Art & Ideas

Art & Exhibitions

Art has always had a place in churches. The eye and imagination presenting and interpreting beauty is an act of devotion. Art exhibitions span centuries, celebrating the creativity of 17th century weavers to modern painters and everything in between.

Ongoing Exhibitions

  • Neal Slavin: BELIEF

    Opened Spring 2020

    In The Prayer Project, photographer Neal Slavinexplores the fundamental need of people to gather together and connect spiritually in order to face things beyond their understanding. Slavin has depicted such occasions in many ways and in mostly sacred spaces, photographing different prayer styles and customs around New York City.
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  • Highlights of the Fabric

    Get to know the art, glass, stone, and bronze that make up the world’s largest Gothic cathedral.
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Currently on View

  • Treasures from the Crypt

    Ongoing
    The Treasury of the Cathedral is comprised of an array of ecclesiastical items given to the Cathedral over the past 125 years.

  • The James Parks Morton Interfaith Art Collection

    Ongoing
    Throughout his career, the Very Reverend James Parks Morton, Dean of the Cathedral from 1972–1996 and a passionate proponent of interfaith dialogue, amassed a collection of over 300 pieces of religious art. Dean Morton and Pamela Taylor Morton have generously offered the collection to the Cathedral, selections from which are on rotating view.

  • Neal Slavin: BELIEF

    Opened Spring 2020
    In The Prayer Project, photographer Neal Slavinexplores the fundamental need of people to gather together and connect spiritually in order to face things beyond their understanding. Slavin has depicted such occasions in many ways and in mostly sacred spaces, photographing different prayer styles and customs around New York City.
See everything on view

Past Exhibitions

  • Aljoscha: The Miraculous Draught

    Spring 2020 - Summer 2021
    Inspired by the well known parable in the Gospel of John, Ukrainian-born artist Aljoscha assembles 153 compounded, almost weightless, self-contained sculptures in the form of a large biofuturistic organism, seemingly kept afloat from the ceiling of the Nave by an inner impulse.

  • Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance: James Reese Europe & Michael Cummings

    February 2020
    In celebration of the Harlem Renaissance 100 Community Celebration, we spotlight artifacts highlighting James Reese Europe's life as a composer and member of the Harlem-based 369th Infantry during WWI.
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