Scheduled Tours

Our scheduled tours are the most affordable and fascinating, up-to-the-moment contemporary art tours you’ll find. Led by Rafael Risemberg, Ph.D., founder and director for 17 years.

Sat. Nov. 23 at 1:00 PM: Upper East Side gallery tour

Sat. Nov. 30 at 1:00 PM: Lower East Side gallery tour

Sat. Dec. 7 at 1:00 & 3:45 PM: Chelsea “Best Exhibits” tour

Sat. Dec. 14 at 1:00 PM: LGBT gallery tour in Chelsea

Tuesdays – Sundays: Private gallery tours

Upper East Side gallery tour

Sat. Nov. 23 @ 1:00 PM
19 E. 66th St. near Madison Ave. – $29

See contemporary art exhibits in venerated upscale galleries, some of them in townhouses, including: (1) gorgeous large-scale oil and wax paintings of abstracted nature, (2) a female artist’s startling lamps made of cast facial features, and (3) remarkable drawings by an artist who was born a slave, began creating artwork in his 80s, and is now exhibiting at one of the world’s wealthiest galleries, in an Upper East Side mansion. These are just 3 of 7 great shows.

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Lower East Side gallery tour

Sat. Nov. 30 @ 1:00 PM
195 Chrystie St. near Stanton St. – $29

This Thanksgiving weekend, see festive ALL-NEW exhibits, including: (1) a young artist’s digital artworks that continuously change in real time, (2) a European artist’s fascinating paintings of human figures that share a surprising twist, and (3) other-worldly neon sculptures on a salt floor, among 7 eye-opening shows in this charming and world renowned 150-gallery area!

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Chelsea “Best Exhibits” tour

Sat. Dec. 7 @ 1:00 PM and 3:45 PM
526 W. 26th St. near 10th Ave. – $29

This ALL-NEW tour is shaping up to be our MOST EXTRAORDINARY tour of the past 8 months, in any gallery area! It will feature the top new shows from Chelsea’s 300 galleries, the world’s center for contemporary art. The two tours – at 1:00 PM and 3:45 PM – will be identical.

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LGBT gallery tour in Chelsea

Sat. Dec. 14 @ 1:00 PM
526 W. 26th St. near 10th Ave. – $29

On our first LGBT gallery tour in over 2 years, open to people of any orientation, see exhibits by gay and otherwise queer artists, plus whatever art is the best in Chelsea. It’s an “anything goes” kind of tour, with sometimes provocative art and a social and welcoming vibe. On this tour of 7 galleries, you’ll visit at least 4 showing outstanding gay male artists, led by our gay founder and director.

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