MADISON AVENUE SPRING GALLERY WALK

May 17 10:00 am - May 17 5:00 pm

Join ARTnews and Madison Avenue’s galleries for our annual Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk on Saturday, May17th. This free event invites the public to visit participating galleries, view their exhibitions and attend expert talks led by artists and curators on Madison Avenue & side streets from East 57th to East 86th Streets.

Pre-registration is required for all Gallery & Artist Talks. Click here to book your Gallery or Artist Talk Reservation.

Questions during the day of the event? Visit our Information Tent on the west side of Madison Avenue between East 66 and East 67 Streets.

Participating Businesses

ACQUAVELLA

18 East 79 Street (Madison-Fifth)

“Miquel Barceló” presents over two dozen new paintings and a selection of recent ceramic works by the Spanish artist. Featuring the artist’s signature use of layered materiality, vivid color, and richly textured surfaces.

Gallery Talk: 3pm
Director Esperanza Sobrino will provide an overview of Miquel Barceló and the exhibition on view at Acquavella.

Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm


ADELSON GALLERIES

595 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor (57-58)

We are pleased to exhibit a collection of 19th and 20th century American Impressionist and Realist paintings by artists including Mary Cassatt, Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, and Andrew Wyeth.

Gallery Hours: 12pm-5pm


BONNER DAVID GALLERIES

22 East 81 Street, #1 (Madison-Fifth)

Bonner David Galleries a premier destination for contemporary and traditional art, is thrilled to celebrate its fifth year in NYC. To mark this significant milestone, the gallery has curated a special anniversary exhibition featuring a selection of new works from the gallery’s represented artists. The exhibit will reflect the gallery’s commitment to bringing diverse artistic visions to the forefront, as well as celebrating the creative energy that has defined the gallery’s first five years in New York.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


BOOKSTEIN PROJECTS

39 East 78 Street, Suite 402 (Madison-Park)

Hiroyuki Hamada: New Sculpture

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


CEYSSON & BÉNÉTIÈRE

956 Madison Avenue, Suite 2F (75-76)

Solo exhibition with new works by Vietnamese artist Bao Vuong.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


CHRISTOFLE

41 East 57 Street (Madison-Park)

Christofle is featuring the limited edition Perspectives collection by Mathias Kiss, from exceptional silverware pieces to smaller objects. Although deeply inspired by the great tradition of French classicism and exceptional craftsmanship, Mathias Kiss feels a strong need to break free from tradition. He seeks to disrupt established codes, infusing his work with a modern energy that pushes boundaries and brings a fresh perspective to his practice.

Gallery Talk: 1pm
Discussing the works of Mathias Kiss.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


DAVID NOLAN GALLERY

24 East 81 Street, 4th floor (Madison-Fifth)

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Fragments
Celebrating the Artist’s Centennial

Exhibition design by David Hartt

Celebrated artist, poet, and philosopher, Ian Hamilton Finlay revitalized the classical tradition in a body of work that encompasses various creative forms celebrating the power of words.


DAVID ZWIRNER

34 East 69 Street (Madison-Park)

David Zwirner presents the first U.S. solo exhibition of Japanese artist Yu Nishimura, featuring dreamlike paintings that blend oil and tempera with influences from anime, photography, and Japanese landscapes—evoking time, memory, and contemporary urban life.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


DFN PROJECTS

16 East 79 Street, Suite G2, Garden Level (Madison-Fifth)

Alan Bray: Inhabited Landscape.  Curated by Elizabeth Garvey, this exhibition explores the woodsy, quiet interior of Maine through Bray’s intimate landscape paintings in casein tempera.

Gallery Hours: 12pm-4pm


DI DONNA

744 Madison Avenue (64-65)

Di Donna Galleries is pleased to present “The Surrealist Collage: Where Dreams and Reality Meet”. Organized in collaboration with Timothy Baum— a renowned poet, essayist, collector, and expert in Dada and Surrealism— the exhibition will showcase a significant collection of collages by leading Surrealist artists.

Gallery Talk: 2pm
Gallery tour of “The Surrealist Collage: Where Dreams and Reality Meet” led by exhibition collaborator Timothy Baum – a renowned poet, essayist, collector, and expert in Dada and Surrealism.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


EDWARD TYLER NAHEM

980 Madison Avenue, Suite 305 (76-77)

Edward Tyler Nahem is renowned for its exceptional presentations of Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary art. The gallery is currently exhibiting artworks by Alexander Calder, Alex Katz, Yayoi Kusama, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Tom Wesselmann, and more.

Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm


ELKON GALLERY

18 East 81 Street (Madison-Fifth)

Abstraction: Paintings from the 1970’s to the Present 
Works by Brent Wadden, John McCracken, Nir Hod, Louise Nevelson, Françoise Gilot, Antoni Tàpies, Matteo Montani, Lluís Lleó, and Vicky Colombet

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


FLEISS-VALOIS

1018 Madison Avenue, 5th & PH Floors (78-79)

Galerie 1900-2000 (PH floor): Eduardo’s birthday party on Ave. Gabriel with works by Arshile Gorky, Roberto Matta, and Wifredo Lam, curated by Oscar Murillo.

Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois (5th floor): Windchimes and Prayers with works by Julia Wachtel, Wendy White & Jason Yates.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


GERALD PETERS GALLERY

24 East 78 Street (Madison-Fifth)

East/West focuses on the varied topography and people in this country – the subjects for American artists since the 18th century. By concentrating on works created after 1900, a clear distinction emerges between the artwork inspired by the West or Southwest versus the more traditional paintings and sculpture created by East Coast artists.

Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm


GRAHAM SHAY 1857

17 East 67 Street, Suite 1A (Madison-Fifth)

A selection of fine American paintings and American and European sculpture, spanning a time-period from the 1840’s through the 20th Century.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


GRAY NEW YORK

1018 Madison Avenue, Floor 2 (78-79)

“Real Monsters in Bold Colors: Bob Thompson and Candida Alvarez” explores the interplay between two artists who have reshaped the discourse of figurative and abstract traditions.

Gallery Talk: 12pm
Join us for a tour of “Real Monsters in Bold Colors: Bob Thompson and Candida Alvarez” with GRAY Senior Director Raven Falquez Munsell.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


HENRIQUE FARIA

35 East 67 Street, Suite 4F (Madison-Park)

Henrique Faria is pleased to present QUÉESCULTURA?, an exhibition that reconsiders the boundaries of sculpture through the lens of Latin American artistic innovation from the mid-twentieth century to today. Taking its name from a play on words in the work by Diana López—¿Qué escultura? (What sculpture?) and ¿Qué es cultura? (What is culture?)—the exhibition investigates the dynamic intersection between object, environment, artist, and spectator.  QUÉSCULTURA? highlights Latin American perspectives that have long contributed to reshaping how we experience and define “art”.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


H|G FINE ART

764 Madison Avenue (65-66)

Silver City: New Works by Geoffrey Johnson
We are delighted to present new paintings of Manhattan by Geoffrey Johnson. Using a minimal palette, consisting of neutral shades of gray, Johnson’s works are elegant, introspective and sophisticated. Iconic scenes of the city range from Fifth Ave to downtown’s McSorleys Old Ale House. Also on view will be large scale paintings of the city and the Hamptons by longtime New York artist Susan Grossman.

Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm


HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERIES

41 East 57 Street, 9th Floor (Madison-Park)

Hirschl & Adler Modern is delighted to announce an exhibition of early works by American Abstract Expressionist painter Franz Kline (1910–1962). The installation will feature more than 20 paintings and works on paper from 1940 to 1950, before Kline débuted his large-scale black-and-white canvases in his first solo exhibition at the Charles Egan Gallery, New York, in 1950.

Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm


HOWARD GREENBERG GALLERY

41 East 57 Street, Suite 801 (Madison-Park)

Reflections marks the first solo exhibition of Texas born photographer Rahim Fortune. Over the past decade, Rahim has used photography to explore collective history and cultural visual language in the American South by intertwining documentary and personal narratives.

Gallery Talks: 1pm, 2pm and 3pm
A discussion about the works of Rahim Fortune

Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm


KAPOOR GALLERIES

34 East 67 Street, 3rd Floor (Madison-Park)

Kapoor Galleries proudly presents Heightened with Gold, our spring exhibition and accompanying 2025 catalog which commemorates the gallery’s 50th anniversary and role in advancing global appreciation of the ancient and classical fine arts of India and the Himalayas. Heightened with Gold honors the multi-generational leadership of Kapoor Galleries dedication in procuring and showcasing a distinguished collection of artworks which have captivated collectors, scholars, and the public for over half a century—bringing ancient craftsmanship and spiritual narratives into contemporary discourse.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


KATE OH GALLERY

31 East 72 Street (Madison-Park)

Nevil Dwek is a New York-based artist whose work explores the intersection of memory, sensory experience, and narrative transition, shaped by his background in filmmaking. His pieces capture the essence of place and time through personal memories, using windows as metaphors for the mind’s landscapes, inviting viewers to reflect on their own past. Dwek works across photography, painting, and writing, creating artworks that blend the surreal and the real by printing them onto aluminum and other materials. He founded DMR Productions, a motion picture and photography company.

Gallery Talks: 12pm and 1pm
Join us for a curator’s tour of our exhibition.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


KRISTEN LORELLO

23 East 73 Street, 5th floor (Madison-Fifth)

Kristen Lorello is delighted to present the gallery’s second solo exhibition of artist Jeremy Stenger. The exhibition includes paintings and works on paper that feature layered botanical forms.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


LA MAISON VALMONT

35 East 76 Street (Madison-Park)

WHEN ART MEETS BEAUTY… Enter into a world of beauty from skincare, fragrances, to unique art pieces from the private collection of the Fondation Valmont. In this jewel box on the Upper East Side, discover American artists from Sol Lewitt, Woodrow Nash and more. Custom murano pieces from Aristide Najean and collaboration on fine fragrance bottles by Leonardo Cimolin and Didier Guillon.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


LEILA HELLER

22 East 80 Street, Ground Level, The Fine Arts Building (Madison-Fifth)

Sculpture Show.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


LÉVY GORVY DAYAN

19 East 64 Street (Madison-Fifth)

The Human Situation: Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


LINCOLN GLENN

17 East 67 Street, Suite 1A (Madison-Fifth)

Lincoln Glenn gallery will be exhibiting a collection of 19th to 20th century American Art with highlights from each period in between.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


LUXEMBOURG + CO.

595 Madison Avenue (57-58)

Luxembourg + Co., New York, will open René Magritte: The Phantom Landscape, an exhibition that explores Magritte’s unconventional engagement with the genre of landscape painting in his work. The show will bring together a group of important paintings by the Belgian master, including loans from major institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, among others. In addition, the display will include a site-specific response to Magritte’s work by contemporary artist Laure Prouvost.

Gallery Talk: 2pm
Join us for a tour of our exhibition.

Gallery Hours: 12pm-4pm


MEMOR MUSEUM

1130 Madison Avenue (84-85)

Ingenuity of Craftsmanship showcases exquisite works that celebrate traditional techniques and contemporary artistry, highlighting the precision, innovation, and cultural heritage embedded in each handcrafted piece.

Gallery Talks: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
Join us for a Gallery Talk exploring the stories behind each work in Ingenuity of Craftsmanship, revealing how age-old techniques meet modern creativity to shape a dialogue between heritage, material, and artistic vision.

Museum Hours: 12pm-5pm


MICHAEL WERNER GALLERY

4 East 77 Street (Madison-Fifth) & 1018 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor (78-79)

An exhibition of new works by Sanya Kantarovsky.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


MNUCHIN GALLERY

45 East 78 Street (Madison-Park)

Mnuchin Gallery presents “Franz Kline.” Featuring loans from major institutions and prominent private collections, the exhibition highlights Kline’s conceptual depth and formal power, reaffirming his pivotal role in Abstract Expressionism and contemporary art.

Gallery Hours: 10am-5:30pm


NICHOLAS BRAWER GALLERY

1046 Madison Avenue (79-80)

The Most Powerful Historic Naval Binoculars in the World.

Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm


ONISHI GALLERY

16 East 79 Street (Madison-Fifth)

KOGEI + ART
Onishi Gallery is pleased to showcase contemporary works that celebrate Japanese traditional craftsmanship and innovation. Featured artworks vary in mediums and categories of KOGEI, including metalwork, lacquerware, ceramic, screen and painting.

Artist Talk: 3pm
Artist Talk by jewelry artist and Kintsugi philosopher George Inaki Root.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


ROBILANT+VOENA

19 East 66 Street, Floor 4 (Madison-Fifth)

This exhibition celebrates the enduring influence of Surrealism in the psyche and creative processes of 15 contemporary artists, with much of the work created specially for the show. These contemporary pieces will be placed in conversation with works by historic artists Giorgio de Chirico, Leonor Fini, Yves Tanguy and Leonora Carrington. The show examines the many ways in which a movement formed over a century ago continues to be relevant to artists working today.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


ROSENBERG & CO.

19 East 66 Street (Madison-Fifth)

Gertrude & Balcomb Greene.

Gallery Talk: 2pm
Guided walk-through of the Gertrude & Balcomb Greene exhibition.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


RUBIN&CHAPELLE

964 Madison Avenue (75-76)

Austrian artist Andreas Müller investigates the preconditions of images and objects by addressing metaphysical themes. Originally informed by sculpture and art theory Andreas is interested in the relationship status between these fields and has been working with photography and moving image as intermediaries for years. Lately he has returned to sculpture, while retaining the abstract geometric forms and the principle of scattering – be it fog or light itself – in his artistic language. The works on view explore the balance between cultural and natural artifacts.

Artist Talk: 1pm and 2:30pm
Learn from artist Andreas Müller.

Gallery Hours: 12pm-3:30pm


SHEPHERD W & K GALLERIES

58 East 79 Street (Madison-Park)

100 Small-Scale Works: 1800-1950.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm


SIGRID FREUNDORFER FINE ART

790 Madison Avenue, Suite 602 (66-67)

New acquisitions – a selection of works by Paul Jenkins, Norris Embry, Hans Hofmann, Norman Bluhm, Edda Renouf, Merce Cunningham, and others.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


SOUS LES ETOILES GALLERY

16 East 71 Street (Madison-Fifth)

The first solo show in the United States of Pe Lang ( B.1974, Switzerland) is conceived as a space of embodied flux and analog certainty, the exhibition draws viewers into an oscillation between precision mechanics and minimal formalisms, inviting contemplation of time, motion, and material transformation. Lang’s work delves into new modes of sensory experience, exploring non-digital technologies and material science while drawing from Switzerland’s rich heritage of watchmaking and precision engineering.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


SPRÜTH MAGERS

22 East 80 Street, Floor 2 (Madison-Fifth)

Rosemarie Trockel’s two-part project – opening concurrently at Sprüth Magers and Gladstone in New York – continues to develop motifs and themes from the artist’s multi-layered œuvre. The new works created especially for the show at Gladstone are connected through a network of cross-references to both new pieces and rarely shown historical works at Sprüth Magers.

Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm


THOMSEN GALLERY

8 East 67 Street (Madison-Fifth)

Japanese Ceramics: Medieval to Contemporary.

Gallery Talk: 12pm, 2pm and 4pm
Join us for a curated tour of our exhibition

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm

 

 

 

 


TULIPÁN FOUNDATION

1065 Madison Avenue (80-81)

Community Event
Learn felt-making techniques from Hungarian artisans Mihály Vetró and Anikó Árvai and contribute to a lasting piece of the Foundation’s future.

The community is invited to help craft a traditional felt panel that will be incorporated into a handcrafted Hungarian yurt which will be a centerpiece of the Foundation’s new home at 1065 Madison Avenue, opening in late 2026.

This family-friendly, drop-in event is presented in partnership with the Nádudvar Folk Handicrafts Vocational School. All ages are welcome, no experience is needed, and refreshments will be served throughout the day.


WHITE CUBE

1002 Madison Avenue (77-78)

Ilana Savdie’s large-scale, visceral paintings explore themes of performance, excess, resistance and transgression. Her solo exhibition ‘Glottal Stop’ at White Cube New York debuts a new body of work that wrangles with what the artist has termed ‘a frantic paralysis’: a state in which urgency and inaction exist in constant friction.

Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm