Here are 19 art exhibitions to check out in Upstate New York, Long Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
Long Island
Dealers Describe “Nightmarish” Flooding at Hamptons Art Fair
“It was a garden variety shit-show,” said Margery Goldberg of Zenith Gallery, who claims the fair did not adequately plan for the storm.
Climate Activists Crash Hamptons Museum Gala With Calls to “Tax the Rich”
During the Parrish Art Museum’s benefit, partly sponsored by Bank of America, organizers called out the ultra-wealthy for “greenwashing” their images.
Beer with a Painter: Dan Walsh
“Twenty years ago, you wouldn’t be caught dead being called a colorist.”
Alexis Rockman Captures Long Island’s Flora and Fauna in Dirty Field Drawings
Alexis Rockman is probably known best for his large-scale, vividly colored paintings that encapsulate the threatened state of the natural world, often integrating futuristic imagery.
MoMA PS1’s Citywide Survey Shows New York’s Greats (and Not-so-Greats)
Every five years MoMA and MoMA PS1 team up to take the pulse of New York City’s contemporary art scene, filling the latter institution with works made recently by artists based in the metropolitan area.
The Embrace of a Tie-Dyed Utopia
There are hurdles to cross before getting to the rewards of Alan Shields: In Motion, in its last week at the Parrish Art Museum, and even then some may be eluded; those found, however, are sweet and sustaining.