Arts

Southampton Arts Center is pleased to announce the launch of an innovative arts education program in collaboration with the Southampton School District. This exciting partnership will kick off with the inaugural student artist exhibition, titled "First Light: Celebrating Student Artists of Southampton," which will open on February 7th and run through May 3rd,  honoring the extraordinary talent of Southampton school...

Live theater creates magic. The moment the curtain rises, the lights go up, and the music starts, the audience begins a journey of drama, comedy, music, or all of the above. Often, the venue itself adds to the whole experience, and the east end has a host of truly historical, magical, and community-oriented local theaters that shine under...

The Hamptons is home to some incredible art galleries that carefully curate thought-provoking exhibitions featuring local and international artists.  

Earlier this month, Guild Hall invited the community to slow down and look closer during Art & Social: Painting Tiny with Michael A. Butler. This hands-on workshop led by East End artist Michael A. Butler explored the art of working on a miniature scale—inviting participants to create their own small-format paintings using magnifying tools and a steady hand.

Following the success of his recent solo exhibition Like No One at Ashawagh Hall in East Hampton, artist Michael McDowell returns as one of several artists featured in the exhibition Sea Through River, now on view at LTV Studios, 75 Industrial Road, Wainscott. The exhibition is on display through November 30, and features eleven of Michael’s paintings, alongside the...

The FLAG Art Foundation and the Parrish Art Museum are proud to announce a new curatorial partnership in which FLAG and the Parrish will collaborate on three exhibitions annually across two adjoining galleries at the Museum through 2030. In March 2026, the inaugural exhibition will present eight decades worth of drawings, paintings, and sculpture spanning the career of...

Guild Hall celebrates the creative legacy of Robert Rauschenberg with a special book talk and discussion marking the release of I Don’t Think About Being Great—a new collection of Rauschenberg’s writings published for the first time. While Rauschenberg is best known for his boundary-defying work as a painter where he utilized an array of styles, materials, and techniques, this...

Artists and brothers Steven and William Ladd brought their National Scrollathon to LongHouse Reserve on October 25th. The East Hampton community participated in art-making workshops, allowing their creativity to flow and producing a variety of pieces that will be assembled into a single, permanent artwork.

Earlier this month, the Southampton Arts Center celebrated the opening of its Second Skin exhibition, curated by the Latin American art scholar Estrellita B. Brodsky. The exhibition highlights the significance of clothing as a powerful medium for crafting identity, expressing gender and cultural difference, and advancing political activism. It features approximately 30 works by international artists and designers...

This past summer, the Parrish Art Museum welcomed more than 720 guests to its annual benefit, Midsummer Gala: Echoes of the Cosmos. The highly anticipated gala was held throughout the museum's galleries, terraces, and iconic meadows and raised nearly $1.4 million for the museum's exhibitions, education initiatives, and programming. The evening brought together artists, collectors, curators, philanthropists, and...