Calendar
New York design events
Fairs, festivals, exhibitions, openings, talks, tours, workshops, and markets from New York's design community — updated continuously.
37 events
Sun, Sep 13

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 – Sep 27, 2026
Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill

Feb 4 – Sep 13
Noguchi's New York
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City

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

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 6 – Sep 13
Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City

May 10, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027
Costume Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile

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 20 – Dec 6
Roberto Lugo: Alfarero del Barrio (Village Potter)
Madison Square Park · NoMad
R & Company

May 30, 2026 – Apr 18, 2027
Jessica Lichtenstein: Rewilding
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle

Jun 15 – Sep 15
Pratt Institute x The Village West: Windows on 14th Street
The Village West · Manhattan
Pratt Institute

Jun 26, 2026 – Oct 22, 2028
Design Across Time: Exploring the Smithsonian's Design Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
The Substitute
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill

Jul 5, 2026 – Jan 2, 2027
Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown

Jul 18, 2026 – May 9, 2027
Cottage Industry: The Val-Kill Furniture Shop
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile

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

Sep 12, 2026 – Mar 7, 2027
Nike: Form Follows Motion
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Wed, Sep 16

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
Thu, Sep 17

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

