October 2027
October at a glance: 1 exhibition opening, 2 closing, and 8 more on view across the city.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Survey of Colombian fiber artist Olga de Amaral (b. 1932): six decades of woven work, plus the textiles, furnishings and fashion of her studio Telas Amaral, shown together for the first time.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
First New York museum survey in 30 years: over 40 works placed across the Met in 14 departments, from a British dining room to the American Wing's Engelhard Court.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th-century bark cloth tapa from Fiji, Samoa and Futuna, plus a Niuean hiapo on loan from Te Papa, shown as ceremonial gifts and diplomacy. Gallery 359.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Costume Institute's spring 2027 exhibition examines the career of John Galliano, one of the most inventive and influential designers of the past four decades.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Results from a collaborative exchange among curators, conservators, and digital specialists studying The Met's Della Robbia sculptures.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Historic American flags tied to 9/11, including the Ground Zero Flag, paired with personal stories in Foundation Hall to mark the nation's 250th anniversary.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Examines how comic book and graphic novel artists responded to 9/11, from pre-2001 fictional depictions of the World Trade Center through decades of memoirs, charitable efforts, and educational works.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The first US exhibition on the Savonnerie centers The Met's three monumental Baroque carpets woven for Louis XIV's Grande Galerie at the Louvre, tracing their making and dispersal.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Opened for the 25th anniversary, this exhibition explores how individuals and communities transformed grief into service inspired by 9/11, among a generation with no lived memory of the attacks.

Brooklyn Museum
A six-year installation of the Rubin Museum's beloved Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room within the Arts of Asia galleries: over 100 thangkas, sculptures, and ritual objects arranged as an elaborate household shrine, with chanted prayers, butter lamps, and incense.
A short note now and then when something new opens worth your time.