Reshaping Art Criticism
The thesis of “Art Criticism: The Next Generation,” a panel discussion at Guild Hall on Saturday afternoon at 1, is that a younger set of curators, critics, and journalists are remaking art criticism by responding to the changing understanding of cultural heritage.
The participants include Tiffany Bradley, the founder of Colored Criticism, a digital media platform for art and cultural heritage studies; Belinda Becker, a D.J., dancer, and actor,
Tickets are $15, $10 for members.
Amy Zerner Retrospective
A retrospective exhibition of mixed-media collages, tapestries, and garments by the East Hampton artist Amy Zerner will open at MM Fine Art in Southampton on Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. It will remain on view through Sept. 30.
Ms. Zerner’s work is filled with elaborate images of meditative gardens, goddesses, and sanctuaries. Working with prints, silks, velvets, trims, laces, sequins, and metallic threads, she creates her compositions by cutting, sewing, piecing, painting, and dyeing, to balance art, craft, and spirituality.
Folioeast at Ashawagh Hall
Folioeast is popping up today at Ashawagh Hall in Springs with “What’s New?,” a show of work by 21 East End artists that will be on view through Sunday from noon to 5 daily. A reception will be held tomorrow from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The show features recent or never-exhibited paintings, photographs, and sculpture. Among the participating artists are Melinda Hackett, Hiroyuki Hamada, Dennis Leri, Aurelio Torres,
“Colorscapes,” an exhibition of work by five artists whose investigation of color is carried out through landscapes, will open at BCK Fine Arts in Montauk on Saturday with a reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The show, which continues through Oct. 16, includes paintings by John Goodrich, Al Kresch, Bruce Lieberman, and Kevin Wixted, and collages by Monica Bernier.
Paraskevas Retro
“Paint Your World,” a 40-year retrospective of the work of Michael Paraskevas, will be on view at the Southampton Arts Center from tomorrow through Nov. 10, with a reception set for Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. The center’s free silent dance party (music is via headsets) will follow the opening, from 8 to 11 on the West Lawn.
Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 1984, Mr. Paraskevas has illustrated and written 24 children’s books with his mother, Betty. Together, they created and wrote the animated television series “Maggie and the Ferocious Beast.”
The exhibition features original art, animation drawings, cartoons, paintings, and sketchbooks. Mr. Paraskevas’s new book, “Paint Your World,” will be available for purchase. He will lead a free gallery tour on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
Artists Alliance in Gansett
Members of the Artists Alliance of East Hampton will show their work on Saturday and Sunday at the Amagansett Historical Association’s Jackson Carriage House. A reception, with music by Brad Beyer, will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The gallery hours are Saturday from 10 to 6 and Sunday from 10 to 4.