This spring, do Brookfield Place New York your cultural destination. From a musical celebration of Earth Day with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra and a new series of piano bars at Hudson Eats, to new artwork by Sophie Smallhorn and Sui Park, you won’t want to miss these free experiences in the Lower Manhattan.

A musical celebration of Earth Day
Saturday, April 22, 7 p.m. (ET) at the Winter Garden
Enjoy a free concert by the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra to celebrate Earth Day.

Hudson eats piano bar
Thursdays, April 27 to May 25, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (ET) at Hudson Eats
Get together for an after-work drink and sing along to your favorite tunes for that quintessential NY experience.

Sprinkle And Palace by Sui Park
On view at the Winter Garden Gallery and 200 Liberty Street
Discover two new art installations that experiment with bright colors and organic shapes.

Joints 1, 2 & 3 by Sophie Smallhorn
On view until September 22 at 200 Liberty Street
Admire the acclaimed British artist’s sculptures that explore color, volume and proportion. Originally commissioned by Brookfield Properties London in 2021.

For the full schedule of events or to learn more about shopping and dining offerings at Brookfield Place, visit bfplny.com.

Curator Jasmine Wahi notes that the exhibition “instills a spark of excitement for the future of contemporary art”. To see from April 23 to May 21.


The tales in the Thames Codex are merged, crushed, entangled fragments of the many human stories told to the artist Bob and Roberta Smith.


Dereck Stafford Mangus reflects on keep the artan exhibit curated by security guards at the Baltimore Museum of Art.


Year-round online programming for young people continues this summer with RISD’s online pre-college certificate and new courses for teens.


The Michèle Vasarely Foundation is embroiled in a legal battle over the ownership of the late Op Art pioneer Victor Vasarely.


Boris Eldagsen submitted an AI-generated image to the Sony World Photography Awards just for being “a cheeky monkey”, but he didn’t think he would actually win.


Presented until October 1 at the Jewish Museum in New York, this exhibition presents works by 47 contemporary artists between 1963 and 2023.


The site served as a cemetery for the important city of Memphis and highlights the burial practices of the ancient Egyptian elite.


You could go to an art fair anticipating the show, but what I found at Expo Chicago was much more encouraging and deeply Midwestern.