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Jim Dine on His 60 Years in Art

Jim Dine will participate in a live-streamed illustrated talk with Alicia G. Longwell, the Parrish Art Museum's chief curator, on Friday. His works "The Hooligan" and "The Wheatfield (Agincourt)" are installed on the grounds there through next August.

Nov 5, 2020
Bay Street Announces Plans for New Home

The Bay Street Theater said on Friday that it will create a new home at the site of the West Water Street Shops in Sag Harbor with multiple theaters and educational facilities in addition to outdoor and dedicated public space to be completed in 2023.

Oct 30, 2020
Artistic Escape by 'Life Raft'

Throughout its history, East Hampton's Halsey McKay Gallery has given its space to quite a few intriguing installations. "Life Raft," an exhibition featuring a sculptural piece of the same title that takes up much of the gallery's first floor, is no exception.

Oct 29, 2020
Bits and Pieces 10.29.20

Halloween events, a new renovation show featuring Bridgehampton's Lorraine Bracco, and more

Oct 29, 2020
Art Meets Science in Work of Suzanne Anker

Specimens, natural and man-made, and petri dishes figure prominently in Suzanne Anker's work, as do medical museum artifacts, microscopic images, LED lights, and genetic coding. All that and more feeds into a body of work that exists at the intersection of art and science.

Oct 29, 2020
The Art Scene 10.29.20

A talk on Porter and Ashbery, a new installation at Selavy, graffiti in Bridgehampton, and more

Oct 29, 2020
Vandals Target 'Bonac Blind' Art Installation

"Bonac Blind," a temporary art installation in Accabonac Harbor by Scott Bluedorn that was featured in The Star's Oct. 15 issue, was vandalized multiple times last week. 

Oct 27, 2020
Bits and Pieces 10.22.20

Behar's short plays read by a stellar cast, more outdoor film screenings in Southampton, and courtroom art from a familiar hand

Oct 22, 2020
And Now, an Album for Nancy

Artists for Nancy, a group of visual and performing artists and writers who support the Democratic candidate for Congress Nancy Goroff, have released an album to raise money and awareness for her campaign.

Oct 22, 2020
The Art Scene 10.22.20

Heilmann's latest canvases, photographic portraits of East End artists, Benglis in N.Y.C., group shows at MM Fine Art, and more

Oct 22, 2020
Rosario Varela: Paper and People Over Time

"Red, Gold, and You," which opened last weekend and continues through Monday, invites viewers to modify the red paper links that hang from trees in the Guild Hall garden. "Little by little, you can change the whole thing. . . . It will change and stay changed."

Oct 22, 2020
Parrish Spotlights Four Artists, Offers Film on Agnes Gund

Works by Ross Bleckner, Louise Nevelson, Donald Sultan, and Simone Leigh are featured in a new exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum, which is also showing a documentary on Agnes Gund on Friday.

Oct 22, 2020
'Bungalow Colonies in the Sky': A Talk With Lee Skolnick

A recently published monograph, "Skolnick: Architecture + Design Partnership" (Pointed Leaf Press), explores the 40-year legacy of the East End architect Lee Skolnick and his firm. Alastair Gordon caught up with him to talk about his practice, his design aesthetic, and his collaborations with artists and cultural institutions. 

Oct 22, 2020
The Art Scene 10.15.20

Local organizations have received grants from the Frankenthaler Foundation, plus new shows at Tripoli, Ashawagh, Philllips, Harper's Books, No. 53, and more.

Oct 15, 2020
A Fresh Start to Fall at Guild Hall

The fall art season has officially arrived at Guild Hall, which is presenting a recorded talk with Shirin Neshat about her latest video and film projects on Sunday, an installation by Rosario Varela opening Friday, and a virtual talk with Renee Cox and Sanford Biggers on Tuesday.

Oct 15, 2020
Celebrating Frederick Wiseman at Sag Harbor Cinema

The Sag Harbor Cinema will launch "Wednesdays With Wiseman," a virtual cinema series of three films by Frederick Wiseman, on Oct. 21 with "Ballet" (1995), which focuses on the American Ballet Theatre. Each film will be preceded by a prerecorded conversation between Mr. Wiseman and another notable documentarian.

Oct 15, 2020
Bonac Blind Looks at What's Lost

As part of the Parrish Road Show, the artist Scott Bluedorn will launch Bonac Blind, a reimagined duck blind that both memorializes Bonac traditions of fishing, hunting, and farming and comments on the sad consequences of East Hampton's stratospheric cost of living.

Oct 15, 2020
Bits and Pieces 10.15.20

Outdoor screenings to be held at Southampton Arts Center this weekend, while an outdoor concert series in Bridgehampton has been canceled.

Oct 15, 2020
Poe Reimagined for Halloween at Bay Street

Will Pomerantz, Bay Street Theater's associate artistic director, has reimagined three of Poe's thrillers into short plays with contemporary settings, under the title "Awake at Night."

Oct 15, 2020
News for Foodies 10.15.20

Seasonally appropriate specials at Nick and Toni's and Fresno welcome fall.

Oct 15, 2020
The Art Scene 10.08.20

Pollock's mural at Guggenheim, Berry Campbell comes to Ashawagh, Elmgreen & Dragset at Pace, new solos at Halsey McKay, and more

Oct 8, 2020
Truman and Tennessee, In Their Own Words

Lisa Immordino Vreeland planned to make a documentary about Truman Capote, then found out another film on the writer was in the works and about to be released. She decided to pivot and add another subject to her film.

Oct 8, 2020
The Consequences of Tragedy

"Wander Darkly" portrays the crisis of a woman who isn't clear about her state of being or that of those around her after a car crash. It's an existential journey the audience takes with her, never really sure what is happening until late in the game.

Oct 8, 2020
Bits and Pieces 10.08.20

Dahlias at LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton Historical Society's Ask the Curator, and a new virtual concert series from the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

Oct 8, 2020
A Sneak Peek at a Variety of Festival Films

A small sampling of Hamptons International Film Festival's offerings previewed and reviewed by some of The Star's writers for those looking for something different.

Oct 8, 2020
Sip and Sing and Other Bay Street Fall Offerings

Sip and Sing with Kyle Barisich and two new online theater classes at Bay Street Theater

Oct 2, 2020
The Art Scene 10.01.20

New fall art exhibitions at Duck Creek, Harper's Books, MM Fine Arts, and more, an Artists Alliance show at Ashawagh, and legal advice for artists.

Oct 1, 2020
Salle Obscures but Encourages Meaning at Skarstedt Gallery

David Salle assembles images from multiple sources, layering them, and creating a larger meaning from the mixed messages and tropes. He continues this practice in the "Tree of Life" series on view at the Skarstedt gallery in East Hampton.

Oct 1, 2020
'When In Doubt, Do Something': The Harry Chapin Story

"Harry Chapin: When In Doubt, Do Something" will transport viewers of a certain age to a time that seems both comfortingly familiar and scarcely recognizable.

Oct 1, 2020
Bits and Pieces 10.01.20

Guild Hall's virtual theater features a play by a former artist in residence and film screenings outdoors at SAC

Oct 1, 2020