October means Hamptons museums wrap up their exhibitions that opened in summer and now move into fall. Some museums close for 2015 and others unveil their next set of exhibitions. Either way, consider a museum visit before the following exhibitions become Hamptons history.
Temporary Sculpture Installations at LongHouse Reserve
On view through October 10, 2015. LongHouse Reserve's grounds and permanent sculpture collection is open on Saturdays through October 24, 2015.
Each year, LongHouse Reserve installs new sculptures for the season, joining the hundreds of works on view. This is the final weekend to see the 2015 temporary artworks. They include sculptures by Kiki Smith, Takashi Soga, Grace Knowlton, Sui Jianguo and Ronald Bladen.
LongHouse remains open on Saturdays through October 24, 2015, when it closes for the 2015 season.
LongHouse Reserve is located at 133 Hands Creek Rd, East Hampton, NY 11937. Admission is $10. www.longhouse.org.
RELATED: "Primer for New Sculpture at LongHouse Reserve" published April 23, 2015.
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"Eye of the Ring" by Takashi Soga. Courtesy LongHouse Reserve.
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"Platform: Tara Donovan" at The Parrish Art Museum
On view through October 12, 2015
Three new works constructed from Slinky® toys by American artist Tara Donovan remain on view at The Parrish through October 12, 2015. Donovan is known for her ability to amplify the innate physical characteristics of everyday objects by transforming them into large-scale works of art.
For the museum's fourth Platform series, Donovan was invited to create new artwork that relates specifically to the museum infrastructure and environment and the works on view. Her art was installed in July 2015.
The Parrish Art Museum is located at 279 Montauk Highway Water Mill, NY 11976. www.parrishart.org.
RELATED: "Teach a Woman To Fish: Tara Donovan at The Parrish Art Museum" by Janet Goleas. Published August 18, 2015.
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Installation view of Platform: Tara Donovan. Untitled, 2015. Slinky®s. Parrish Art Museum. Courtesy of the artist and Pace Gallery, New York. Photo by Gary Mamay.
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“Roy Lichtenstein: Between Sea and Sky” at Guild Hall
On view through October 12, 2015
Comprised of over 30 works from private lenders and the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, the exhibition will include works from the 1960s-1990s. A collaboration between Guild Hall and the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Roy Lichtenstein: Between Sea and Sky celebrates the artist’s abiding relationship with the East End of New York and all that it inspired.
Guild Hall is located at 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937. www.guildhall.org.
RELATED: "ART REVIEW: Guild Hall Lichtenstein Show Stretches Viewers’ Understanding" by Charles A. Riley II. Published August 24, 2015.
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"Sailboat" by Roy Lichtenstein, 1981. Magna on canvas, 50 x 70 inches. Private collection. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein.
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"Right On! The Lennon Years Photographs by Susan Wood 1968 – 1978" at The Mulford Farm Museum
On view through October 18, 2015
Right On! The Lennon Years, Photographs by Susan Wood 1968 – 1978" captures the decade through photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono plus movie stars, models, politicians and others who made the era memorable. Curated by Irish photographer Deirdre Brennan.
The Mulford Farm Museum is located at 10 James Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937. www.easthamptonhistory.org.
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Photograph by Susan Wood.
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"Andreas Gursky: Landscapes" at The Parrish Art Museum
On view through October 18, 2015
"Andreas Gursky: Nature in Balance" focuses on some of Gursky's most enigmatic images of landscape, water, and architectural detail with a specific tie to the landscape tradition. All oversized in scale, the photography is installed across three of the museum's galleries.
The Parrish Art Museum is located at 279 Montauk Highway Water Mill, NY 11976. www.parrishart.org.
RELATED: "ART REVIEW: Gursky Landscapes Offers View of Man’s Paltry Place in Nature" by Charles A. Riley II. Published September 14, 2015.
"Handicapping Auction Prices for Andreas Gursky Photographs" by James Croak. Published September 21, 2015.
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"Bangkok IX" by Andreas Gursky, 2011. Inkjet print, 212 x 87 inches. © Andreas Gursky, VG BILD-KUNST, Bonn./ ARS, 2015. Courtesy the artist.
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"Elaine de Kooning Portrayed" at the Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center
On view through October 31, 2015.
Elaine de Kooning’s longstanding devotion to portraiture is the subject of a show at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. A complimentary exhibition is presented at the Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center with portraiture by Elaine de Kooning rounded up by those made by fellow artists of Elaine, including a portrait made her husband, Willem de Kooning.
The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center is located at 830 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, NY 11937. www.pkhouse.org.
RELATED: "'Elaine de Kooning Portrayed': Absorbing Window into History" by Charles A. Riley II. Published August 12, 2015.
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Portrait of Elaine de Kooning by Fairfield Porter.
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For a complete listing of museum exhibitions across Long Island, visit our October Museum Look column.
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