Art Talks and a Read-In
Sara Cochran, the chief curator at The Church, will host her final After Hours session at the Sag Harbor venue Friday at 6 p.m. She will lead a curatorial tour of the current exhibition, “Are You Joking? Women and Humor,” before discussing the process and insights gained during the curatorial practice. A question-and-answer session will follow the tour.
Tickets are $20, $10 for members.
Claire Watson, a Water Mill artist whose work is included in “Are You Joking?,” will be at The Church on Sunday morning at 10:30 to discuss her “With Kid Gloves” series. Ms. Watson is known to take common materials, among them pipes and leather gloves, and transform them into new, unexpected, and witty objects. She will take questions after her talk.
Tickets are $10, free for members who register on the website.
The tone will be different on Saturday afternoon at 3, when The Church will hold a free read-in in memory of the internationally acclaimed artist Audrey Flack, who died last month at the age of 93. Guests have been invited to read excerpts from Flack’s recently published memoir, “With Darkness Came Stars.” More details can be obtained by emailing [email protected].
Preregistration has been requested.
Abstraction in Springs
“Women Are Abstract,” an exhibition featuring work by six women considered “a driving force of abstract art,” can be seen at the Fireplace Project in Springs through Aug. 4.
Organized by Martine Langatta, an artist living in Springs and New York City, the show includes work by Erika Keck, Lola Montes, Sabra Moon, Victoria de Lesseps, Nicole Nadeau, and Eva Robarts, all of whom, says a release, “push boundaries and create innovative works that challenge traditional notions of art.”
A Pioneering Artist
“The 100 Years Show,” a documentary by Alison Klayman about Carmen Herrera, a Cuban-born artist who died in 2022 at the age of 106, will be shown outdoors at the Parrish Art Museum Friday at 8 p.m. The screening will take place overlooking the Parrish’s south meadow, where “Estructuras Monumentales,” four large-scale sculptures by the artist, are on view through Dec. 8.
A pioneer and a peer of many male artists who received widespread recognition in their time, Herrera’s story is just one example of the great women whose accomplishments were overlooked because of their gender, ethnicity, or nationality.
Tickets are $20, $18 for senior citizens, $15 for members’ guests, $13 for members, $10 for students, and $5 for children.
Oceanic Forms
“I’m moving to the reef (and other oceanic ways of forming radical relationships),” an exhibition of ceramics by Randi Renate, will open Saturday at Hesse Flatow East in Amagansett, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. It will continue through Aug. 3.
Ms. Renate is known for her ceramics and architectural structures, whose tessellated patterns have affinities with nature. The coral polyp is a recurring motif in her work because of its unique ability to multiply from a monad into an expansive colony. In the works on view, the material transformation of the clay in the firing process from soft to hard alludes to calcifications in nature.
The gallery is open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment via email to [email protected].
Four in Montauk
“Sleepless Color,” a pop-up exhibition organized by Keyes Art of work by Nathan Slate Joseph, David Geiser, Leslee Stradford, and Hilary Helfant, will open at the Depot Gallery in Montauk on Saturday, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. It will run through Aug. 2.
Mr. Joseph’s sculptures are abstract compositions of galvanized steel, while Geiser, who died in 2020, worked in mediums ranging from underground comics to abstract mixed-media pieces to layered oil paintings.
Ms. Helfant is known for her geometric abstractions in ceramics; Ms. Stradford’s art, sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract, includes social, cultural, and historical documentation.
Popular Culture
“Pop Fiction,” featuring the work of Nelson de la Nuez, is at the White Room Gallery in East Hampton through Aug. 11. Mr. de la Nuez’s paintings, prints, sculpture, and mixed-media works borrow motifs and images from popular culture to reflect on wealth, power, fame, and consumerism.
The exhibition also features photographs by Markus Klinko, a fashion photographer and director who has worked with many stars of film, music, and fashion.
A reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Virtual Road Trip
The Art Barge has announced an unusual road trip—unusual in that it will not leave the venue on Napeague. The Barge is currently hosting a photographic exhibition of the 61 artists' homes and studios that belong to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program HAHS).
Helen Harrison, the former director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study center, a founding member of HAHS, and a current members of the HAHS executive board, will conduct the virtual tour on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at damico-art.org/happenings. A reception will follow the presentation.
Rawness as Theme
"Raw," an exhibition of work by 17 contemporary, inter-generational, and multinational artists, opens Thursday at Eric Firestone Gallery, 40 Great Jones Street in NoHo, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
The work addresses the theme of rawness is a variety of ways. Some pieces are painted on unprimed canvas or linen, while others use raw materials from nature or incorporate items of consumer culture without hiding their original appearance. Still others use the raw geometric building blocks of abstraction.
"Raw" will remain on view through Aug. 30.
"Summer Blooms" at WACH
"Summer Blooms," a show of work by Linda K. Alpern, Roisin de Buitlear, Jennifer Cross, Edwina Lucas, Barbara Macklowe, and Chala Toprak, open Thursday at the Women's Art Center of the Hamptons in Bridgehampton and will continue through Aug. 18.
The exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists who represent floral interpretations in a variety of mediums, including painting, photography, ceramics, and glass.
"Flowers provide a sense of place and remind us of flowers in our own gardens and neighborhoods. It is no wonder that flowers have been included in art for centuries," says Wendy Van Deusen, the venue's director.
A reception will be held July 26 from 5 to 7 p.m.
This article has been changed from its print version to include three exhibitions that were announced after the arts section went to press.
