Arts

Kelly Taxter, a curator of contemporary art at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan, has been named the director of the Parrish Art Museum, the museum announced last week.

Connie Fox goes solo at the Hecksher, six speak on "East End Collected 6," love-themed exhibitions, and more

It's not too late to sign up for Bay Street Theater's wine tasting benefit in partnership with Wolffer Estate Vineyard on Feb. 24. The deadline has been extended to Wednesday.

At times, one can enter Keyes Art in Sag Harbor and see a pared-down exhibition, similar to any other buttoned-up gallery in the region. In all the best ways, this is not one of those times.

An introduction to the Bel Canto Boot Camp, prepared specially for Guild Hall, will take place online Thursday at 6 p.m. and be followed, on four consecutive Sundays starting this week, by sessions organized around specific themes.     

Michi Itami has worked in a variety of mediums -- printmaking, ceramics, painting, digital photo collages -- but as an artist and teacher, her attitude is consistent: “If you just listen to what they say you have to do, you don’t get anywhere. If you step outside of the box, if you just think creatively, there’s so much you can do.”     

In a tribute to Black History Month, the Sag Harbor Cinema is launching a new series of Cinema Minutes devoted to pioneering Black filmmakers and stars.

Tomashi Jackson speaks at the Parrish with Minerva Perez, new work by Monica Banks in a Southampton Village storefront, and a Lee Krasner talk via Phillips auction house.

A virtual film watch party, online stand up through Bay Street Theater, and a new concert series by the Perlman Music Program

The East Hampton Historical Society’s annual winter lecture series, which will take place virtually this year, will launch Friday evening at 7 with “I Remember When: John Howard Payne’s Memories of Old East Hampton and His Life, 1791-1852.”

A new show at Firestone in N.Y.C. and a talk on James Schuyler at the Parrish Art Museum

The Watermill Center has announced its artist residents for 2021, but some will participate virtually in what the center called “our first-ever hybrid” residency program.

Trying to capture the essence of William Quigley is like chasing after a drop of water in a pond. The words come fast and his stories spread out so quickly, it's near impossible to grasp their entirety.

When he teaches acting classes, one of the first things Ben Vereen asks his students is more practical than inspirational. "You're bringing your monologues and songs — but why?"

On Sunday, Art as Ecosystem, discussions through the Guild Hall Academy of the Arts and The Church in Sag Harbor, will examine “Building Community Through Artist-led Transformative Spaces.” On Monday, it will begin a series of virtual conversations led by Black and indigenous leaders.

It is impossible to imagine Jack Lenor Larsen's energy lying dormant, but it is also not necessary, because his legacy, LongHouse Reserve, lives on after him. The stewards of the East Hampton garden and arts center he opened in 1992 are determined that the site endure and thrive.

A new series of conversations, "Cinema Live," will feature interviews with directors whose films can be accessed on the Sag Cinema's website during the coming weeks.

The Parrish brings its tours outside, new shows at Halsey McKay, Mark Borghi, Keyes, and Roman, and more

On Saturday, A.I.A. Peconic, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, announced its annual awards during an evening Zoom presentation.

Stephen Hamilton is back at Bay Street as the director of external affairs for the Friends of Bay Street, Music for Montauk releases a filmed concert, and more

Edward Burns's "Bridge and Tunnel" is a real time traveler that will seem both familiar and alien to anyone who lived through the cusp of the 1970s and 1980s. For those born much later, it serves as a period piece that recreates those days faithfully and lovingly.

At 31, Lucien Smith's story has taken him from "wunderkind" to blowback, a break from New York and the gallery system, a move to Montauk in 2015, and the creation of STP (Serving the People), a nonprofit commission-free platform for artists to show and sell their work.

A discussion of affordable housing for artists and the youth flight in the area at the Parrish and more

The Sag Harbor Cinema has launched "Minutes," an online series of short clips from cinema classics introduced and contextualized by Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan, the theater's artistic director.

James Croak's career has been marked by his experimental use of materials in sculpture. This has continued with his successful efforts to cast forms out of dirt, a process he began exploring in 1985.

Through Jan. 17, the Saul Steinberg show at Pace Gallery celebrates one of East Hampton's pre-eminent artists, and one who defied labels and the norms of his contemporaries. Consequently, his art remains particularly fresh on first and subsequent viewings. Those who first saw the show when it opened are likely to be rewarded on a second, third, or even fourth look.

Lois Dodd and Alex Katz downstairs at the Drawing Room, a discussion of the friendship between Fairfield Porter and Jane Freilicher at the Parrish, and more.

The Watermill Center's annual series Viewpoints: Nights @ the Roundtable, which features conversations with artists working across a range of disciplines, will take place online via Zoom on four consecutive Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m., starting on Jan. 6 with the Daxophone Consort.

Eric Firestone, whose eponymous gallery opened on Newtown Lane in East Hampton 10 years ago, has always followed his own path. While most gallery owners learn their trade by working for other dealers, Mr. Firestone opened his first gallery, in Tucson, Ariz., in 1994, when he was 21. Just last month he launched a ground-floor space on Great Jones Street in NoHo.

Joe Brainard's collages are on view downtown in East Hampton, while a pop-up show lands at Union Steak and Sushi in Southampton.