Arts

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.

With less gathering and more cocooning this holiday season, don't forget the rich trove of virtual offerings by South Fork's arts organizations when it's time to cozy up to the couch.

The internationally known textile designer, collector, and author died at his home at the LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton on Tuesday.

At any year's end, it's a good time to take stock and reflect on what has happened since the last Jan. 1. This year might require something deeper and more elaborate.

Since March, the Willem de Kooning Foundation has provided $550,000 in grants and challenge grants to several East End organizations, with a focus on Springs, to address hunger, child care, and medical care. That is in addition to contributions of $2.15 million to the much broader arts community.

Rigor is a word that comes up again and again in the discussion of Dorothy Ruddick's life. The artist, who devised a way that fiber art could be used in combination with drawing and painting to create something else entirely, is on the precipice of a significant rediscovery.

"Julian Schnabel: Trees of Home (For Peter Beard),” features six new plate paintings dedicated to Beard, who was his neighbor in Montauk, and will open Saturday at the Vito Schnabel Gallery in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton has announced the addition of four new members to its board of trustees: Caroline Baumann, Derick T. George, Ayse Manyas Kenmore, and Fitzhugh Karol.

An outdoor sculpture tour at the Parrish Art Museum, the holiday invitational at Romany Kramoris, and new shows and a new New York City space for Harper's

Classical piano, a holiday cabaret streamed live from New York, and a zoom lecture about breaking into the arts field

It's fitting that South Etna gallery. has given over its two rooms to Karen Kilimnik, whose works are best experienced in the aggregate as part of a thematic experience. They build on themselves in a way that makes each part more meaningful and act as a mini survey as well.

James Croak's cast dirt sculptures in Southampton, Paul Davis's prints in Sag Harbor, and more