Gallery Events

LIK Fine Art

Australian-born landscape photographer Peter Lik presents the grand opening celebration of LIK Fine Art Hamptons on Newtown Lane in East Hampton. The celebration will be open to the public on Saturday, July 13, from 6 to 9 PM. This is Lik’s second New York gallery, featuring 45 of his masterworks.

Women On Water

Alex Ferrone Gallery in Cutchogue opens the summer season with a WOW. Featured in its new exhibition, “Women on Water,” is a selection of works by four female regional artists, JoAnne Dumas, Katherine Liepe-Levinson, Winn Rea, and Blair Seagram, whose complementary creative processes involve water as an inspirational subject.

Celebrate the exhibit with the artists at a reception in the gallery on Saturday, July 13, from 6 to 8 PM. A free luncheon gallery talk with the artists will be held Sunday, August 11, from noon to 2 PM. The show runs through August 18.

Ezra Gallery

Ezra Gallery of the Hamptons at the Center for Jewish Life presents “Abstract Thinking,” opening Sunday, July 14, from 4 to 6:30. Artists include Hans Van de Bovenkamp, Eric Ernst, Kimberly Goff, Diana Leviton Gondek, Tracy Harris, Carol Hunt, Nathan Slate Joseph, Joan Klutch, Elaine de Kooning, Zero Mostel, Alfonso Ossorio, Danny Simmons, Ty Stroudsburg, and Esteban Vicente. The show is curated by Kimberly Goff of the Elaine Benson Gallery.

Thick And Wet

The Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor presents “Thick and Wet,” a group show by painters who value and accentuate the materiality of paint. Longtime Grenning Gallery artist Nelson White is highlighted and will be joined by local painters Beth Rundquist and Darius Yektai; Russian painters Irina Rybakova and Daniil Volkov; and introducing Emily Persson, a young painter from Melbourne, Australia. On Saturday, July 13, a public opening reception will be held from 6:30 to 8 PM.

NextActArt

NextActArt, a mixed-media exhibition by seven women artists, will be on view at Ashawagh Hall in Springs from July 12 to 17. There will be collages, assemblages, mixed-media pieces, and paintings. Ten percent of the proceeds will go to Peconic Land Trust and Quail Hill Farm. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 13, from 5 to 8 PM. Artists include Barbara Brier, Rena Diana, Madeline Farr, Madlyn Goldman, Ronnie Grill, Patricia Miller, and Sheila Wolper.

Abandoned Beauties

East End Arts presents “Abandoned Beauties,” featuring the photography of Holly Hunt at Rosalie Dimon Gallery in Jamesport. An opening exhibit will be held on Sunday, July 14, from 3 to 5 PM.

Works On Paper

Jack Youngerman presents “Works on Paper” through August 5 at the Drawing Room Gallery in East Hampton.

Clay Studio Tour

The Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons is hosting the annual Back Roads Clay Studio Tour on Saturday and Sunday, July 13 and 14, from 11 AM to 5 PM. The two-day tour has 10 ceramics studios and 16 artists from Water Mill to East Hampton. For more info, visit www.backroadsclaystudiotour.com.

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