Parrish Looks Back
The second of a series of lectures devoted to the history of the Parrish Art Museum will feature Donna De Salvo, the museum's former Robert Lehman Curator, Friday at 6 p.m. Ms. De Salvo will discuss "A Museum Looks at Itself: Mapping Past and Present at the Parrish Art Museum, 1897-1992," an exhibition she organized in 1992 at the museum's original location on Job's Lane in Southampton.
That show illuminated often-concealed biases and beliefs that can shape an institution’s programming, such as period taste, class consciousness, and racism. Ms. De Salvo will consider how these issues remain relevant today. The program will also include a conversation between Ms. De Salvo and Corinne Erni, the Parrish's chief curator.
The museum's current exhibition, "Artists Choose Parrish," includes works from its collection that were part of "A Museum Looks at Itself."
Tickets for adults are $16; $12 for senior citizens, $5 for members, free for students and children.
Artist Talk in Sag
Nani Chacon, a Dine (Navajo) visual artist, will be at The Church in Sag Harbor on Friday at 6 p.m. to present her work and talk with Jeremy Dennis, a Shinnecock artist and the founder of Ma's House & BIPOC Art Studio, about their collaboration at MoMA PS1.
Ms. Chacon, who is the featured artist this month at Ma's House, a communal art space and artists' residency on the Shinnecock Reservation, works primarily as a painter and muralist. Her projects focus on community engagement, a reflection of her conviction that art should be an accessible catalyst for social change.
While at Ma's House she is working on a series of large-scale ink drawings that suggest the gestural freedom and movement of water.
Tickets are $10, free for members of The Church and the Shinnecock Nation, but registration is required. All proceeds will benefit Ma's House.
Overlapping Exhibitions
An overlapping series of exhibitions by five women artists will unfold beginning Saturday at Keyes Art in Sag Harbor with an exhibition of work by Rozeal, an American artist known for her narrative canvases commenting on cultural, racial, and sexual identity.
She uses traditional ukiyo-e print techniques to blend Japanese folklore, geisha, kabuki, and samurai imagery with hip-hop references and African-American culture. The exhibition will include new paintings and drawings.
Subsequent openings are set for 6 to 8 p.m., and will feature Carol Ross and Agathe Snow (July 8), Fay Lansner (July 15), and Leslee Stradford (July 22).
Disease as Metaphor
"Syphilis II," an exhibition organized by Adam Cohen and Anton Kern, will open on Saturday at the David Lewis Gallery in East Hampton and continue through July 30.
The show explores the idea of syphilis as a metaphor for the "poisonous contagion of contemporary media and communication," according to a release. Some artists explore the spread of disease as a metaphor for the spread of ideas, while others focus on the deleterious effects of social media and instant messaging.
"Syphilis II" includes work by Georg Baselitz, Keith Haring, Sheree Hovsepian, Joel Mesler, and Pablo Picasso, among others.
Baker's Dozen at Canio's
Arlene Bujese, the artist, gallerist, and consultant, is the curator behind "Visual Vernacular," a group exhibition opening Thursday at Canio's Books in Sag Harbor and remaining on view through July 29. In selecting the works, Ms. Bujese has said, her intent was to create a dialogue among them, to underscore the unique language encouraged by art.
The show has work by Abby Abrams, Shari Abramson, Sheila Batiste, Darlene Charneco, Eric Ernst, Carol Hunt, William King, Susan Lazarus-Reiman, Dennis Leri, Fulvio Massi, Barry McCallion, Charles Yoder, and Lewis Zacks.
A reception will be held Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Witty Compositions
TW Fine Art, which has a winter presence in Palm Beach, Fla., will open for its second season in Montauk on Saturday with "Put on Your Red Shoes and Dance the Blues," a show of paintings by Alberto Pazzi.
Mr. Pazzi's sensibility is infused by Pop, Surrealism, and cartoons, resulting in colorful and often witty combinations of female bodies, animals, and strange forms that seem to exist between the two. His strong emphasis on line, flat areas of color, and disregard for modeling or depth reflect his previous career as a graphic designer.
The exhibition will continue through July 27.
Works on Paper
Two new series of works on paper by Scott Sandell will be on view at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor from Sunday through Aug. 25. The show includes large color-field paintings from his "Measures of Instability" series and recent works from his ongoing collage series, which incorporate paper made by the artist.
Mr. Sandell's collage works often begin with a found object, such as a wine label or candy bar wrapper, which is then affixed to handmade paper. The works build from there with multiple impressions done on a traditional etching press.
A reception will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Pop in Bridgehampton
"Wake Me for Champagne," a solo exhibition of mixed-media work by Nelson De La Nuez, is at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton through July 16. Unabashedly Pop, Mr. De La Nuez's artworks blend cartoon imagery with collage elements to capture men and women in moments ranging from love to despair, tinged with irony and humor.
A reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
