Arts

"I know it's weird to talk about a muse, but I'm absolutely convinced the muse is real," Anthony Brandt said on a recent summer afternoon, sitting on his backyard deck in Sag Harbor.

In person and virtual music offerings and a drag brunch are on offer this week.

“Andromeda’s Sisters,” the Neo-Political Cowgirls’ two-part virtual arts and advocacy program, will kick off Friday evening at 7:30 with a show of monologues written by female-identifying playwrights and performed by notable actors.

A raconteur, writer, and composer of satirical songs, Christopher Mason has been coming to the East End every summer for 35 years, much of it spent at a friend’s house in Sag Harbor.

Pace Gallery partners with fellow behemoths, Gagosian and Acquavella, to present 40 works on paper from the late Donald B. Marron's collection, and much more.

Four films about racial inequality and the connection between the civil rights movement of the 1960s and contemporary events will be featured in this year’s Black Film Festival, a presentation of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill and the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center.

The plays are the thing at Guild Hall, both virtually and live, starting Sunday with “The Pack: Short Comedies by Eugene Pack,” three plays featuring exceptional casts that will be available via YouTube Live at 8 p.m.

Hauser & Wirth confirmed the arrival of an international gallery powerhouse on Southampton's Main Street with a striking yet restrained sign out front and the installation of sleek and playful sculptural benches by Louise Bourgeois in the green space behind it.

Although not yet publicly announced, Phillips auction house proclaimed its presence in the Hamptons this week with a demure and obviously temporary sign at the rather showy location of 1 Nugent Street in Southampton Village.

New galleries, new shows, video projections, and more from all over the South Fork.

Although he was scheduled to have a summer exhibition at Guild Hall, Robert Longo came up with a better plan for this year's unique circumstances. It involved his artist friends and giving back to the arts institution.

The Jewish Center of the Hamptons has organized a Virtual Evening With Isaac Mizrahi in Sunday. He will be joined by friends such as Bob Balaban, Sandra Bernhard, and more.