Exhibitions in Newark in December 2026

19 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Busiest venues: Express Newark, Paul Robeson Galleries, Mana Contemporary.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Dec 31

Unearthed: Saint Benedict's Archaeology Project

Paul Robeson Galleries · University Heights
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 31

OPEN BOOK(S): Observations

Mana Contemporary · Jersey City - Journal Square
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 1

PIEROGI Flat Files

Mana Contemporary · Jersey City - Journal Square
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 29

Lina Puerta: La Sierpe

Project for Empty Space · Downtown Newark
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Before Identity Takes Form by Kota Onouchi

Mana Contemporary · Jersey City - Journal Square
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 31

"JFK" by Yoon Lee (Mana Highlights)

Mana Contemporary · Jersey City - Journal Square
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

Artifactual Echoes: "Jazz" in Their Own Words

Paul Robeson Galleries · University Heights
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

Disco Calypso

Paul Robeson Galleries · University Heights
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jun 30

The Opposite Force: From the Collection of the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University-Newark

Paul Robeson Galleries · University Heights
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Animal Kingdom

The Newark Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

Artifactual Echoes: "Jazz" in Their Own Words

Express Newark · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

Disco Calypso

Kevin Darmanie

Express Newark · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

Fervor

Raul Ayala

Express Newark · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

FOCUS

Anthony Alvarez

Express Newark · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

I AM. YOU ARE. WE ARE. Free to Speak. Protest. Dissent.

Express Newark · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 7

Liberty & Legacy

The Newark Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Risham Syed: Destiny Fractured

The Newark Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 2

Stay: The Black Women of 19th-Century Newark

The Newark Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 9

The Good News is not Delivered from Mountaintops but in Clearings

Ayana V. Jackson

Express Newark · Downtown
- Visual arts

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