November 2025 City Notes

CITY NOTES

CURATED BY PATRICIA GREENE ISEN

November 2025

Welcome to November,

This month I have really focused on Art Openings, Museum Openings, and new Restaurants!

There are SO MANY openings!

Usually, in November, I offer different options for your Thanksgiving table but this year I felt like there was too much happening and I wanted to make sure I covered everything.

But look out for December which will offer the annual " Gift Guide" with many different great ideas.

I hope you have a great November!

Have a beautiful Holiday!

Have fun! Enjoy!

Be Kind! Be safe!

Much Love to you & your families,

xoxoxoxox

Patty

Art Openings

TO DEFINE A FEELING: JOAN MITCHELL, 1960-1965

David Zwirner
537 West 20th Street
Opening Reception

Thursday, November 6, 6–8 PM

November 6—December 13, 2025
Joan Mitchell

David Zwirner is exhibiting the paintings by Joan Mitchell (1925–1992) which focus on the years between 1960 to 1965. Capping off a yearlong celebration of the centennial of the artist’s birth, this presentation is curated by Sarah Roberts, Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Joan Mitchell Foundation, and brings together a significant group of paintings and works on paper from public and private collections, as well as that of the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

RUTH ASAWA : A Retrospective

Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street,
Member Previews, Oct 16–18

Oct 19, 2025–Feb 7, 2026
Ruth Asawa

Asawa made art every day, pursuing the inexhaustible possibilities offered by simple materials such as paper and wire since her days at Black Mountain College, where she studied in the late 1940s.

I have always been completely obsessed with Asawa's works and believe you will adore the show!

Covering the holes in our walls with sunflowers

JORDAN CASTEEL

Casey Kaplan
121 West 27th Street

November 5, 2025 - January 10, 2026
Jordan Casteel

Jordan Casteel presents Covering the holes in our walls with sunflowers, her fourth exhibition with Casey Kaplan. The title is from Alice Walker’s 1974 essay “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens,” recent portraits, landscapes and vignettes muse on the artist’s garden in the Hudson Valley.

Casteels paint technique and sense of color matched with her grand scale are exquisite!

LUC TUYMENS: The Fruit Basket

David Zwirner
533 West 19th Street
November 6—December 19
Opening Reception:

Thursday, November 6, 6–8 PM
Luc Tuymans

David Zwirner is exhibiting of new group of large-scale paintings by Belgian artist Luc Tuymans (b. 1958) on view at the gallery’s newly renovated 533 West 19th Street location. Tuymans has been represented by David Zwirner since 1994; this is the celebrated artist’s eighteenth solo show with the gallery. This is a MUST SEE!

RICHARD SERRA:Running Arcs (For John Cage), 1992

GAGAOSIAN
522 West 21st Street
September 12–December 20, 2025
Richard Serra

Running Arcs (For John Cage) (1992), a large-scale sculpture by Richard Serra (1938–2024). This work has been exhibited only once before, more than thirty years ago, opening on September 12, 1992, at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Germany. Running Arcs (For John Cage) will be on view at Gagosian’s 522 West 21st Street gallery, opening thirty-three years—to the date—after its initial presentation and remaining on display through December 20, 2025.

Running Arcs (For John Cage) is composed of three identical conical steel segments, inverted relative to each other, installed in a staggered formation. Each panel is approximately 52 feet long, 13 feet high, and 2 inches thick.

VINCENZO COTIS:Je Marchais Pieds Nus Dans L’Étang

CARPENTERS WORKSHOP
693 FIFTH AVE
13 Nov - 14 Feb

Private View | Thursday 13 Nov | 6 – 8PM
VINCENZO COTIS

Je Marchais Pieds Nus Dans L’Étang, is an immersive art installation by Vincenzo De Cotiis that explores the interplay between materiality, light, and nature. Following its preview at Milan Design Week in April 2025, this new solo exhibition is inspired by Claude Monet’s late water lily landscapes, in which vision dissolves into abstraction.

I adore Cotis's work.....
You need to look up interiors by him!

DANIEL LICHT : Eight Paintings

Jarvis Art

96 Bowery, 2nd floor
Oct 9 - Nov 8, 2025
Opening hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 11 am - 6 pm and by appointment
Daniel Licht

Im excited to present to you Daniel Licht’s debut New York solo exhibition, Eight Paintings. The show consists of a suite of abstract paintings made over the past year through a rigorous process of accumulation and erasure. Each painting spans four adjoined wooden panels, creating horizontal fields in which oil and wax are built up and scraped away, reducing each work to its essential marks. Licht’s approach is fundamentally existential; these works express moments of emotional intensity in which specific atmospheres are transcribed.

Eight Paintings considers the ways in which painting can represent fundamental truths that lie beyond the reach of more direct linguistic means.

Daniel Licht (b. 1996, Los Angeles, CA) lives and works in New York City. Recent exhibitions include Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles; Ninetto, Athens; Samuele Visentin, London; and Studio Jones, New York. Licht’s writing has been published in The Brooklyn Rail and The Midway Review. He studied philosophy at the University of Chicago (BA, 2018) and painting at the New York Studio School (MFA, 2023), where he currently teaches.

Art in the Museums

Studio Museum re Opening

Studio Museum
44 West 125th Street, between Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (Seventh Avenue)
Re OPENING of the Studio Museum

Studio Museum in Harlem will open officially in its new home to the Public on Saturday, November 15, with Community Celebrations.
The public opening of its new seven-floor, 82,000-square-foot building has been an opening I have been waiting for.

This milestone moment will be marked by a celebratory Community Day that will activate the entire building, welcoming everyone from the Museum’s surrounding communities and beyond.

The new home of the Studio Museum in Harlem is designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson serving as executive architect.

Adjaye Associates said, "The new building for the Studio Museum in Harlem pushes the museum classification to a new place with a fresh approach to the display and reception of art. Education spaces and artists’ studios are presented as a triptych frame that holds the center body of the composition, with the Museum offering respite from the bustling city while activating and celebrating the vibrancy of Harlem."

Sothebys opening at The Breuer

Sothebys
Opening November 8, 2025
945 Madison Ave
Sothebys at the Breuer

In June of 2023, Sotheby’s acquired the Breuer building – the Brutalist masterpiece that opened in 1966 as the Whitney Museum of American Art, and then became locations for The Frick Collection and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

On November 8, 2025, the global art community will return to this glorious space at 945 Madison Avenue. It will become our new worldwide headquarters, the home to our New York galleries, and one of the world’s premier destinations to view fine art and luxury objects.

Also exciting to note......there will be a fantastic new restaurant run by La Mercerie!!!!!!!

New or Reopening
Dining

Babbo Re Opening

Babbo
110 Waverly Place
Dinner Only

Sunday – Thursday: 5-10pm

Friday – Saturday: 5-11pm

Babbo

Babbo, one of New York’s most iconic Italian restaurants, returns to its historic Greenwich Village carriage house with renewed spirit.

Since 1998, Babbo has defined dining with bold regional Italian flavors. Now, under Executive Chef Mark Ladner, the next chapter blends old-world hospitality with tableside presentations in an intimate, candlelit dining room.

The menu pairs traditions like the Pasta Tasting with new signatures inspired by Ladner’s decades of Italian cooking and New York’s global palate.

Teruko

Teruko
Chelsea Hotel
222 West Twenty-Third Street
Teruko

Teruko’s highlights Chef Tadashi Ono’s devotion to traditional Japanese ingredients and Head Sushi Chef Hideaki Watanabe’s masterful Edomae-style sushi.
The space is architecturally beautiful and it is within the Chelsea Hotel.

BARTOLA

310 West 4th Street
Bartola

There was a time when an enclave of Spanish restaurants clustered around West 14th Street, making up a “Little Spain.”

The restaurant, from the Ernesto’s team, is split into three tiny, low-ceilinged rooms, with servers who wear matador-red ties swishing in and out of the small doorways.

The mood is fantastic.

COVE

285 W Houston St.

(347) 213-9073

Tuesday - Saturday 5:00 - 10:00pm

Cove

Cove is a fine dining restaurant by Flynn McGarry located at 285 W Houston Street. I have written about Flynn in past Citynotes.

They offer multiple dining options, from an eight-course menu served in a set-back room adjacent to the kitchen to an à la carte experience served in an a main dining room. The menus evolve frequently based on what’s in season, with a focus on local produce.

Flynn McGarry, formerly of Gem and Gem Wine fame mishmashes Southern European, Scandinavian, and other influences, with each dish listed by ingredients—like tomato, plum, thyme, cod roe, or fennel. Many of those ingredients are grown in McGarry’s garden in Brookhaven, Long Island.

The 86
86 Bedford Street
The 86

The Eighty Six is an intimate West Village steakhouse rooted in history serving American classics.
Famous address 86 Bedford Street is home to a new restaurant that just opened on September 9: The Eighty Six is an intimate 35-seat steakhouse in the West Village run by partners Tilman Fertitta, Eugene Remm, and the Catch Hospitality Group (CHG) team. They’re behind a growing steak-and-seafood brand as well as the impossible-to-get-into Corner Store in Soho.

LIMUSINA

441 Ninth Avenue

Limusina

It’s hard to believe this sprawling, gorgeous Mexican restaurant from the group behind Bad Roman used to be a parking garage.

Just a fun spot if you are in the area for a drink.

SEAHORSE

W Hotel
201 Park Ave South

New York restaurateur John McDonald (Lure Fishbar, Bowery Meat Company) debuts Seahorse, a modern seafood restaurant and raw bar.

Designed by Rockwell Group, Seahorse opened in September at the corner of Park Avenue South and 17th Street, inside the landmark Guardian Life building at W New York – Union Square.

WILD CHERRY

Cherry Lane Theater
38 Commerce Street

Wild Cherry

The chef duo behind Tribeca’s Frenchette and UES Le Veau d’Or, chefs Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson, have opened Wild Cherry at the Cherry Lane Theatre, now run by film studio A24 (38 Commerce Street, near Bedford Street) in the West Village. The theater lineup coinciding with the restaurant opening includes a sold-out conversation with Spike Lee, and Weer, a one-woman comedy that debuts Sunday by Natalie Palamides that won an award at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

CASUAL FOOD

MEADOW LANE

355 Greenwich Street

Meadow Lane

Meadow Lane is a gourmet prepared food market nestled in the heart of Tribeca, bringing together the culinary talent of New York City and the quality product of local organic farms.

The store will carry a vast offering of delicious prepared foods made fresh from their on-site 2,000 square foot kitchen.

PURA VIDA UPPER EAST SIDE

1598 2nd Avenue
Pura Vida UES

Pura Vida Miami has been a favorite since my friend Lori introduced me to it about 5 years ago.

Very exciting...they now have a location on the Upper east Side!!!!

The food is healthy and yummy and I love it!

MADISON FARE

1225 Madison Ave
and it JUST moved downtown too!
1 West 8th Street

I know we are coming upon the winter but Im definatley loveing frozen yogurt all year round now!
madison Fare has the silkiest frozen Greek yogurt on New York’s Upper East Side. Doused in gorgeous pistachio knafeh and smooth pistachio butter or sweet raspberry and peach sauces, the organic yogurt is made every morning by chef Amin Kinana, who is also the owner. with a gem-like product that is the perfect fix for your afternoon slump.

BUBS BAKERY

325 Lafayette Street
Bubs Bakery

Bub’s Bakery is an allergen-free bakery from the James Beard-nominated baker, Melissa Weller, and the team behind 55 Hospitality.

This is for Jax who is looking for yummy gluten free choices!

Bub’s is a first-of-its-kind, completely allergen-free bakery that reimagines what a modern bakery can be, celebrating flavor, texture, creativity, and inclusivity at the forefront.

Bub's Bakery is dedicated to avoiding the top nine allergens which include; soy, eggs, dairy, nuts, peanuts, wheat, sesame, fish, shellfish.

NEW STORE

ULLA JOHNSON

849 Madison Avenue
Ulla Johnson UES

This store marks Johnson’s fourth in the US .

I have liked Ulla for years and I'm happy to have an outpost easily accesible on the Upper East Side.

The interiors are exquisite!

ABC HOME UES

The Old Sherry Lehman Space
505 Park Avenue

WOW!
ABC Home has opened in the old Sherry Lehman space on Park Avenue. This is a great space which can easily start to replace the old Chelsea Passage at the now closed Barneys.

ANTIQUES

GALLERY FOLLY

307 7th Avenue, Suite 1903
Gallery Folly

Gallery Folly was founded by Conor Burke and Elizabeth Cutler. The gallery sources pieces spanning periods—from European Mid-Century and Modernist to the Aesthetic Movement and 21st Century designs.
Gallery Folly is available to visit by appointment Monday through Thursday, between 10:00am to 6:00pm.

They are open to the public every Friday 11:00am to 6:00pm.

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MARKET REPORT

While housing demand appears to be cooling across the U.S., Manhattan’s second quarter metrics remained relatively firm. Sales rose to their highest level in nearly two years, as listing inventory reached its highest level in almost five years. The median sales price increased annually for the third consecutive quarter after four quarters of declines. Cash sales surged to a record-high share as financing contingencies reached the second highest level in a decade. Co-op sales increased year over year for the second time, while condos rose annually for the third time. New development sales surged annually while their listing inventory declined. The median sales price of new developments rose annually for the seventh consecutive month, driven by an increase in the average sales size. Luxury price trend indicators continued to rise year over year as listing inventory for both resales and new development fell sharply. Luxury sales above $5 million surged year over year.

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