Ruth Schiffman, an author and retired teacher who for many years split her time between East Hampton and New York City, died in New York on June 9. She was 99.

Julian Schnabel is being honored with an exhibition of his artworks at Guild Hall and a film retrospective at the Sag Harbor Cinema.

A Canadian artist’s Instagram account led to a residency in East Hampton to paint the Pollock-Krasner and Elaine de Kooning Houses.