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Dennis Oppenheim (American, 1938–2011). Wishing the Mountains Madness, 1977. One of three locations. Star units 4 x 4 ft. each. Area covered: four acres. Location: Missoula, Montana. Color and black-and-white photography, hand-stamped topographic map, text. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York. Gift of the Dennis Oppenheim Estate.

Dennis Oppenheim: Wishing the Mountains Madness 1977 / 2026

June 4–September 14, 2026

A conceptual artist who worked in sculptural installation, performance, photography, and film, Dennis Oppenheim became best known for his outdoor sculptures, known as “land art” or “earthworks,” created through interventions into urban and natural environments. Oppenheim first executed Wishing the…
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Sanford Biggers (American, b. 1970). Dagu, 2016, assorted fabrics, spray paint, acrylic on antique quilts, 50 x 151.5 x 5 in. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; purchase with funds provided by the Collections Committee, 2018; 2018.5. Photo: Jenna Bascom, 2021.

Sanford Biggers: Drift

May 17–September 13, 2026

Sanford Biggers: Drift presents a major solo museum exhibition by the acclaimed artist on the East End of Long Island, featuring new textile works, prints, sculptures and site-responsive installations. Fascinated by the ways that materials and symbols become charged with spiritual,…
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Installation view of Ellsworth Kelly: Eight Decades at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (March 8–July 19, 2026). Courtesy the Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation. Photo: Jenny Gorman.

Ellsworth Kelly: Eight Decades

March 8–July 19, 2026

American artist Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) drew his distinctive formalist language from the world around him. From his early years, he was inspired by his encounters with everyday objects: a window frame, a slab of butter, a petal’s edge—all offered fruitful…
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Installation view of Regeneration: Long Island’s History of Ecological Art and Care at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (February 22–June 14, 2026). Photo: Jenny Gorman.

Regeneration: Long Island’s History of Ecological Art and Care

February 22–June 14, 2026

Long Island’s East End has long been a vital fishing and agricultural region, where communities have relied on the land and water for generations. Today, environmental shifts and pressures increasingly threaten these traditions. Regeneration: Long Island’s History of Ecological Art…
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Installation view of FRESH PAINT: Tschabalala Self at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (February 5–June 1, 2026). Photo: Jenny Gorman.

FRESH PAINT

Tschabalala Self

February 5–June 1, 2026

For the sixth iteration of the collaborative FRESH PAINT exhibition series, the Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation are pleased to present a recent work by the artist Tschabalala Self (American, b. 1990 in Harlem, NY). Self’s painting…
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Installation view of the 2025 Student Exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (March 15–April 27, 2025). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

2026 Student Exhibition

March 7–April 26, 2026

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 students…
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Installation view of Nina Yankowitz: In the Out/Out the In at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY (October 9, 2025–February 22, 2026). Photo: Jenny Gorman.

Nina Yankowitz: In the Out/Out the In

October 9, 2025–February 22, 2026

Throughout a career spanning six decades, Nina Yankowitz (American, b. 1946) has continuously pushed against traditional boundaries, forging a practice that defies singular definition. From loosening canvas from the stretcher and allowing it to drape and fold, to creating immersive…
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Installation view of Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell, 1962–2014 at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (September 13, 2025–February 8, 2026). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

Endless Limits: The Work of James Howell, 1962–2014

September 13, 2025–February 8, 2026

American artist James Howell (1935–2014) is best known for his minimalist paintings that explore the vast tonal range of the color gray. In the later decades of his life, he produced hundreds of paintings, prints, and drawings that explore the…
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Hiroshi Sugimoto (Japanese, b. 1948). Marmara Sea, Silivli, 1991, photolithograph, 9 ½ x 12 in. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, Gift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc., 2022.7.58.

Time Exposed: Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Seascapes

September 13, 2025–February 8, 2026

“Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a voyage of seeing.”…
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Installation view of FRESH PAINT: Rudolf Stingel at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY (October 9, 2025–February 2, 2026). Photo: Jenny Gorman.

FRESH PAINT

Rudolf Stingel

October 9, 2025– February 2, 2026

The Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation continue their FRESH PAINT collaboration with a new work by the artist Rudolf Stingel (American, b. Italy, 1956). At the Parrish, Stingel will present Untitled (2025), a large-scale, interactive installation in the Museum’s…
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Installation view of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Collider at the Parrish Art Museum (October 14, 2024–December 15, 2025). Photo: Jimmy Hamelin.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Collider

October 14, 2024–December 15, 2025

The Parrish Art Museum will present Collider, a new public artwork by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, as part of the annual façade installation series. Made up of hundreds of small LED spotlights that create a calm, rippling curtain of light along the…
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Raven Halfmoon (Caddo Nation, b. 1991). Sun Twins (detail), 2023, stoneware, glaze, 77 x 49 x 28 in. Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94 © Raven Halfmoon. Photo Credit: Elisabeth Bernstein.

FRESH PAINT

Raven Halfmoon

June 12–October 5, 2025

The Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation continue their FRESH PAINT collaboration with a work by the artist Raven Halfmoon (Caddo Nation, b. 1991). Standing over six feet tall, Sun Twins (2023) is a stoneware sculpture of two…
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Installation view of Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk at the Parrish Art Museum (May 11–September 21, 2025). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk

May 11–September 21, 2025

Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk is a survey of the artist’s work ranging from 1981 to 2024, exploring his Long Island connection and how a single month spent in Montauk in the summer of 1982 with a fellowship at The Edward…
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Installation view of Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire at the Parrish Art Museum (April 20–September 1, 2025). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire

April 20–September 1, 2025

Shirin Neshat (b. Qazvin, 1957), an Iranian-born artist and filmmaker living in exile in America, has spent her career examining what it means to exist between two cultures, focusing on human resilience in the face of upheaval and oppression. Born…
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Installation view of FRESH PAINT: Reggie Burrows Hodges at the Parrish Art Museum (February 13–June 9, 2025). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

FRESH PAINT

Reggie Burrows Hodges

February 13–June 9, 2025

The Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation continue their ongoing collaboration with the latest installation of FRESH PAINT, featuring a painting by the Bay Area-based artist Reggie Burrows Hodges (American, b. 1965). Labor: Sound Bath (2022) is part of…
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Ralph Gibson (American, b. 1939). From the Political Abstraction series, 2015, archival ink jet, 33 x 45 in. Courtesy the Artist.

Ralph Gibson

Nature : Object

October 27, 2024–April 27, 2025

The Parrish presents a selection of photographs by Ralph Gibson from a series based on the relationship between shapes found in nature and human constructs; positing that nature is visually evident in all genres of industrial design, and architecture is…
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2025 Student Exhibition Preview Day. Photo: Lisa Tamburini.

2025 Student Exhibition

March 15–April 27, 2025

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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Jane Freilicher (American, 1924–2014). The Changing Scene, 1981. Oil on canvas, 52 x 64 inches. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, Gift of Elizabeth Hazan and Stephen Hicks 2023.9

A New Subjectivity 1979/2024

October 14, 2024–March 30, 2025

A New Subjectivity 1979/2024 looks back at the momentous exhibition Nouvelle Subjectivité (A New Subjectivity) organized by the essayist and art historian Jean Clair in Brussels at the Palais des Beaux Arts in 1979. The exhibition at the Parrish pays…
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Audrey Flack (American, 1931–2024). A Brush with Destiny, 2023, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 40 x 40 in. Courtesy Hollis Taggart.

Audrey Flack

Mid-Century to Post-Pop Baroque

October 14, 2024–March 30, 2025

This Fall the Parrish Art Museum will present a career-spanning exhibition celebrating Audrey Flack. The exhibition blends Flack’s iconic photorealist painting techniques with her early background in Abstract Expressionism and newest “Post-Pop Baroque” series. Ranging from paintings and drawings to…
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Bertrand Meniel (French, b. 1961). Breakfast at the Fairmont, 2009, acrylic on linen, 38 ½ x 71 ¼ in. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, Gift of Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel, 2018.16.2.

Beyond Reality

Paintings and Drawings by Bertrand Meniel

October 14, 2024–March 30, 2025

Beyond Reality: Paintings and Drawings by Bertrand Meniel is a survey of paintings and drawings by the French photorealist who has been creating paintings of unprecedented detail since 1996. Using a variety of photographs of his chosen subject and advanced…
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