Archive for September, 2011

DISPATCH – SEPT 2011 HAMPTONS & BEYOND This is the first post peering into museum exhibitions. September brings the start of the de Kooning show at MoMA and a wood sculpture exhibition at Long Island Museum. There are plenty of continuing exhibitions such as “Artists Choose Artists” at the Parrish Art Museum and ”Richard Prince: Covering Pollock” at Guild Hall. Historic hunting and [...]

DISPATCH – Sept 29, 2011 (Thursday; 11:35 p.m.) Greenport, NY If you blink, you’ll miss it. Benton Nyce Gallery is presenting another one of their guerilla art shows on Saturday at Brecknock Hall. This time, it’s not only art that’s being celebrated. The exhibition, “חַי (chai, life)” is also a fundraiser for the Liberal-Conservative synagogue, Congregation Tifereth Israel [...]

DISPATCH – Sept 17, 2011 (Saturday; 4:30 p.m.) Greenport, NY Abstract art has a special place on the East End of Long Island. A range of abstraction was given its due in the exhibition, “Abstractions,” held at the deCordova Studio & Gallery. The group show featured art by Eric Ernst, Barbara Bilotta, Colin Goldberg and Mike Maas. All [...]

DISPATCH – Sept 4, 2011 (Sunday; 11 a.m.) Remsenburg, NY It’s a quiet show. Paintings by Jacob Ouillette occupy calculated spaces on the walls of the Remsenburg Academy. There’s a sympatico between the paintings. Each is made of measured brushes of color. The brushstrokes create compositions that hint at improvised freedom, if you settle in and look. Harmony finds its [...]

DISPATCH – Sept 10, 2011 (Saturday; 2:49 p.m.) East Hampton/Westhampton Beach, NY Boxes can be beautiful…especially when made for the annual Box Art Auction benefiting East End Hospice. The 11th Annual Box Art Auction is being held this evening (Saturday, Sept 10) at the Ross School Center for Well-Being in East Hampton. The fundraiser starts at 4:30 p.m. [...]