Gallery Events

Sara Nightingale

Sara Nightingale Gallery in Sag Harbor presents Suzanne Unrein’s solo exhibit “Slip,” and the group exhibit “Until a Little Bird” featuring the work of Francine Fleischer, Erica-Lynn Huberty, and Lucy Winton. The shows open on Saturday, May 11, with a reception from 6 to 8 PM. Both exhibits will be on view through June 3.

Haim Mizrahi

Janet Lehr Fine Arts in East Hampton will host a reception on Saturday, May 11, from 5:30 to 8 PM for “Haim Mizrahi – The New in Dynamic Abstraction.”

Dream Of Roses

The William Ris Gallery in Jamesport welcomes the beauty of spring with the exhibit “Dream of Roses (Rêve De Roses),” a photographic collection of roses by Takashi Matsuzaki. The debut exhibition runs through May 19. There will be an artist talk on Saturday, May 11, from 1 to 3 PM.

Equal parts Tokyoite and New Yorker, Matsuzaki’s roots lie in fashion and he continues to be a sought-after makeup artist. His natural gravitation towards photography eventually led to a concentrated focus on roses, particularly as Matsuzaki has a deep appreciation for and collects perfumes.

Horses On Main Street

Romany Kramoris Gallery presents “Horses on Main Street,” honoring the 145th Kentucky Derby with horse paintings, small sculpture, an old Mexico ceramic folk horse, and more. The show runs through May 23.

Vanishing Act

Halsey McKay Gallery in East Hampton presents “Vanishing Act” with works by artists Colby Bird, David Kennedy Cutler, Fu & Rich, Kara Hamilton, Sheree Hovsepian, Denise Kupferschmidt, Virginia Lee Montgomery, Francis Picabia, Eli Ping, Brie Ruais, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Wilmer Wilson IV. Upstairs is Lauren Luloff’s “Small Landscapes.” The shows run through June 2.

Visions Of Spring

The Artists Alliance of East Hampton will host a members show, “Visions of Spring,” through May 12, at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. The show features painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture. There will also be art workshops and events during the nine-day exhibit. Visit www.aaeh.org for the full schedule of events.

Retro

The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton presents “Retro.” The group show runs through May 19. The show aims to evoke feelings of nostalgia by reviving images, styles, colors, and designs from the past.

Refuge

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill presents “Thomas Joshua Cooper: Refuge,” the artist’s first solo exhibition in an American museum in nearly two decades. The show is on view until July.

Cooper’s images are made primarily along the coastal and inland waterways of the world. Refuge features photographs made between 1998 to 2018 along the Eastern seaboard and the Hudson River, anchored by 21 images of seascapes and interior landscapes he made on the East End during his 2016 exploratory commission sponsored by the Lannan Foundation with the Parrish Art Museum.

Moments/Stories

MM Fine Art in Southampton presents “Moments/Stories,” paintings by Peter Beston. The show runs through May 19. The British-born artist had a long career as a film editor before becoming an artist. Now an East End resident and full-time painter, Beston’s work utilizes precise composition. His work is generally described as realist, but his paintings often contain elements of the surreal.

Reu’ven Gayle

East End Arts and Peconic Bay Medical Center present a memorial art show with work by artist Reu’ven Gayle at the East End Arts Gallery in Riverhead. The show runs through May 10.

Rob Calvert

In conjunction with Holocaust Remembrance Observance, Sag Harbor resident Rob Calvert will exhibit his six-piece topical series at Temple Adas Israel Gallery Space in Sag Harbor. Ann Chwatsky’s selection for this year’s exhibition marks the first opportunity to see these works. Calvert made the assemblages in response to his 2016 visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

The exhibition will run through May.

The Women I Love

The group exhibit “The Women I Love” will run at Keyes Gallery in Sag Harbor through May 17.

Guild Hall

Guild Hall presents two one-person shows by groundbreaking artists. Christine Sciulli, known for her enigmatic light installations, and Yung Jake, whose work takes the form of rap music, animation, and portraiture, will both have work on display. Both shows run through May 27. Visit www.guildhall.org.

Vantage Points

The Drawing Room in East Hampton presents “Vantage Points” with art by Adam Bartos, Gotz Diergarten, and Michael Light. The show runs through May 27.

East End Collected5

Artist and curator Paton Miller returns with “East End Collected5” and “EEC Jr.” at the Southampton Arts Center. The show runs through Sunday, June 9.

East End Collected5 reflects Miller’s vision of the East End region as an ideal environment for artists to create work. Through this exhibition, Miller highlights 32 artists. Artists include Casey Chalem Anderson, Michael Cardacino, Sylvia Channing, Jeremy Dennis, Madison Fender, Francine Fleischer, Lori Hawkins, Carol Hunt, Anna Jurinich, Christine Keefe, Suzanne LaFleur, Geralyne Lewandowski, John Margaritis, Alexis Martino, Lauren Matzen, Eric Meola, Oscar Molina, Joanlee Montefusco, Nika Nesgoda, Cindy Pease Roe, Jay Schneiderman, Arden Scott, Ty Stroudsburg, Trina Tozzi Michne, and Isabel Turban.

EEC Jr. artists include Harlan Beeton, Emily Esposito, Kyle McNamara, Cian O’Neill, Kai Parcher-Charles, Finn Pilaro, and J.B. Riffaud.

On The Grid

VSOP Projects in Greenport presents “On The Grid: Contemporary Explorations,” curated by Scott Bluedorn. The show includes artists Rossa Cole, Sabra Moon Eliot, Robert Otto Epstein, Colin Goldberg, John Messinger, Patience Pollock, Bastienne Schmidt, Christine Sciulli, Drew Shiflett, Mike Solomon, and Daniel Sullivan. The exhibit runs through May 19.

Broad Impressions

Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor presents “Broad Impressions.” The show runs through May 12. Artists include Amy Florence, Kelly Carmody, Tina Orsolic Dalessio, Melissa Franklin Sanchez, and Maryann Lucas.

Parrish Perspectives

Parrish Perspectives at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill presents artists Renate Aller and Jean-Luc Mylayne. The show runs through July 28. The series features monumentally-scaled photographs drawn from the permanent collection that illuminate the intimate bond between subject and photographer. For more info, visit www.parrishart.org.

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