Jun 23 – Aug 2
ECAL A Typographic Atlas
41 Cooper Gallery · East Village
The Cooper Union
Since Type@Cooper
41 Cooper Gallery · East Village
The Cooper Union
Jun 26 – Sep 5
Beyond Digital: Living Systems & Distributed Intelligence
Pratt Manhattan Gallery · Chelsea
Pratt Institute
Jun 26, 2026 – Oct 22, 2028
Design Across Time: Exploring the Smithsonian's Design Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Jun 26 – Aug 14
Egeværk: Forms of Belonging
HB381 Tribeca · Tribeca
Hostler Burrows
The Substitute
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
July 2026
Jul 5, 2026 – Jan 2, 2027
Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown
Jul 8 – Aug 29
In the Room | Summer 2026
Demisch Danant · Greenwich Village
Jul 18, 2026 – May 9, 2027
Cottage Industry: The Val-Kill Furniture Shop
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile
4 dates
Live Operator Hours: Featuring the OJAS Team & Friends in the Listening Room
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Thu, Jul 23 · 6 PM ET
Special Instructions, hosted by Ella Hussle
Head Hi · Fort Greene
Thu, Jul 23 · 6:30 PM ET
Real Review with Keller Easterling and Noah Gotlib
Van Alen Institute (Urban Room) · Gowanus
3 dates
Sculpting the (Un)Spoken: A Participatory Performance with Iris van Herpen
Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights
Jul 24–29 · 3 dates
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal · Midtown East
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Fri, Jul 24 · 4 PM ET
Battery Park City Tour: The Business Core — REPEAT
Battery Park City · Battery Park City
The Skyscraper Museum
Sat, Jul 25
Decorative Arts in China, 1000 to the Present
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile
Sat, Jul 25 · 10 AM ET
Modern Architecture on the Upper East Side
Upper East Side
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Jul 25 · 10:30 AM ET
Iggy Peck Architect
The Skyscraper Museum · Battery Park City
Sat, Jul 25 · 11 AM ET
Walking Tour: Historic Buildings and New Interventions in SoHo
Center for Architecture · SoHo
Sat, Jul 25 · 11:45 AM ET
An Architecture & Landscape Walking Tour
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art · Richmondtown
Sat, Jul 25 · 12 PM ET
New York Architecture + Design Book Club
Head Hi · Fort Greene
Sun, Jul 26 · 10 AM ET
Hudson River Stroll
The Municipal Art Society of New York
10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: Two Squares (Union to Madison)
Union Square (SW corner) · Union Square
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Tue, Jul 28 · 4:30 PM ET
HOW WE MAKE: BIOGLASS WITH FAN KONG
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
6 PM ET
Public Space on Park Avenue
The Skyscraper Museum · Battery Park City
Jul 29 – Aug 9
Welcome to Runway: An Immersive Experience
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Wed, Jul 29 · 1 PM ET
Family Program | Summer Design Series
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
4 PM ET
Virtual Verbal Description Tour | Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley
Museum of Arts and Design (online) · Manhattan
Wed, Jul 29 · 6:20 PM ET
Port Infrastructure Boat Tour
Circle Line, Pier 83 · Midtown
Open House New York
Thu, Jul 30 · 6 PM ET
East Side Enclaves
The Municipal Art Society of New York
3 PM ET
Curator's Tour of The Invention of Park Avenue
The Skyscraper Museum · Battery Park City
August 2026
Sat, Aug 1
Artist Talk: Nicolas Ménard and Jack Cunningham
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City
Sat, Aug 1
Family Workshop: Animation with Eastend Western
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City
Aug 1–2
Tour of the Amateur Comedy Club and Sniffen Court
Amateur Comedy Club · Murray Hill
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Sat, Aug 1 · 10 AM ET
Arthur Avenue: Little Italy of the Bronx
Belmont (Arthur Avenue)
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 1 · 10:30 AM ET
Family Workshop in Mandarin: Meet the Monsters!
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Sat, Aug 1 · 10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: The Architecture of East 42nd Street
Ford Foundation Building (42nd St entrance) · Turtle Bay
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Aug 1–29 · 9 dates
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal · Midtown East
The Municipal Art Society of New York
1 PM ET
Live Operator Hours: Featuring the OJAS Team & Friends in the Listening Room
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Aug 2–4
NY NOW (Summer Market)
Javits Center · Hudson Yards
NY NOW
Aug 2–4
Shoppe Object New York (Summer)
Starrett-Lehigh Building · Chelsea
Shoppe Object
Sun, Aug 2 · 10 AM ET
Margot Gayle's TriBeCa
Tribeca
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Tue, Aug 4 · 5:30 PM ET
Transforming Mental Health Crisis into Care: The EmPATH Approach
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Tue, Aug 4 · 6 PM ET
Female Design Council Private Tour at Southern Guild
Southern Guild · Tribeca
Female Design Council
Tue, Aug 4 · 6:30 PM ET
Discover Design Online: Art of Noise
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (online) · Manhattan
Wed, Aug 5 · 11:30 AM ET
Verbal Description Tour | Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Aug 6–16
Pastel
Salon 94 Design · Upper East Side
Aug 6–14 · 2 dates
Battery Park City Tour: The North Neighborhood
Battery Park City · Battery Park City
The Skyscraper Museum
Thu, Aug 6 · 6 PM ET
Brooklyn Heights New York's First Historic District
Brooklyn Heights
The Municipal Art Society of New York
6 PM ET
Sustainability by Any Other Name
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
6:30 PM ET
Black Architect Book Talk with Sekou Cooke & Mabel Wilson
Head Hi · Fort Greene
10 AM ET
Block Party 2026
Museum of Arts and Design (58th Street) · Columbus Circle
Sat, Aug 8 · 10 AM ET
West Harlem Environmental Justice Tour – Water, Waste, and Wastewater
West Harlem
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 8 · 10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: Mid-Century Modernism Along Manhattan's 53rd Street
Greenacre Park · Midtown East
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sun, Aug 9 · 2 PM ET
Downtown Brooklyn, Part 1
Downtown Brooklyn
The Municipal Art Society of New York
6 PM ET
Book Talk: Welcome to Paradox City
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Tue, Aug 11 · 6 PM ET
Plant Group Walk: Wagner Park
Wagner Park · Battery Park City
ASLA-NY Plant Group
5 PM ET
Group Hang: The Design Swap Meet
The Landing, Industry City · Sunset Park
AIGA NY
Wed, Aug 12 · 6:30 PM ET
Changing Lanes: Screening and Q&A
SVA Theatre · Chelsea
Open House New York
Thu, Aug 13 · 5 PM ET
Walking Tour: Noguchi's New York
28 Liberty Street (offsite walking tour) · Financial District
The Noguchi Museum
Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM ET
The Warp and Weft of Midtown's Garment District
Garment District
The Municipal Art Society of New York
5 PM ET
Walking Tour: Madison Avenue, High Fashion, and Historic Preservation
Madison Avenue BID offices · Madison Avenue
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM ET
East River Resilience: Nature, the Built Environment and Climate Change
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 15 · 10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: The Architecture of Park Avenue South
Philip Morris Building Atrium · Murray Hill
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sat, Aug 15 · 1:30 PM ET
HOW WE MAKE: ADAPTABLE wall storage WITH JENNIFER JUNE OF LOOSE PARTS
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
2 PM ET
Pop-Up Talks: Iris van Herpen
Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights
2:30 PM ET
Walking Tour: Downtown New York Architecture in 1776
Lower Manhattan
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sun, Aug 16 · 10 AM ET
Art Deco Washington Heights
Washington Heights
The Municipal Art Society of New York
6 PM ET
Powering New York: Design, Governance, and Repair
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Wed, Aug 19 · 6:20 PM ET
Energy Infrastructure Boat Tour
Circle Line, Pier 83 · Midtown West
Open House New York
6:30 PM ET
Open Studio: Ken Smith Workshop
Ken Smith Workshop · Chelsea
ASLA-NY
Fri, Aug 21 · 11 AM ET
New York City in Modern and Contemporary Art
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 22 · 10 AM ET
New! Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 22 · 10:30 AM ET
Storytelling and Art-Making: The Boredom Monster Book
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Sat, Aug 22 · 11 AM ET
Walking Tour: Historic Buildings and New Interventions in SoHo
Center for Architecture · SoHo
Sun, Aug 23 · 10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) in Midtown North
IBM Building Atrium · Midtown
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sun, Aug 23 · 1 PM ET
Walking Tour: Modern and Contemporary Architecture on Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
2 PM ET
Downtown Brooklyn, Part 2
Downtown Brooklyn
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 29 · 10 AM ET
Adaptive Reuse of South Street Seaport
South Street Seaport
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 29 · 10 AM ET
Walking Tour: The Rise of the Skyscraper in Downtown New York
Financial District
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sat, Aug 29 · 10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: The Architecture of Madison Square Park
Madison Square Park
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sun, Aug 30 · 10 AM ET
Ansonialand and the Development of Housing
Upper West Side
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sun, Aug 30 · 10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: Upper East Side Architecture Through Affluence and Ailments
Upper East Side
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
September 2026
Tue, Sep 1 · 11 AM ET
Design Across Time: Tell Your Story
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Sep 8, 2026 – Mar 5, 2028
A King's Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile
Sep 8–28
Building Books. Corraini Edizioni: Children, Art, Design, and Everything Else
SVA Flatiron Gallery · Flatiron
School of Visual Arts
Wed, Sep 9 · 6 PM ET
Recipe for a Room 2026: Places for Repair
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Thu, Sep 10
Appliance Summit
A&D Building · Midtown East
Thu, Sep 10 · 6 PM ET
dapperQ presents Legacy
Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights
Thu, Sep 10 · 6 PM ET
Raising the Rail: Architectural Responses to Suicide by Height
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Fri, Sep 11 · 6 PM ET
In Conversation with Ilaria Resta, CEO of Audemars Piguet
Parsons School of Design
Sep 12, 2026 – Mar 7, 2027
Nike: Form Follows Motion
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Sep 16, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
Doll Dressing
Museum at FIT · Chelsea
Sep 16 – Oct 13
Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York
80 Washington Place · Greenwich Village
Kips Bay Decorator Show House
Wed, Sep 16 · 6 PM ET
A Conversation with Jed Perl
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League of New York · Midtown
The Art Students League of New York
Wed, Sep 16 · 6 PM ET
The Creative Hall of Fame Gala & Celebration
Capitale · Nolita
The One Club for Creativity
Sep 17 – Oct 17
Wendell Castle: Living
Friedman Benda · Chelsea
Thu, Sep 17
What's New, What's Next
New York Design Center (200 Lex) · Murray Hill
Thu, Sep 17 · 6 PM ET
Book Talk: Place and Placemaking
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Thu, Sep 17 · 6 PM ET
How to Communicate Value and Resolve Conflicts: Interactive Workshop
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
6 PM ET
Shelter from the Storm: An Artist's Eye with Stan Allen and Polly Apfelbaum
National Academy of Design · Chelsea
Sep 18, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film
Bard Graduate Center Gallery · Upper West Side
Sat, Sep 19 · 9:45 AM ET
Archive
FIT Katie Murphy Amphitheatre · Chelsea
Standards Manual and AIGA NY
5:30 PM ET
The Designers' Gilded Bazaar & Auction
LUTRON at the D&D Building · Midtown East
ASID New York Metro
Sep 24–27
The Armory Show 2026
Javits Center · Hudson Yards
The Armory Show
7 PM ET
Art History Happy Hour: Sculpting the Senses
Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights
Sep 25, 2026 – Apr 2, 2027
Art + Furniture: Designers, Makers, and Advocates
New York School of Interior Design · Upper East Side
Sep 25, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027
Cuteness, Conservatism, & Consumption: Lefor-Openo and Postwar France
Poster House · Chelsea
Sep 25, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027
Designed to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works
Poster House · Chelsea
Sep 27, 2026 – Jun 13, 2027
Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown
October 2026
Oct 1–31
Archtober
Center for Architecture
TBA · Dates to be announced
D&D Fall Market 2026
D&D Building · Midtown East
Dark Matter U: Justice, Pedagogy, Design
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Oct 1, 2026 – Mar 27, 2027
Humanist Modernity
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Oct 1, 2026 – Mar 27, 2027
Why Design?
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
6 PM ET
Fall Exhibitions Opening Night
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
Oct 2–3
WAATBP: Career Essentials
The One Club for Creativity · Chelsea
9 AM ET
Radical Optimism: Exploring the Next Generation of Urban Infrastructure
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
AIA New York, ASLA-NY, and APA New York Metro
Oct 16–18
Open House New York Weekend
Open House New York
Sat, Oct 17 · 12 PM ET
Van Alen Fall Fest 2026
Van Alen Institute (Urban Room) · Gowanus
Tue, Oct 20 · 5:30 PM ET
Public Art Party
Van Alen Institute (Urban Room) · Gowanus
Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile
Oct 22–23 · 6 PM ET
Common Bond 2026
Chelsea Piers, Pier Sixty · Chelsea
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Save the Date: Beaux Arts Ball 2026
The Architectural League of New York
Thu, Oct 29 · 7 PM ET
Color Invasion® 2026
Chelsea Industrial · Chelsea
IIDA New York
November 2026
Nov 4–8
Salon Art + Design
Park Avenue Armory · Upper East Side
Sanford L. Smith + Associates
Fri, Nov 6
Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off 2026
Museum of the City of New York · East Harlem
Nov 8–9
BDNY
Javits Center · Hudson Yards
BDNY
Nov 12, 2026 – Apr 11, 2027
Just Say Nyet: The Soviet Battle Against Booze
Poster House · Chelsea
Nov 12, 2026 – Apr 11, 2027
Sculpting Sound: Günther Kieser's Music Posters
Poster House · Chelsea