MADISON AVENUE SPRING GALLERY WALK 2026
May 16 10:00 am - May 16 5:00 pm
Join ARTnews and Madison Avenue’s galleries for our annual Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk on Saturday, May 16. 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 programmed “gallery & artist talks” (but not for visiting participating galleries throughout the day). Kindly click here to make your gallery & artist talk reservation.
Click here for a downloadable & printable Map & Guide to the Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk.
Participating Businesses
ACQUAVELLA
18 East 79 Street (Madison-Fifth)
Acquavella Galleries presents Matisse: The Pursuit of Harmony, featuring fifty works on loan from museums and private collections. The exhibition explores Matisse’s evolving approach to form in two and three dimensions across painting, works on paper, and sculpture over five decades of his career.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
ARADER GALLERIES
1016 Madison Avenue (78-79)
American Revolution: The Iconography of the Nation’s Founding.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
ARADER GALLERIES
29 East 72 Street, 2nd Floor (Madison-Park)
Special exhibition of pieces from Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Inc., from Dublin, NH.
Gallery Hours: 10am – 5pm
BONNER DAVID GALLERIES
4 East 81 Street, Suite 2B (Madison-Fifth)
Reverie in Paint, a new exhibition of works by Francis Livingston. This latest body of work reflects Livingston’s contemplative approach to painting—abstract, atmospheric, and at times dreamlike. Livingston’s paintings explore the intermingling of past and present, drawing heavily from the dramatic architecture, shifting light, and layered history of New York City.
Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm
CEYSSON & BÉNÉTIÈRE
956 Madison Avenue, #2F (75-76)
Presenting a body of Sanford Wurmfeld’s abstract paintings from the early 1970’s that have never been exhibited before.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
CHRISTOFLE
41 East 57 Street (Madison-Park)
Featuring Haute Orfrevrerie pieces.
Gallery Talk: 11am
Christofle history presentation.
Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm
D LAN GALLERIES
25 East 73 Street, 4th Floor (Madison-Fifth)
Significant, D LAN Galleries’ flagship exhibition, has been running for two decades and consistently presents the finest secondary market offering of Australian First Nations art. This landmark annual event offers collectors rare access to museum-quality paintings and sculptures.
Gallery Talk: 11am and 2pm
Australian curator and expert speaker Vanessa Merino leads an in-depth tour of the collection, exploring the cultural significance of key artists whose works underpin major institutional collections, alongside insights into regional practices, materials, and techniques shaping contemporary First Nations art.
Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm
DAVID BENRIMON FINE ART
41 East 57 Street, 2nd Floor (Madison-Park)
In Bloom presents a selection of paintings, and works on paper by a diverse group of contemporary artists who explore manifestations of nature through their unique voices and perspectives. The exhibition includes artists ranging from well established figures such as David Hockney and Yayoi Kusama to rising talents such as Ariana Papademetropoulos.
Gallery Hours: 11am-4pm
DAVID NOLAN GALLERY
24 East 81 Street, 4th Floor (Madison-Fifth)
Tilt, an exhibition of new and recent work by preeminent American sculptor Mel Kendrick (b. 1949). The exhibition includes free-standing and wall-based painted wood sculptures as well as cast paper drawings that represent Kendrick’s singular capacity for innovation within his own inimitable visual language.
Artist Talk: 3pm
Exhibition walk-through with artist Mel Kendrick.
Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm
DEBRA FORCE FINE ART
13 East 69 Street, Suite 4F (Madison-Fifth)
Works by American Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists.
Gallery Hours: 12pm-5pm
DI DONNA
744 Madison Avenue (64-65)
Dalí: The Great Years 1929–1939, is a major exhibition tracing the pivotal decade in which Dalí established both his mature artistic language and enduring public persona. It is the most significant presentation of Dalí’s work in New York since the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition in 2008.
Gallery Talks: 11:30am and 3:00pm
Tour of Dalí: The Great Years, 1929-1939.
Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm
DONALD RYAN GALLERY
15 East 71st Street, Suite 2A (Madison-Fifth)
Crushing by Devlin Claro (b. 1995). The exhibition will present an entirely new body of work, including several large-format photographs that mark an expansion of the artist’s practice.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
ELKON GALLERY
18 East 81 Street (Madison-Fifth)
Agnes Martin: Works on Paper from the 60’s. Additional works on view by: Vicky Colombet, Françoise Gilot, Yoshitomo Nara and Wayne Thiebaud.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
FREEMAN’S
32 East 67 Street (Madison-Park)
Freeman’s will showcase a selection of pieces bridging tastes and genres at our New York salesroom. The stellar 1975 Alex Katz painting highlights a forthcoming single-owner presentation. Alongside Post War & Contemporary Art, ancient wonders from Rome and Greece, Bertoia bronzes, American and Western Art highlights, and exemplary Early 20th & Modern design, viewers and collectors alike will be captivated.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
GAGOSIAN
980 Madison Avenue at East 76th Street
Important Early Works from the Cy Twombly Foundation.Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm
GALERIE GMURZYNSKA
595 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor (57-58)
Wifredo Lam & Pablo Picasso.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
GERALD PETERS GALLERY
24 East 78 Street (Madison-Fifth)
Marguerite Zorach and William Zorach – A Collaboration in American Modernism
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
GRAHAM SHAY 1857
17 East 67 Street, Suite 1A (Madison-Fifth)
A selection of 19th and 20th century American and European paintings and sculpture.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
GRAY NEW YORK
1018 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor (78-79)
Next is our skin, an exhibition of work by the trailblazing Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. With a selection of work from the 1960s to 1990s, this exhibition examines the evolution of her practice and her continuous inquiry into the human condition.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
HENRIQUE FARIA
35 East 67 Street, 4th Floor (Madison-Park)
Venezuelan Cultural Diplomacy brings together works by Venezuelan artists across generations, reflecting the country’s enduring contributions to modern and contemporary art. Through abstraction, conceptual rigor, and material experimentation, the exhibition frames culture as continuity, dialogue, and quiet advocacy across time.
Rafael Ferrer | Empire’s Mirror introduces work by Rafael Ferrer, a pioneering Puerto Rican artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, and sound. Emerging in the late 1960s, Ferrer developed a singular language rooted in rhythm, memory, and experimentation.
Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm
H|G FINE ART
764 Madison Avenue (65-66)
The Shape of the City: New works by contemporary impressionist painter Geoffrey Johnson. By using a neutral palette and reductive style, Johnson strips away the noise of the city to reveal its underlying structure. From downtown to uptown, his cityscapes are defined by a striking tension: the rigid lines of powerful architecture and the fragile, fleeting figures that move among them.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERIES
41 East 57 Street, 9th Floor (Madison-Park)
Nutmeg’s Curse: Recent paintings by Julie Heffernan.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
HOWARD GREENBERG GALLERY
41 East 57 Street, Suite 801 (Madison-Park)
William Klein, a renowned innovator in photo book history, published his first book, Life is Good & Good For You in New York in 1956. The Prix Nadar-winning book captured the gritty realities of daily life, causing a major sensation with its brutally honest images.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS
790 Madison Avenue, Suite 601 (66-67)
View an exceptional selection of leather bound sets, fine bindings, children’s, illustrated, fine and rare books.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
KRAUSHAAR GALLERIES
15 East 71 Street, Suite 2B (Madison-Fifth)
In Pieces: Collages by Romare Bearden, Caren Canier, David Driskell, Judith Flaxman, Gertrude Greene, Sharon Horvath, Robert Kushner, Knud Merrild, Harry Rothman, Esphyr Slobodkina, Joseph Stella and new works by Catherine Drabkin.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
KRISTEN LORELLO
23 East 73 Street, 5th Floor (Madison-Fifth)
The gallery will host the second solo exhibition of new paintings by Maria Stabio in the main galleries. Local Color, a group exhibition in the viewing room, featuring selected works by Martha Clippinger, Ash Ferlito, Stacy Fisher, Kaitlin McDonough, Ilse Murdock, and Maria Stabio.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5:30pm
LEILA HELLER
22 East 80 Street, Ground Level, The Fine Arts Building (Madison-Fifth)
Wassef Boutros-Ghali: A Retrospective (1965–2016) & Book Launch. A solo exhibition presenting a curated selection of paintings and works on paper by Wassef Boutros-Ghali, alongside his newly published catalogue raisonné. Spanning several decades, the exhibition highlights Boutros-Ghali’s distinctive balance between architectural order and painterly intuition.
Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm
LÉVY GORVY DAYAN
19 East 64 Street (Madison-Fifth)
The Adventure of Domenico Gnoli – Baladas by Armig Santos – on 5th floor
Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm
LINCOLN GLENN
17 East 67 Street, Suite 1A (Madison-Fifth)
Showcasing American art from 1860 to 1980, tracing a dialogue from the Hudson River School to Abstract Expressionism. Highlights include works by Friedel Dzubas and William Merritt Chase, illustrating American painting’s evolution over a century.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
LUDIVINE
24 East 73 Street (Madison-Fifth)
An intergenerational exhibition spotlighting women artists from wide-ranging backgrounds including Zoë Buckman, Abbey Drucker, Serena Nickson, Lilah Yektai, Gabriela Kramer, and Iliana Ortega.
LUXEMBOURG + CO.
595 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor (Madison-Park)
Useless Machines: focusing on the pivotal role of motorized technologies within 20th century art. With works by Sara Cwynar, Peter Fischli, John Giorno, Pino Pascali, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Sigmar Polke, Man Ray, and Jean Tinguely.
Gallery Talk: 2pm
A discussion regarding our exhibition on view.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
MEMOR MUSEUM
1130 Madison Avenue (84-85)
The Japanese traditional craftsmanship exhibition The Ingenuity of Craftsmanship presents iron kettles, incense burners, and ceramics crafted by master artisans. Each piece bears the distinctive mark of its maker, quietly telling a story of beauty and creation.Whether as subtle décor or as vessels for tea and conversation, these objects transform when brought into a living space. Their singular presence resonates deeply, inviting us to imbue them with meaning and renew our enduring pursuit of timeless beauty.
Gallery Hours: 12pm-5pm
ONISHI GALLERY
16 East 79 Street, Ground Floor (Madison-Fifth)
Metalwork and Lacquerware: Introduces audiences to masterpieces shaped by centuries of inherited skill from Japan’s most iconic traditions.
Gallery Talk: 3pm
A discussion regarding our exhibition on view.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
RODDER
22 East 80 Street, 5th Floor (Madison-Fifth)
Karla Black: For this exhibition, Black transforms the gallery into a Rococo interior, painting directly on large mirrors with Baroque silhouettes, their scale and contours recalling palatial splendour, the dream of a bygone era marked with overexcess. A group of delicate, but monumental sculptures stand poised among the mirrors. Throughout the exhibition, Black employs her characteristic palette of pale hues and ephemeral materials to permeate the room with work marked by the unconscious.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
ROSENBERG & CO.
19 East 66 Street (Madison-Fifth)
The Artist and his Dealer: Giacomo Manzù and Alexandre Rosenberg.
Gallery Talk: 2pm
Guided walk through of the exhibition, The Artist and his Dealer.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
RUBIN&CHAPELLE
964 Madison Avenue (75-76)
SMAX aka Vienna (Stefan Piëch) is an Austrian artist working within the language of abstraction. Drawing on the legacy of Abstract Expressionism, his practice offers a distinctly contemporary and deeply personal reinterpretation of its core tenets. Through a sustained, process-driven approach, his works are dynamic fields of gesture and material, mapping inner states across various scales and formats.
Gallery Talks: 1pm to 3pm
Conversation with curator John Silvis.
Gallery Hours: 10:30am-5pm
SHEPHERD W & K GALLERIES
58 East 79 Street (Madison-Park)
Face-Off: A Juxtaposition of 19th and 20th Century Works from the Gallery’s Collection.
Intimate Spaces: Interiors from the 19th and 20th Centuries.
German and Austrian Works on Paper from the Gallery’s Collection.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
SIGRID FREUNDORFER FINE ART
790 Madison Avenue, Suite 602 (66-67)
A selection of modern and contemporary works, including Hans Hofmann, Paul Jenkins, Lyonel Feininger, Katia Santibanez, Scott Kelley, Tom Otterness, Merce Cunningham, and others.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
SKARSTEDT GALLERY
20 East 79 Street (Madison-Fifth)
Faces and Figures: Sprawling across the gallery’s three locations in New York, London, and Paris, the exhibition comprises paintings and sculptures that demonstrate the myriad ways in which artist, model, and character have been configured and reconfigured from the mid-twentieth century to the present.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
SOUS LES ETOILES GALLERY
16 East 71 Street (Madison-Fifth)
The gallery is presenting two exhibitions curated by dmincubator: Hand of Venus, a solo exhibition with the artist Lesley Bodzy’s who proclaims a feminine desire and gaze through photography and bold sculptures in iridescent colors and several abstract expressionist-style paintings. The group show is featuring five women emergent artists including Adrienne Lee, Ellen de Meijer, Emilie Picard, Monique Rollins, Mahsa Tehrani.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
SPRÜTH MAGERS
22 East 80 Street, Floor 2 (Madison-Fifth)
Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are pleased to present a duo exhibition with works by Richard Artschwager and Gary Hume, marking the first time their work has been brought into dialogue. For this show—the first at the New York gallery for each artist—Hume selected his works in direct response to Artschwager’s.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
THOMSEN GALLERY
8 East 67 Street (Madison-Fifth)
Japanese Contemporary Ceramics and Modern Paintings.
Gallery Talk: 2pm and 4pm
A discussion regarding our exhibition on view.
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm
UPSILON GALLERY
23 East 67 Street (Madison-Fifth)
Solo exhibition of paintings by Allison Gildersleeve.
Gallery Talk: 2pm
A presentation of the work by gallery Director, and Curator of the show, Lisa De Simon.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
VAN DOREN WAXTER
23 East 73 Street (Madison-Fifth)
Still Life, a show of paintings and works on paper by the venerable American artist Richard Diebenkorn. This exhibition showcases 14 works from the Diebenkorn family collection that have never been for sale, highlighting the artist’s Berkeley period still lifes from 1956 to 1967.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm
WHITE CUBE
1002 Madison Avenue (77-78)
Works by American artist David Hammons (b.1943) and the late Greek-Italian artist Jannis Kounellis (1936–2017), marking the first two-person exhibition of their work in over 30 years.
Gallery Hours: 10am-6pm
