GALLERIES/FREE ART

Explore interesting free indoor art at shows in chic galleries and shops in cool neighborhoods (just don't touch). The art on display is always changing; here are some current family-friendly favorites.

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CHELSEA/MEATPACKING

Delcy Morelos: El abrazo

Explore two immersive, multisensory installations where surface and volume converge and collapse through monochromatic expanse and material accumulation. Drawing on the cosmologies of ancestral cultures, Andean and Amazonian as well as her own, Delcy Morelos explores the sustaining power of mud in its many forms—as a source of life and sustenance.

Statement Sleeves

See puffed, ruffled, split and sheer statement sleeves in a fashion exhibit of garments dating from the 18th century to the present organized by sleeve type. Following an introduction to basic sleeve shapes–from gigot to raglan–encounter the myriad ways in which designers have reinterpreted and remixed sleeves through variations in material, shape, embellishment, and even functionality. More than sixty styles emphasize how sleeves hold the power to define a look–in both the past and present.

DOWNTOWN