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Illuminating the creative process—how art and artists transform our experiences of the world, and how we live in it.

05/29/2026

COMMUNITY DAY: SAVOR THE SUMMER | JUNE 14 | Get ready for Summer and join us on Saturday, June 14, for a free celebration of art, music, and food! The Museum’s Annual Community Day is open to all, featuring free admission to the Museum (from 11 AM to 5 PM), artist workshops, curator-led tours, an artisanal market featuring local vendors, and more!

When Community Day ends, we invite all guests to join us at 5 PM on the Terrace for live jazz as we kick off our summer music series with Hamptons JazzFest! Click here for more information: https://parrishart.org/event/community-day-2026/

Community Day: Savor the Summer, and the Hamptons Jazzfest Kickoff Party are made possible, in part, by Crozier Fine Arts.

05/28/2026

MIDSUMMER GALA | JULY 18 | Join us for an unforgettable Night in the Clouds during this year’s Midsummer Gala on Saturday, July 18! Inspired by Sanford Biggers’ Unsui (Cloud Forest) (2025), the evening features art, live performances, music, dancing, food, and more. This year’s Gala honors Philanthropist Ellen Katz and Artists Enoc Perez, Joan Semmel, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and In Memoriam Pat Steir. Don’t miss the event of the season! Click here for tickets and more information: https://parrishart.org/event/midsummer-gala-2026/

Midsummer Gala Dinner | 5:30 PM–9 PM
The Afterglow Party | 9 PM–12 AM

Thank you to our sponsors Capital One, Crozier Fine Arts, and Casa Dragones Tequila for making this wonderful evening possible.

ON VIEW NOW | SANFORD BIGGERS: DRIFT | Featuring new textile works, prints, sculptures, and site-responsive installation...
05/27/2026

ON VIEW NOW | SANFORD BIGGERS: DRIFT | Featuring new textile works, prints, sculptures, and site-responsive installations, Sanford Biggers: Drift is the artist’s first major solo museum exhibition on the East End. Fascinated by the ways that materials and symbols become charged with spiritual, cultural, and personal significance, Sanford Biggers (b. 1970, Los Angeles, CA) draws on a diverse range of influences, ranging from Buddhism and Los Angeles graffiti culture to Gee’s Bend quilts and his own collection of African sculpture.

The exhibition features work from Biggers’ series of illuminated cloud sculptures titled Unsui (Cloud Forest) (2025), which draws on Japanese, European, and American art traditions; it also includes works from Biggers’ ongoing Codex series—sculptures and paintings made from repurposed antique quilts, and showcases a new site-specific floor-based sand installation inspired by prayer rugs, breakdance floors, and Japanese Buddhist mandalas.

Sanford Biggers: Drift is on view now through September 13th. Learn more here:
https://parrishart.org/exhibitions/sanford-biggers/

Photos: Installation views of Sanford Biggers: Drift at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (May 17–September 13, 2026). Photos by Jenny Gorman.

FRESH PAINT: EMMI WHITEHORSE | OPENS JUNE 4 | The seventh installment of the Museum’s collaborative FRESH PAINT exhibiti...
05/26/2026

FRESH PAINT: EMMI WHITEHORSE | OPENS JUNE 4 | The seventh installment of the Museum’s collaborative FRESH PAINT exhibition series with The FLAG Art Foundation presents a new diptych painting by artist Emmi Whitehorse (Diné, b. 1957 in Crownpoint, NM), titled Reseeding Chaco (2026).

Whitehorse’s paintings reflect the Navajo worldview of Hózhó, which the artist describes as “a harmonious balance of beauty, nature, humanity, and the whole universe.” While her works evoke a sense of stillness, it is the fleeting moments of nature that speak to Whitehorse: ripples on the water’s surface, insects moving, and grasses swaying in the wind. The constellations of forms that emerge and sink into her painted surfaces are a reminder of the transitory nature of life.

Click here for more information about the exhibition:
https://parrishart.org/exhibitions/fresh-paint-emmi-whitehorse/

Photo: Emmi Whitehorse. Reseeding Chaco, 2026, mixed media on paper mounted to canvas, two panels, each 59 1/2 x 89 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. Photograph by Addison Doty, 2026.

MIDSUMMER GALA | JULY 18 | Spend A Night in the Clouds with us on Saturday, July 18, for our Annual Midsummer Gala and A...
05/22/2026

MIDSUMMER GALA | JULY 18 | Spend A Night in the Clouds with us on Saturday, July 18, for our Annual Midsummer Gala and Afterglow Party. This year’s theme draws inspiration from Sanford Biggers: Drift and its immersive Unsui (Cloud Forest) (2025) installation. The Gala will honor philanthropist Ellen Katz and artists Enoc Perez, Joan Semmel, Pat Steir, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. All funds raised during the Midsummer Gala support the Parrish’s education initiatives, exhibitions, and programs that energize the creative legacy of Long Island’s East End.
For tickets and more information, visit: https://parrishart.org/event/midsummer-gala-2026/

05/21/2026

SAVE THE DATE: COMMUNITY DAY | JUNE 14 | Join us for our annual Community Day celebrating art, artists, and food! Enjoy free admission all day (from 11 AM to 5 PM) alongside free activities including artist-led workshops, gallery tours, an artisan market featuring local vendors, and more. When Community Day ends, all are welcome to stay for an evening of music as we kick off Summer Jazz on the Terrace in collaboration with Hamptons JazzFest!

Community Day: Savor the Summer and the Hamptons JazzFest Kickoff Party are made possible, in part, by Crozier Fine Arts.

Click here for a schedule of activities and more information:
https://parrishart.org/event/community-day-2026/

PANEL DISCUSSION | MAY 24 | Join us for a conversation between artist Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) and members of the Shi...
05/21/2026

PANEL DISCUSSION | MAY 24 | Join us for a conversation between artist Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) and members of the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers to celebrate their collaborative work presented in the exhibition Regeneration: Long Island’s History of Ecological Art and Care.

The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers are an intergenerational collective of Indigenous women who are restoring the ancestral Shinnecock tradition of seaweed harvesting to address pollution in local waters. Drawing on Siestreem’s myriad processes, the works created for Regeneration reflect her collaboration with the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers and their shared emphasis on Indigenous land rights, community engagement, and ecological restoration.

Join us! More info at: https://parrishart.org/event/panel-regeneration-long-islands-history-of-ecological-art-and-care/

THANK YOU | We are grateful to our members, partners, artists, and supporters who joined us in celebrating the opening o...
05/19/2026

THANK YOU | We are grateful to our members, partners, artists, and supporters who joined us in celebrating the opening of Sanford Biggers: Drift this past weekend! Sanford Biggers: Drift presents the acclaimed artist’s first major solo museum exhibition on the East End of Long Island, featuring new textile works, prints, sculptures and site-responsive installations. Sanford Biggers: Drift is now on view through September 13, 2026!

Photos by Lisa Tamburini.

ARTIST TALK | MAY 23 | In celebration of FRESH PAINT: Tschabalala Self, join us for a conversation in the Lobby with exh...
05/18/2026

ARTIST TALK | MAY 23 | In celebration of FRESH PAINT: Tschabalala Self, join us for a conversation in the Lobby with exhibiting artist Tschabalala Self and New York-based writer, curator, and historian Camille Okhio, whose newly commissioned essay reflects on Self’s Adam and Eve (2025). Advance registration is recommended. Info + registration at: https://parrishart.org/event/talk-fresh-paint-tschabalala-self/

The sixth iteration of the collaborative FRESH PAINT exhibition series by the Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation presents work by artist Tschabalala Self (American, b. 1990 in Harlem, NY). Self’s painting Adam and Eve (2025), made for her recent solo exhibition at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, is presented for the first time in the U.S. at the Parrish. FRESH PAINT is a rotating series of single-artwork exhibitions at the Parrish that spotlight new or rarely exhibited works by both emerging and established artists.

Images: [1] Tschabalala Self. Photo by Christian DeFonte.
[2] Camille Okhio
[3] Tschabalala Self (American, b. 1990) Adam and Eve, 2025, acrylic paint, fabric, thread, colored pencil, painted canvas on canvas, each: 102 x 96 in. Photo by Jenny Gorman.

ARTIST TALK: SANFORD BIGGERS | MAY 16 | As we celebrate the opening of Sanford Biggers: Drift this Saturday, all are wel...
05/13/2026

ARTIST TALK: SANFORD BIGGERS | MAY 16 | As we celebrate the opening of Sanford Biggers: Drift this Saturday, all are welcome to join us for a conversation between exhibiting artist Sanford Biggers () and Chief Curator Corinne Erni (), who organized the exhibition. Advance registration is recommended, as limited spaces will be available at the door. For more information, visit: https://parrishart.org/event/talk-sanford-biggers-drift/

Image: Sanford Biggers (American, b. 1970), Mirror, 2024. Marble, textile. 99 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 21 ¼ in.; marble base: 30 x 30 x 5 in. On loan from Aliya and Aren LeeKong. Photo by Daniel Greer.

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