The head of the Metropolitan Museum will be at Guild Hall to talk about the future of museums and the Met's evolving role.

The annual Box Art Auction for East End Hospice will feature imaginative yet portable art by 80 professional artists.

Ugo Rondinone at Madoo, gestural abstraction at Harper's, James Katsipis in SoHo, plein-air painting workshops, Abby Abrams solo in Springs, two shows in Montauk.

Music festival benefit, John Turturro in Southampton, Tony Yazbeck at Bay Street, jazz in Southampton and Montauk, Bow Wow Meow Ball for ARF.