The Art Scene 05.05.16

Pollock-Krasner House Reopens

The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs will open for the season today with a show of Philip Pavia and a new admission policy. The center will be open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m., and reservations are no longer necessary. Admission is $5; free for members, SUNY/CUNY students, faculty, and staff, and for children under 12.

At Halsey Mckay in N.Y.C.

The Halsey Mckay Gallery of East Hampton is opening “12 Symbols,” an exhibition of new work by Chris Duncan, at its Lower East Side space at 56 Henry Street, with a reception tonight from 7 to 10. The show will run through June 12.

Mr. Duncan wrapped a dozen 14-inch percussion cymbals with fabric and placed them on an Oakland rooftop, where they were exposed to the sun for six months. The pieces of fabric were then washed and stretched. A new four-channel audio piece will accompany the sun paintings.

New York Art Fairs

Perhaps it’s a sign of art fair fatigue, but more likely the scant participation of East End galleries in this week’s New York City fairs has to do with the approach of a busy summer. Halsey Mckay will present a solo show of work by Elise Ferguson at the New Art Dealers Alliance fair on Pier 36 through Sunday. Ms. Ferguson is a Brooklyn painter whose geometric abstractions have been shown at the gallery in three one-artist exhibitions.

Salomon Contemporary, which was located for five years in an East Hampton warehouse before relocating to Chelsea, will show work by Peter Dayton, Alice Hope, and Almond Zigmund in the Collective Design Fair on Washington Street through Sunday. All three artists are from East Hampton and have exhibited internationally.

Karma, which has spaces on the Lower East Side and in Amagansett, will participate in Frieze New York, which will take place on Randalls Island through Sunday.

Group Show at Ashawagh

“Spring Into the Springs,” a group exhibition, can be seen at Ashawagh Hall in Springs on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 to 5. A reception with live music will be held Saturday from 4 to 8.

Participating artists are Richard Mothes, Christina Friscia, Mark Webber, Jerry Schwabe, Erick Segura, Brian Monahan, and Mike Monahan.

Celebrating Spring in Sag

“Spring: Flowers and Fields,” a group show of landscapes and floral-inspired paintings, will open today at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor and continue through May 26. A reception is set for Saturday afternoon from 4 to 5:30.

Featured artists include Gayle Tudisco, Joan Tripp, Thomas Condon, Joyce Brian, Muriel Hanson Falborn, Pingree Louchheim, Linda Hansen-Redamonti, Ghilia Lipman-Wulf, Hazel Shearer, Thomas Gray, Martha McAleer, Coco Pekelis, and Veronica Mezzina. 

Linda Stein’s “Fierce Females”

“Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females,” an exhibition of tapestries and sculpture by Linda Stein, is on view through July 14 at the Flomenhaft Gallery in Chelsea. A reception will take place next Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Stein began researching the Holocaust after 9/11, and her work celebrates different aspects of bravery by both Jews and non-Jews during that time. A panel discussion will be held at the gallery on May 24 with Eva Fogelman, director of Remember the Women Institute, Rochelle Saidel, author of “Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust,” and Ms. Stein.