New York in the fall is creative velocity—shows open, ideas sharpen, and the sidewalks hum. I treat the season like a clean page for seeing: new shows, renewed attention, and a city that rewards looking closely. This week’s itinerary is painter-forward—five galleries, one afternoon, great conversations with art—but the art stays long after you leave. Join me as I visit 5-must-see galleries in New York this fall.
Charles Moffett (Tribeca)
Painter-forward, intimate, and impeccably edited. I go here when I want color, clarity, and shows that feel personal but consequential. On view now: Lily Stockman, Book of Hours (Sep 5–Oct 11, 2025)—luminous new paintings rooted in slow looking and medieval “books of hours.”
BROADWAY (Tribeca)
A downtown live wire—risk-taking, funny, smart. The program moves nimbly across painting, sculpture, film, and video, and you feel the community in the room. On view: Mindy Shapero, Black Dots (Sep 5–Oct 18, 2025)—spacious, time-bending portals with a musician’s sense of rhythm.
This Itinerary is an afternoon of strong painting, tight storytelling, and spaces that remind you why gallery-hopping is still the best art class in New York. Or any city.
Acadia at Night, 2025, Oil on linen, 62 x 50 inches
