Arts 05-28

Author

Matthew Charron
May 28, 2026

See Monster | Arts, Culture, and Living

‘A Meditation on Home’

After 14 years in her closet, Nicole A. Vanasse’s “Goldi,” a stunning series of 16 batik panels that reimagines the story of Goldilocks, can be seen at the Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons in Bridgehampton.
Long Island Books: Humming With Truth
From fiction involving a woman running her family’s tea house to a memoir of recovering from a brain injury, “Fit Into Me” is nothing if not hybrid.
Art and Fashion at the Leiber Collection
The Leiber Collection will open with three new exhibitions: “Judith and Gerson Leiber: A Passion for Fashion,” “Gerson Leiber: An Inexplicable Light,” and “Garden of Friends: Ode to the Sea.”
Artists Reflect on Migration
The Bridgehampton Museum will open two exhibitions, “What We Carry: Memory and Migration,” an installation of artworks, photographs, and artifacts, and “Uncharted Waters,” paintings by Mark Seidenfeld.
Launch of the Art Barge
The Art Barge on Napeague will offer four months of classes, including watercolor, ceramics, weaving, painting on location, stained glass, paper collage, and many more.
Long Island Modern Returns
LongHouse’s Long Island Modern series will feature Alastair Gordon discussing the just-released, revised, and expanded edition of his “Weekend Utopia: Modern Living in the Hamptons.”

Bits and Pieces
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Met Opera, composers’ first works in concert at The Church, Bay Street opens “Mister Halston,” and a drag brunch at Frankie’s Fabulous.
The Art Scene
“Summer of 69” at Harper’s, book launch at Guild Hall, group shows at Eric Firestone, Springs Library, and Ashawagh Hall, four painters at Grenning, and drone photos at the Hampton Library.
News for Foodies
Ma’s House meets Kidd Squid Brewing Company, artisanal French pastries at L&W Market, a takeout menu from Art of Eating, and a basket weaving workshop at Il Buco Vita.

At the Galleries
Late-breaking and standing gallery and arts center listings that last beyond the opening receptions announced in "The Art Scene," updated frequently.

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