On the house
EventExhibitions
Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L
Drawing as a way to question language, race and meaning. A free exhibition at the Drawing Center, with extended hours on its final Friday and Saturday.
New York / Across the blocks and boroughs
Thursday 24 September
The local editNew York
There’s another city around the corner
A show that stays with you. A slice on the way. A stretch of waterfront to clear your head. Your next New York day starts here.
Less searching. More going.
Your day, your way.
Choose a mood. We’ll connect the good places.
The after-dark edit
New York keeps the night open.
A rooftop in Bushwick. A dance floor in Queens. Follow the line-up across the river and leave the finish open.
Explore after dark
01New York / Ridgewood
Nowadays
A Ridgewood dance floor and outdoor yard where a New York weekend can stretch well beyond Saturday night.
Find your nightEditorial artwork
02New York / Bushwick
Elsewhere
Bushwick in several frequencies: live shows, electronic music and a seasonal rooftop at one multi-room address.
Find your nightEditorial artwork
03New York
Le Bain
A Meatpacking District finale above The Standard, where the skyline gives way to the night’s DJ programme.
Find your night
04New York / Civic Center
The Bar Room at The Beekman
Cocktails and a table beneath The Beekman’s soaring atrium, a downtown address where looking up is part of the evening.
Find your night
Choose a dated event on the venue’s official programme. Admission and opening times vary.
Follow your curiosity
A few ways to do New York.
015 stops, at your pace
Downtown art, a slice and the last record
SoHo drawings, a Village slice, the Whitney, the High Line and a Meatpacking night. A west-side day with several changes of scene.
Open the itinerary
023 stops, at your pace
New York: look up, slow down
A museum, a Midtown park and an East Village table. A day with one cultural anchor and enough space around it.
Open the itinerary
033 stops, at your pace
An afternoon on Manhattan’s west side
Start with art at the Whitney, take the High Line at your own pace, and keep a Village pizza stop in reserve.
Open the itineraryOn our radar
A little art, a good table, a reason to go.
Greenwich Village
Joe’s Pizza: Carmine Street
SoHo
Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L
Midtown
Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt
Out there, right now
New York is happening now.
EventExhibitions
Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt
Machine-generated images meet the sculpture garden. Pierre Huyghe’s installation asks what thought might look like from outside a human mind.
EventExhibitions
Andy Warhol Family Album
Polaroids of friends, collaborators and everyday life. A closer look at Warhol’s personal world on the Whitney’s seventh floor.
EventExhibitions
Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
Architecture and independence across seven West African countries, explored through drawings, models, photographs and films at MoMA.
Close the tabs. Open the weekend.
Your weekend. A few good blocks.
Build the day around an exhibition, walk a little further and leave time for something to eat. The city will fill in the rest.
Make a weekend of itOn the house
EventExhibitions
Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L
Drawing as a way to question language, race and meaning. A free exhibition at the Drawing Center, with extended hours on its final Friday and Saturday.
EventExhibitions
Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt
Machine-generated images meet the sculpture garden. Pierre Huyghe’s installation asks what thought might look like from outside a human mind.
The food edit
From a quick slice to a long dinner.
RestaurantPizza
Joe’s Pizza: Carmine Street
A pizza stop at the Carmine Street branch in Greenwich Village. Keep the meal simple and leave the rest of the afternoon open.
RestaurantDeli
Katz’s Delicatessen
Pastrami, corned beef and a Lower East Side meal with a sense of occasion. This is the Houston Street restaurant.
RestaurantUkrainian
Veselka: East Village
Ukrainian cooking at Second Avenue and East Ninth Street. A place to sit down over pierogi and turn a walk into a meal.
RestaurantFrench
Balthazar
A SoHo brasserie with a full day of service, from weekday breakfast to dinner. Useful when the meal is part of the outing.
Art & culture
Work worth stopping for.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Certainly an Act: Works on Paper by Pope.L
Drawing as a way to question language, race and meaning. A free exhibition at the Drawing Center, with extended hours on its final Friday and Saturday.
EventExhibitions
Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt
Machine-generated images meet the sculpture garden. Pierre Huyghe’s installation asks what thought might look like from outside a human mind.
EventExhibitions
Andy Warhol Family Album
Polaroids of friends, collaborators and everyday life. A closer look at Warhol’s personal world on the Whitney’s seventh floor.
EventExhibitions
Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
Architecture and independence across seven West African countries, explored through drawings, models, photographs and films at MoMA.
Big on discovery. Easy on the wallet.
A great New York day, on the house.
Waterfront parks, public art and rooms full of books. There’s plenty to discover before you reach for your wallet.
Discover it for yourselfA city of little worlds
Get to know the next few blocks.
Editor’s picks
Less checklist. More New York.
GuideCulture
New York, with room to breathe
Three free places to spend time, from a SoHo art room to the Brooklyn waterfront. Pick one and let the day grow from there.
GuideCulture
An afternoon on Manhattan’s west side
Start with art at the Whitney, take the High Line at your own pace, and keep a Village pizza stop in reserve.
GuideCulture
New York: look up, slow down
A museum, a Midtown park and an East Village table. A day with one cultural anchor and enough space around it.
GuideCulture
New York: books, design and outdoor art
Three cultural visits with different rhythms: a public library, a design museum and a sculpture park beside the East River.
A closer look
