When the sun goes down over the five boroughs, New York becomes another city — brighter, louder and full of possibility. That transformation is the heart of The Photography Triennial: After Dark, the new exhibition opening to the public on Friday, November 20, 2026, at the Museum of the City of New York.
Co-curated by Marina Chao and Sean Corcoran, the Museum’s Senior Curator of Prints and Photography, the show is the second edition of a triennial launched in 2023 with New York Now: Home. This time, 33 living artists, established and emerging, look at the city after sunset, where work, leisure, ambition, community and escape meet on the same streets.
Among the photographers are Janette Beckman, Lynn Saville, Matthew Pillsbury, Kia LaBeija, Elle Peréz, Dina Litovsky, Hiroyuki Ito, Ken Schles, Destiny Mata and Tommy Kha. Their images range from crowded celebrations and late-night jobs to quiet moments on empty avenues, building a nuanced portrait of a nocturnal landscape powered by energy, diversity and creativity.
The Museum, at 1220 Fifth Avenue, is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is pay-what-you-wish for New Yorkers, free for visitors under 18, and free for everyone on Wednesdays — a perfect invitation to see the city that never sleeps through the eyes of the people who photograph it.
Photo: Reuben Radding, Golden Festival, 2020 / Museum of the City of New York
