Arts

During the closing of cultural institutions last spring and after, Warren Neidich has emerged as a cultural force of his own. In May, he organized "Drive-By-Art," an outdoor public art exhibition where 62 South Fork artists exhibited their work on their properties, near roads, or on sidewalks.

Virtual concerts and variety shows, a "drive-by" Merry Madoo, and more

Kevin Teare's mid-to-late 1970s artworks are inflected with the Minimalist tendencies still prevalent during that period in New York. Yet they also signal the same shift other artists were making away from the movement's strictures.

While most biographies may be undertaken because of the writer's interest in the subject, Neal Gabler begins "with a question I want to explore. And then I find the subject who enables me to explore that question in a narrative way."

With the opening of the Sag Harbor Cinema Center delayed because of the pandemic, Jamie Hook, the executive director, is using the time to brainstorm ways to usher the theater from its art house past to a blockbuster future.

Phillips design stars on view in Southampton, Duck Creek pops up at Fireplace Project, the latest edition of the Thanksgiving Collective, Miami's art week shows up on these shores, and more

Most holiday-themed events are virtual this year, but the East Hampton Historical Society is offering two on-site events to celebrate the season.

The Southampton Arts Center’s “Raconteurs” storytelling series, hosted by Amy Kirwin, will return in virtual form next ‘Thursday at 7 p.m.

This year’s Hamptons Doc Fest will present a slate of 28 features and seven shorts virtually, over a 10-day period. Now in its 13th year, the festival has a diverse lineup covering politics, history, science, biography, social justice, the environment, and the arts.

A life spent living on both coasts has always inspired Mary Heilmann's artwork. This year, it has taken a more literal form and is on view in Southampton.

Emmanuel and Christina Di Donna have taken years of experience in the art world and channeled it into a jewel box of a showroom on Job's Lane in Southampton. Selavy by Di Donna aggregates both high art and design objects into livable spaces where everything is for sale.

A career survey with a seasonal focus at South Etna, members show applications, Jeremy Dennis's Dreamstarter grant, and more.

In Process at the Watermill Center, a series that fosters engagement between artist residents and members of the community, will resume on Saturday afternoon at 2, but, like so many cultural events these days, will do so virtually.

Audrey Flack's documentary is now available for streaming, Bay Street is holding an auction, and more

Viewers familiar with Miles Partington's work will notice a significant difference in his latest pieces. The Southampton native, who returned a few years ago after college and time out west, has recently shifted his practice to painting after years of working primarily in sculpture.

Saul Steinberg at Pace, a new pop up through the Drawing Room, a virtual Artists Alliance holiday show, and more

This weekend's OLA Film Festival, organized by the Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island, will include an in-person screening of "No," an award-winning 2012 Chilean film and a free virtual showing from Guild Hall of the Disney Studios cartoon "Inside Out." 

"Photography's Last Century: The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection" has had an interesting run since it opened on March 10 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Extended until the end of the month, there are still opportunities to see it live or to experience it virtually in a unique and free presentation by Rosanne Cash and A.M. Homes on Tuesday.

Lonnie Holley introduced himself as "a self-taught artist from Alabama, and I'm living in Atlanta, Georgia. I work with found objects, as you can see," he said, gesturing to a sprawling pile of fabric, tree branches, strips of paper, leaves, silver and gold wire, an ax handle, and various other things he at one point referred to as "debris."

Watermill Benefit
On the heels of its October reopening, the Watermill Center has announced its autumn benefit auction, which will go live on artsy.net from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and continue through Dec. 9. The auction will benefit the center and its artists, who can earn a 20 percent commission from the sale of their work.

Situated in a village with such a rich whaling history, it's a wonder that Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theater has not previously presented a theatrical production of Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick." That will change on Tuesday, when the theater's Literature Live! series will stream a 90-minute version online.

An original opera's virtual world premiere, an M.F.A. open house for Stony Brook University's film and television programs, Native American traditions on film, and more

Jill Magid, a resident of Amagansett, discussed her recent projects "Homage CMYK (2019)" and "Tender" with the curators of Dia and Creative Time last week over Zoom.

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.

Art begins to take over empty storefronts in Southampton, a new group show at Studio 11, and more

Frederick Wiseman's new film, "City Hall," will premiere nationwide on the Sag Harbor Cinema's virtual platform on Friday. The documentarian will also receive a career achievement award from the Hamptons Doc Fest in December.

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.

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.

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.

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