101 cheap things to do now

Pay what you wish—or nothing—at museums:

• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave at 89th St (212-423-3587). 5:45–8pm
• International Center of Photography 1133 Sixth Ave at 43rd St (212-857-9700). 5–8pm
• Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave at 75th St (212-570-3600). 5–9pm
• American Folk Art Museum 45 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-265-1040). 5:30–7:30pm. FREE
• Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-708-9400). 4–8pm. FREE

Check out the new season at these free and cheap venues:

P.S.1
The fall slate includes "Between Spaces," in which artists create the unfamiliar out of the banal, and "1969", a large collection of works produced during the tumultuous titular year. 22-25 Jackson Ave at 46th Ave, Long Island City (718-784-2084). Suggested admission $2.

New Museum of Contemporary Art
Starting Wed 28, the NewMu is turning over its entire space to the Swiss provocateur Urs Fischer, who once took a jackhammer to the floor of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, making the place a theme-park Ground Zero. Expect more of the same at the NewMu, including a Brobdingnagian tongue protruding at visitors from a large hole in the wall. 235 Bowery between Prince and Spring Sts, 212-219-1222, newmuseum.org. Admission $12.

SculptureCenter
Check out "A Voyage of Growth and Discovery," the first collaboration between artist friends Michael Smith and Mike Kelley, which will include a six-channel video and a gigantic junk sculpture. Through Nov 30. 44-19 Purves St at Jackson Ave, Long Island City, Queens, 718-361-1750. Admission $5.

Team Gallery
At this Soho staple, "Muntean/Rosenblum" features symbolic oil paintings produced collaboratively by a pair of Vienna-based artists. 83 Grand St between Greene and Wooster Sts, 212-279-9219. FREE

Janos Gat Gallery
Gat, an émigré from the uptown/East side gallery scene, specializes in off-the-beaten-path artists from Eastern and Western Europe, along with some Americans. 195 Bowery at Spring St (212-777-2426) FREE

Eleven Rivington Gallery
The downtown spin-off of 57th Street gallery Greenberg Van Doren is currently featuring abstract paintings by the Brazilian painter Caetano de Almeida. 11 Rivington St between Bowery and Christie St (212-982-1930) FREE

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