What to See in NYC This Weekend: November 13–15, 2026

Two new shows at Poster House, free on Friday and Sunday, Yoshitomo Nara in Chelsea, live jazz on Broadway and a first look at the Rockefeller Center tree: here are the best art and culture picks in New York this weekend, plus two dates to book for next week.

Mid-November is one of the best moments of the year for art in New York. The fall shows are all open, the holiday crowds have not arrived yet, and several of the season’s biggest exhibitions are still weeks away from closing.

Quick answer: this weekend, see the two new shows at Poster House (free on Friday and on Sunday, November 15), Yoshitomo Nara at David Zwirner (always free), Krasner and Pollock at the Met and Brancusi at MoMA. For music, The Jazz Gallery has tap dancer and percussionist Max Pollak on Friday and the Capatosta Trio on Saturday.

1. Poster House: Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Gorbachev’s War on Vodka

Chelsea · Free on Friday and Sunday. Poster House opened two new exhibitions on November 12. Sculpting Sound gathers the sculptural concert posters of Günther Kieser, from Jimi Hendrix to David Bowie. Just Say Nyet shows the startling late-Soviet posters that tried to stop a nation from drinking. Admission is free every Friday until 9 p.m., and this Sunday, November 15, is also a free day. Read our full story.

2. Yoshitomo Nara at David Zwirner

Chelsea · Free · Until December 12. Nara’s first exhibition with David Zwirner fills two galleries, at 533 West 19th Street and 537 West 20th Street. Like all Chelsea galleries, entry is free. It closes in less than a month, so this is a good weekend to go. It is a short walk from Poster House.

3. Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at the Met

Upper East Side · Until January 31, 2027. Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, side by side: two painters, a marriage and a conversation that shaped American abstraction. One of the most talked-about shows of the fall. Read our review.

4. Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio at MoMA

Midtown · Until February 27, 2027. MoMA gives its whole sixth floor to Constantin Brancusi, with rarely lent sculptures from the Centre Pompidou and the films, photographs and tools of his Paris studio. Read our review.

5. Live Jazz at The Jazz Gallery

NoMad · Friday and Saturday, 7 and 9 p.m. On Friday, tap dancer, singer and percussionist Max Pollak leads his group with Nicki Denner, Jennifer Vincent, Samuel Torres and Camila Aldet. On Saturday, the Capatosta Trio brings together saxophonist Tim Berne, guitarist Gregg Belisle-Chi and drummer Tom Rainey. The club is at 1158 Broadway, fifth floor, with the entrance on 27th Street. Tickets at jazzgallery.org.

6. A First Look at the Rockefeller Center Tree

Midtown · Free. This year’s tree, a 76-foot Norway spruce from West Edmeston, New York, arrived at Rockefeller Plaza on November 7. It will be lit on December 2, but you can already see it now, before the holiday crowds. Read the story of the tree.

Also on View

• Roy Lichtenstein: Like New, Whitney Museum, until May 10, 2027. Read our review.
• Art of Manga, Brooklyn Museum, until January 31, 2027: 600 original manga drawings. Read our review.
• Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You, Guggenheim, until March 14, 2027. Read our review.

For the full list of the season’s shows and their closing dates, see our guide to the best art exhibitions in NYC this winter.

Coming Next Week: Book Now

• Masaaki Sato: New York Since 1970 opens at NowHere in Tribeca on Thursday, November 19: fifty years of New York subways and newsstands by the Japanese painter. Read our preview.
• The New Frame 2026: Prototopia, Odyssey Works’ one-day festival of interactive experiences, takes place in Greenpoint on Sunday, November 22. Its headline show, the phone performance 1337, is sold out, but festival tickets are still available. Read our story.

Read also: The Wealth of Free Art in NYC · Famous Art Museums in New York · Broadway Theaters in NYC: The Complete 2026 Guide