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Installation view of Julia Chiang: The Glows and The Blows at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (July 14–October 13, 2024). Photo: Jason Schmidt.

Julia Chiang

The Glows and The Blows

July 14–October 13, 2024

The Parrish will present the first-ever solo museum exhibition by painter Julia Chiang. The artist will present new, large-scale paintings and ceramics. Chiang’s painterly process is slow and controlled while spontaneous. Organic shapes coalesce on the picture plane in varying…
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Derrick Adams (American, b. 1970). Getting the Bag, 2024, acrylic and fabric collage on wood panel in artist frame, 60 x 60 in. Courtesy the Artist.

FRESH PAINT

Derrick Adams

October 14, 2024–January 5, 2025

This fall, the Parrish Art Museum continues its groundbreaking collaboration with The FLAG Art Foundation with the latest installation of FRESH PAINT, featuring a powerful new work by Derrick Adams. FRESH PAINT spotlights the latest works by both emerging and…
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Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales installed at the Parrish Art Museum © Estate of Carmen Herrera; Photo Image: Courtesy Parrish Art Museum and Vision Maker Productions, Inc.

Carmen Herrera

Estructuras Monumentales

May 25–December 15, 2024

Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales features four large-scale sculptures in red, blue, yellow, and green in the Museum’s South Meadow. Carmen Herrera (American, b. Cuba, 1915–2022) is known for her hard-edge paintings, prints, and sculptures—often representing geometric shapes with both symmetrical…
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Andrea Cote (American, b.1970). Whorl, 2024, cyanotype on cotton sheet, 28 x 30 in. Courtesy the Artist.

2024 Parrish Road Show

Andrea Cote: To Belong to the World

September 14–October 14, 2024

For the 2024 Parrish Road Show, Andrea Cote has been invited to create a site-specific exhibition at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton, NY. Composed of uniquely printed fabrics, some of which are suspended as banners from trees and others installed with…
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Installation view of KAWS: TIME OFF at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (July 14–October 13, 2024). Photo: Jason Schmidt.

KAWS

TIME OFF

July 14–October 13, 2024

KAWS: TIME OFF continues the Parrish Art Museum’s legacy of presenting American artists at the forefront of new creative languages and global art movements. This survey exhibition, the first in the East End, explores KAWS’ dynamic range of visual vocabulary…
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Installation view of Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (June 30–September 29, 2024). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

Sam Moyer

Ferns Teeth

June 30–September 29, 2024

Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth is a survey of the artist’s varied approaches to working with stone, a primary material for Moyer over the past ten years. Fascinated by the geologic time of rock and its many industrial and architectural uses,…
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Installation view of Eddie Martinez: Buflies at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (June 30–September 29, 2024). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

Eddie Martinez

Buflies

June 30–September 29, 2024

Celebrated for his bright, bold, and colorful paintings, Eddie Martinez will present a new body of work made specifically for the Parrish. Taking full advantage of the Museum’s expansive space and high ceilings, Martinez is creating six 12-foot tall Bufly…
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Large-scale work on view in the Museum: JR, Les Enfants d’Ouranos, Bois #6, 2022. Ink on wood, oak frame. 50 ½ x 80 x 2 ½ in. ©JR. Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.

JR

Les Enfants d’Ouranos (Children of Ouranos)

May 27, 2023 to September 9, 2024

Les Enfants d’Ouranos is a new work by artist JR (b. 1983, Paris, France) presented as a large-scale, site-specific installation on the south façade of the Museum for an entire year. The 200-foot long banner, depicting children playfully running, will…
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Lauren Halsey. pride n progress thang, 2024. Mixed media on foil-insulated foam and wood, 120 1/16 x 98 x 23 5/8 inches (305 x 249 x 60 cm). © Lauren Halsey. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian.

FRESH PAINT

Lauren Halsey

June 8–August 25, 2024

In collaboration with The FLAG Art Foundation, the Parrish presents FRESH PAINT, a rotating series of single-artwork exhibitions housed in the Creativity Lounge. The inaugural installation features a multi-layered piece by artist Lauren Halsey. FRESH PAINT circumvents traditional exhibition planning…
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Simón Vega, Tropical Mercury Capsule, Wood, metal roofing sheet, recycled materials, found objects, light, live plants. 250 x 140 cms. 2012. Courtesy the Artist.

Simón Vega

Tropical Space Castaways

February 25–June 30, 2024

Salvadoran artist Simón Vega creates drawings, objects, sculptural installations, and happenings inspired by the self-made informal architecture, local market stands, and vendor carts found in the streets and beaches of Central America. These works, assembled with wood, cardboard, plastic, metal,…
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Installation View: The Art of Food: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, April 21–June 30, 2024. Photo: © Gary Mamay.

The Art of Food

From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

April 21–June 30, 2024

The Art of Food focuses on food as an essential cultural component that builds communities and fortifies human relationships. More than one hundred drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, and ceramics by thirty-seven artists from the Jordan Schnitzer Foundation will be exhibited.…
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Nell Blaine, American, 1922-1996, Imaginary View of Corsica No. 2, 1953-1954, Oil on canvas, 48 1/4 x 62 1/8, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, N.Y., Gift of Arthur W. Cohen, 1987.4

Beyond the Horizon

Interpretations of the Landscape from Women in the Permanent Collection

February 18–June 16, 2024

Spanning mural-sized representational oil paintings, expressionistic watercolors and pastel drawings, and intimate mixed-media abstractions, Beyond the Horizon will take viewers on a journey through visual styles and thematic experiences of the landscape. Featured women artists from the permanent collection capture the…
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Fairfield Porter (American, 1907–1975), Cityscape, ca. 1945, Oil on canvas, 25 x 30, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, N.Y., Gift of Robert Fizdale, in Memory of Arthur Gold, 1991.5

Across the Avenues

Fairfield Porter in New York

February 18–June 16, 2024

Comprised of 27 paintings and prints, Across the Avenues: Fairfield Porter in New York focuses on the cityscapes Porter created of Manhattan between the mid-1940s to mid-1970s. Drawn from the Museum’s vast Porter collection—consisting of over 240 works—Across the Avenues…
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Student Exhibition Preview Day 2024.

2024 Student Exhibition

March 3–April 7, 2024

The annual Student Exhibition, a tradition for over 70 years at the Parrish, features the work of more than 1,000 young artists from Eastern Long Island schools. Working with their art teachers, after school programs and in art clubs, the…
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Artists Choose Parrish

Celebrating the Museum’s 125th anniversary, this landmark exhibition honors the East End’s rich artistic legacy and brings greater attention to major artists practicing here today. Forty-one renowned artists with deep local roots will select works from the collection to be…
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KAWS, TIDE, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 98 x 104 in. © KAWS. Photo: Farzad Owrang

Artists Choose Parrish

Part III

October 29, 2023–February 18, 2024

Celebrating the Museum’s 125th anniversary, this landmark exhibition honors the East End’s rich artistic legacy and brings greater attention to major artists practicing here today. Forty-one renowned artists with deep local roots will select works from the collection to be…
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Alix Pearlstein, Archive Collage (Zinc Plain, Nitsch female participant, Padre & Madre, Non-Picturesque Mountain Landscape and Pearlstein nudes), 2022. 30 x 24 in. Courtesy the Artist

Artists Choose Parrish

Part II

August 20, 2023–February 4, 2024

Celebrating the Museum’s 125th anniversary, this landmark exhibition honors the East End’s rich artistic legacy and brings greater attention to major artists practicing here today. Forty-one renowned artists with deep local roots will select works from the collection to be…
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James Brooks (American, 1906–1992), Ashawagh, 1970. Silkscreen, 22 x 30 inches. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY, Gift of the James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation

James Brooks: A Painting Is a Real Thing

August 6–October 15, 2023

The Parrish Art Museum is organizing James Brooks: A Painting Is a Real Thing, a comprehensive survey of significant scope comprised of over 100 paintings, prints, and works on paper drawn from public and private U.S. collections. Throughout his long…
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Hiroyuki Hamada, September 2023. Photo by Lisa Tamburini.

Road Show 2023

Hiroyuki Hamada: Matter on Ground

September 9 to October 10, 2023

For the 2023 Parrish Road Show, Hiroyuki Hamada (Japanese, born 1968) was invited to create a site-specific exhibition at the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center in Bridgehampton, NY. Now in its twelfth year, Parrish Road Show is…
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Nanette Carter, Cantilevered #53(Teetering), 2020. Oil on Mylar, 32 ¼ x 64 ¼ in. © Nanette Carter, Courtesy Berry Campbell, New York.

Artists Choose Parrish

Part I

April 16 – August 6, 2023

Celebrating the Museum’s 125th anniversary, this landmark exhibition honors the East End’s rich artistic legacy and brings greater attention to major artists practicing here today. Forty-one renowned artists with deep local roots are selecting works from the collection to be shown along…
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