The dead adult humpback whale towed to the Montauk ocean beach last week is just one of several humpbacks that we have been reading about this year in the local newspapers. There have been many sightings offshore and even in Great South Bay and other estuarine water bodies.
On the drive east to Montauk early Friday morning, pale pink hues of the developing sunrise could be seen over the sand dunes alongside the Napeague stretch. Would the fish be on the chew? Only time would tell.
Although Helen Frankenthaler spent some of her formative years as an artist in Springs and East Hampton, she developed a more lasting relationship with Provincetown, Mass., during her marriage to Robert Motherwell. The decade she kept a summer studio there had a profound impact on her work.
The Watermill Center showed off an eclectic installment on Saturday night at the center’s annual benefit and auction, an "enchanted forest and performance art extravaganza" that featured works by more than 30 international artists. This year’s event was titled Tabula Rasa, or “clean slate,” a theme centered on evoking a mind-set absent of preconceived ideas. Robert Wilson, the founder and artistic director of the institute, was the mind behind the dynamic presentation. Photographs by Doug Kuntz
