The Meaning of Home
Tripoli Gallery’s 21st annual Thanksgiving Collective, which is now on view in the Wainscott gallery, invited six East End artists to consider the idea of “Home.”
Jeremy Dennis, a Shinnecock artist and founder of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, asks the viewer to consider the stories that predate the arrival on these shores of Western culture. Sally Egbert painted in a succession of studios until securing her home and studio here. The Hayground School is a second base for Sabra Moon Elliot, who is an artist in residence there.
Born in Japan, Hiroyuki Hamada’s work honors both his and his American wife’s cultural traditions. Judith Hudson designed her home and studio to take full advantage of the East End’s legendary light and water views. The paintings of Miles Partington, who grew up on a farm surrounded by animals, capture their personalities.
The exhibition will run through Jan. 26.
Artists’ Table in Water Mill
Artists’ Table at the Watermill Center is a year-round series that pairs an intimate conversation with an acclaimed artist with a farm-to-table dinner. Set for Saturday from noon to 2:30, the next program features Jamie Diamond, a former resident artist at the center, and Annie Washburn, the founder of East Hampton Kitchen.
Ms. Diamond, whose many residencies also include The Church in Sag Harbor, is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the construction of identity and intimacy through photography, performance, and film. Often inserting herself into her work or collaborating with others, she challenges conventional narratives of truth, memory, and representation.
Ms. Washburn’s East Hampton Kitchen, founded in 2015, is a catering studio devoted to seasonal menus and “expressive hospitality.”
Tickets are $135.23, including fees.
Holiday Show in Montauk
The Lucore Art Gallery in Montauk will open its 2025 Holiday Exhibition with a reception on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. Featuring over 100 East End artists, each presenting a single work, the show will run through Jan. 28.
The exhibition showcases a wide range of painting, photography, and mixed media, reflecting the diversity of the region’s year-round creative community. A celebration of the season, it also offers an accessible entry point for collectors.
Artist and Curator
“Joan Semmel: In the Flesh,” an important exhibition of boundary-breaking work, will open at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan on Friday, Dec. 12, and continue through May 31.
For over 50 years, Ms. Semmel’s declarative nude paintings have upended traditional figuration through gestural and hyper-real representation.
“In the Flesh” juxtaposes 16 paintings drawing from several periods across the artist’s career, many monumental in scale, with almost 50 modern and contemporary artworks selected by Ms. Semmel from the museum’s collection. Encompassing painting, sculpture, photographs, and works on paper, she is said to have made those selections because of their engagement with themes present in her work, among them beauty, agency, and self-perception.
A reception at the museum, on Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, will be held on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
