Art Behind Bars
In 2009, after graduating from college with an art degree, Jesse Krimes was arrested for cocaine possession and sentenced to six years in federal prison. "Art & Krimes by Krimes," Alysa Nahmias's award-winning film, which will be shown on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, documents Mr. Krimes's creation of monumental artworks while incarcerated.
His major project was a 40-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newspaper, each panel of which was smuggled out of the prison with the help of fellow artists. Mr. Krimes only saw the completed work upon his release in 2014; it was shown last year at MoMA PS1.
The screening will be followed by a talk via Zoom with Mr. Krimes, Ms. Nahmias, and three other formerly incarcerated artists. Corinne Erni, the museum's deputy director of curatorial affairs, will moderate. Tickets are $16, $5 for members and students.
For Ukraine
"Stories in Color," an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Ted Hartley and featuring his "Ukraine Series," will open on Saturday at Keyes Art in Sag Harbor, with a reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. It will remain on view through Dec. 1.
The churning colors in the abstract paintings from the "Ukraine Series" suggest violent storms or fiery explosions, each one "a punch thrown in outrage . . . a blazing comet," said George Negroponte, who organized the show.
The series is dedicated to the Ukraine people; proceeds from sales will benefit the Olena Zelenska Foundation, a new charity founded by the country's First Lady.
Empathy With Nature
The Sara Nightingale Gallery in Sag Harbor will open "Rewilding," a show of paintings by JoAnne Carson and Suzanne Unrein, on Saturday, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
Rewilding is a progressive approach to conservation that advocates letting nature take care of itself, enabling natural processes to shape land and sea, repairing damaged ecosystems, and restoring degraded landscapes.
Both artists envision in their work a dynamic and hybridized natural world in which anthropomorphic animals and plants, both real and imagined, flourish against all odds.
The exhibition will continue through Nov. 23.
Hamada in Korea
Work by the East Hampton artist Hiroyuki Hamada is on view at Gana Art Bogwang, a gallery in Seoul, Korea, through Sunday. His first solo show in Asia, it features paintings and sculpture created between 2002 and 2021.
Mr. Hamada's use of nontraditional materials and intricate repetitive patterns evokes "mechanical civilization and the scientific development of the modern age," says the gallery.
Aller's Landscapes
An exhibition of photographs by Renate Aller, who divides her time between New York City and Westhampton Beach, will open Saturday at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont, continuing through Feb. 12.
Ms. Aller's large-format photographs feature landscapes ranging from deserts to the Atlantic Ocean to the Alps to a forest floor in Florida. The stillness of the images belies the state of constant flux that characterizes the natural world, while capturing its varied textures.
