Are people who FaceTime while walking down the street literally insane?

Get ready to shop 'til you drop because Urbanspace is about to unveil its largest, longest market ever. More than 175 local vendors will showcase their handcrafted products, including art, jewelry, food, and more, in Bryant Park this spring as part of the Makers Market by Urbanspace. 

The pop-up market opens on Friday, April 18, and runs on weekends through June 1; the market will be open on Fridays-Sundays from 11am-7pm, as well as Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. Expect to find new vendors—including sellers of eco-friendly personal care products, handcrafted mosaic art, and chic home decor—along with longtime favorites.

Cherry blossoms tend to steal the spotlight this time of year—and deservedly so. But another pastel flower is worthy of our attention, too: the tulip. These colorful flowers are about to make their seasonal debut, emerging from bulbs deep underground that have survived the winter freeze.

One of the best spots to see these botanical marvels is at the West Side Community Garden, a hidden oasis of springtime splendor that is home to more than 10,000 tulips. The volunteer-run garden is hosting its 47th annual tulip festival now through April 27. Best of all, the massive festival is free and open to all. 

Enter through a wrought iron gate on West 89th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues to find the secret garden, open daily from dawn 'til dusk.

This new immersive art exhibit is like a playground on steroids—and you can visit, climb on it and snap some incredible photos for free. In a tongue-in-cheek nod to Jeff Koons' iconic balloon animal sculptures, the exhibition by artist Cj Hendry is titled "Keff Joons." 

Imagine if a tangled mess of balloon animals expanded in size to fill a warehouse. That's what Hendry has created with "Keff Joons." It's a wild sight to see—and experience—and you can see it for yourself from April 11–20 at 50 Gold Street in Brooklyn's Vinegar Hill neighborhood from 10am-5pm daily. Just be prepared to wait in line. 

Even if you don't know how to play music, it’s practically impossible not to reach out and strum or pluck the strings when an instrument appears in front of you—or at the very least, expect that a musician will appear to play it. That’s what makes these new abstract artworks by Jennie C. Jones so mind-bending. 

Three massive instrument sculptures now sit on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rooftop in Jones’ latest work titled “Ensemble.” But only one of the instruments makes sound when it’s activated by the wind. The other two don’t make sound at all, even though they’re capable of doing so. That's exactly the point. Instead, their potential for sound and the tension between dormancy and activation is where they hold power. Go see these cool sculptures on the Met’s gorgeous rooftop through October 19.

This will be the last roof garden commission for at least five years as the museum will soon embark on construction of its new modern and contemporary art annex, the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing. When it opens in 2030, it will house the Met’s collection of 20th- and 21st-century art. The rooftop commission is expected to be back in 2030 as well.

After a five-year closure, the Frick Collection will officially reopen on April 17 inside its historic Gilded Age mansion at 1 East 70th Street by Fifth Avenue.

When it reopens, visitors will get to experience even more of the museum's extensive collection by stepping inside restored spaces on the first floor while also walking around a new roster of galleries on the mansion's second floor, open to the public for the very first time.

The second floor used to be the Frick family’s private living quarters, but later became staff meeting rooms and administrative offices. So yes, you’ll be able to walk into the original bedroom of Henry Clay Frick.

Portraits of American First Ladies typically don't tell us much about the personality of the person. Maybe we can see a steely determination in her eyes or get a sense of her style, but we don’t learn much about who she is. Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama changed all of that by focusing on the essence of the subject.

You can now see this iconic portrait and many other renowned works by Sherald in a new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art located in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The exhibition, titled “Amy Sherald: American Sublime” is open April 9-August 10, 2025. With nearly 50 paintings, it’s the most comprehensive exhibition of the American artist’s work, which includes a portrait of Breonna Taylor, as well as paintings that center everyday Black Americans. 

Midtown’s Garment District has been home to creativity and invention for decades and, now it’s home to a massive metal sculpture that seems to be “growing” out of the cement.

Titled “New York Roots,” the installation by Steve Tobin is the Garment District Alliance’s latest public exhibit on the Broadway plazas between 39th and 40th Streets and 40th and 41st Streets. It involves seven sculptures that invite you to weave in and out of their roots and “reflect on relationships, families and communities coming together for a shared purpose—just as roots intertwine to strengthen a tree,” the Alliance said in an official press release. See it through February 2026.

Join Children's Museum of Manhattan educators and artists for a weekend-long Easter Egg-stravaganza on April 18-20. Activities include basket weaving, puppet-egg hunts, egg painting, and more. 

During a museum-wide scavenger hunt, search for NYC-inspired puppets around the museum, from iconic NYC cars to a Broadway star, and complete the challenge to win a prize.

As for basket weaving, learn how to weave, loop, twist, and curl repurposed materials to create an eco-friendly Easter basket that promotes the importance of recycling and the joy of spring. Accompany your upcycled basket by painting your own wooden egg character inspired by spring florals and bright colors. 

BTS member and Korean pop star Jung Kook, who was the first K-pop soloist to chart seven different songs on the Billboard Hot 100, has unveiled a new exhibition in NYC.

The immersive exhibition, “GOLDEN: The Moments,” celebrates Jung Kook’s solo career, his creative process, achievements and the emotions that shaped Golden, his first solo album, now through May 11 at 30 Wall Street. 

Step into the vibrant world of Lorenzo Homar, a pioneering printmaker, poster designer, calligrapher, painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and theatrical set designer. Homar's poster work is the subject of an exhibit at Poster House titled "Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar" on view through September 7, 2025. 

Es-pranza Humphrey, assistant curator of collections at Poster House, describes Homar as "the father of the Puerto Rican poster." Homar was active from the 1950s through the 1990s, and few artists equal his impact and influence as a teacher of poster design and printmaking in Latin America.

In the exhibition, you'll see the artist's use of non-traditional colors at complements and the way he plays with silk-screening, typography, and calligraphy. The exhibition showcases the breadth of Homar's work, featuring posters for jazz performances, ballet shows, jazz concerts, and political causes.