Tribeca Chamber Players perform on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 pm with a free program of two Mozart works, his string quartets in D Minor and A Major. Mozart wrote both while in his 20s after moving to Vienna, then the world’s music capital. As an introduction, the musicians will briefly discuss how they approached the pieces. The concert takes place at the Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren St.
Chinese art from antiquityThe China Institute, 40 Rector St., showcases selected artworks from 60 years of exhibitions. Dating from as early as 3000 BCE, the roughly 90 objects include fine jades, rare bronze vessels, paintings, calligraphy, and more, on loan from more than 30 institutions and private collectors. On view until Jan. 3. Above: Four-Handled Guan Jar, 8th-9th century.
“Seed Memory” Meeson Pae paints forms that uncannily suggest flowers, fungi and seedpods, but in reality are invented by the artist. On view from Nov. 6 to Dec. 19 at Anat Ebgi, 372 Broadway. Above: “Seed Memory (Dispersa),” by Meeson Pae, 2026.
Native Cinema Showcase, sponsored by the Museum of the American Indian, celebrates the year’s best movies—documentaries, features, animations and shorts—by filmmakers from Indigenous backgrounds. The shows can be streamed for free here from Nov. 13 to 27. Above: “Viksaringitara (“Wrong Husband”)