The Eye Of The (Summer) Beholder: Art In Long Island

With summer happenings fanning out on the road, we’re checking out the latest gallery shows, art exhibitions and pop-ups coming to Long Island’s East End.

Artists Choose Parrish

Celebrating 125 years, Water Mill’s Parrish Art Museum will showcase a two-part Artists Choose exhibit, bringing 41 artists with deep ties to the East End including the likes of Ross Bleckner, Eric Fischl, Robert Longo, Cindy Sherman and Nina Yankowitz; who takes over an entire gallery, with reclining lounge chairs; and dedicated to how people experience art (through August 6th). Later in August, James Brooks: A Painting Is a Real Thing surveys 100-plus paintings, prints, and works on paper drawn from public and private U.S. collections. 

Address: 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill 11976

LongHouse

You’ll find A Summer Arrangement: Object & Thing at LongHouse (through September 3rd) featuring works by artists and designers including Rashid Johnson, Wyatt Kahn and Frances Palmer. Also on display are ceramic and fabric pieces from former LongHouse founder Jack Lenor Larsen’s  (1927-2020) collection. Outside, a sprawling 16-acre garden with summer roses features works by Oscar Molina and Wyatt Kahn; and permanent pieces by Yoko Ono and Dale Chiluly.

Address: 133 Hands Creek Rd, East Hampton, NY 11937 

Clemente at Christie’s Southampton

In the mid-part of summer, Christie’s new outpost at 1 Pond Lane in Southampton will feature Francesco Clemente: Works from The Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann, including revisiting Clemente’s New York studio where the artist created major works from his The Fourteen Stations series; and loosely based on the theme of prayer and the Catholic Church’s Stations of the Cross. The show also engages deeply with how Clemente weaves cultural, historical and mythical motifs in his work.

Address: 1 Pond Lane, Southampton, NY 11968 

Harper Levine

Having just celebrated its 25th year, Harper Levine will host a series of shows like Scattered, Nick Lowe’s drawing-and-painting works on raw canvas alongside Salomón Huerta’s series of new portraits who offer an intimate vision of people who helped shape his life in Boyle Heights in the early 90s. You’ll also discover Dan Flanagan’s Good Spirits merging spiritual dimensions with an array of media (spray paints, oils, acrylics) and colors on canvas, vinyl and taffeta. 

Address: 87 Newtown Ln, East Hampton, NY 11937

Onna House

With its mission to create appreciation for women-identifying artists, Onna House is set in a 1960s-restored modernist home. Featuring furniture and other collectibles, there’s also a group show entitled Pearls, Pills & Protests with progressive works by Lulu Varona, Michele Pred, Kelly Tapìa-Chuning and Jerelyn Hanrahan – whose colossal pearl necklace sculpture (calling to mind the 1950’s housewife), uses orbs of spun aluminum to create a modern power symbol.

Address: 123 Georgica Road, East Hampton, NY

South Etna Montauk

Starting August 6th, South Etna Montauk Foundation will showcase artist Richard Mayhew, who, at 98-years old, is best known for his vast landscapes. The work, from the early 1960s to 2019, is a bit of a homecoming for the Long Island-born artist. “I use landscape images as a metaphor for the feeling of time and illusion,” Mayhew said. The show also delves into colonialism, racism, and our relationship to the earth and history. 

Address: 6 S Etna Ave, Montauk, NY 11954

Eric Firestone Gallery

The Garage, the sweeping 7,000-square-foot warehouse space of Eric Firestone Gallery will feature rotating abstract paintings alongside artist Sana Musasama’s ceramic sculptures, mosaic totems by Jeanne Reyna and Pat Lipsky’s stained canvas from 1974. Additionally, a grouping of Keiko Narahashi ceramics with smooth, glazed color surfaces dovetails with Thomas Sills neutral-toned abstract paintings. 

Address: 62 Newtown Lane, East Hampton NY (by appointment only)