Bring the whole family and join us for a Summer Sing-Along in Guild Hall’s Minikes Garden! Led by musicians Saskia Lane, Emily Eagan, & Skye Soto Steele this hour-long program will engage children and their parents through musical play, singing, songwriting, dancing, and more.
Recommended for ages 3 – 7 and their parents/guardians.
Click HERE for the 4 PM program.
ON VIEW AUGUST 5-OCTOBER 16, 2023
Marks Family Gallery South
Leo Villareal’s Celestial Garden (2023) is a monumental light sculpture composed of an array of LEDs diffused through a vinyl membrane and accompanied by a soundscape and artist-designed furniture. Villareal utilizes custom software to orchestrate compositions of perpetually evolving abstract forms inspired by the intricate patterns found in nature.
The artist grew up along the US-Mexico border, and his early interest in Mexican muralism is reflected in the historical references to mark-making in his large-scale works. Although his immersive light installations employ sophisticated technology to generate random sequences that recombine in infinite variations, his focus is on reducing systems to their essence—simple elements such as pixels or the zeros and ones of binary code—to better understand the underlying structures and rules that govern their workings.
Leo Villareal has created light works for museums and public spaces around the globe, including Westminster Bridge in London, the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, the Bleecker Street subway station in New York, and the facade of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Gallery Hours:
Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM
FREE
Bring the whole family and join us for an afternoon of fun! Visit a new exhibition, Leo Villareal: Celestial Garden, then head to the Phanstiel Pavilion out front for a special project inspired by the vibrant installation, and a family-friendly Silent Dance Party, including hype dancers from Our Fabulous Variety Show. Music will be broadcast to three channels on wireless headphones featuring all your favorite tunes from a range of genres.
The Carvel Ice Cream Truck will be dishing up free soft serve in the parking lot courtesy of Urban Standard Capital, plus complimentary cookies from Citarella, Cocojune Kids Pouches, and JUST Water. Additional refreshments will be available for purchase from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.
Don’t miss out on the family fun!
Renée Cox: A Proof of Being presents a selection of the best-known and most celebrated photographs produced by the artist since 1992. The exhibition traces the evolution of Cox’s practice through a series of performative self-portraits, demonstrating the ways in which she has reclaimed art historical themes in order to explore notions of womanhood, beauty, and agency.
On view in the exhibition are photographs from some of the artist’s most recognizable bodies of work, including her groundbreaking Yo Mama series (1992–94) and her monumental photograph The Signing(2017). Renée Cox: A Proof of Being also marks the New York premiere of a recent work, the immersive video installation Soul Culture (2022).
Organized by Monique Long, independent curator.
Blue Dream and the Legacy of Modernism in the Hamptons
By Paul Goldberger
Photographs by Iwan Baan
This is the story of the creation of an astonishing house that renews and reinvigorates the spirit of the avant-garde in the Hamptons. Architecture critic Paul Goldberger tells the story of an extraordinary house on the Atlantic Double Dunes in East Hampton—Blue Dream, the result of a remarkable collaboration between collectors Julie Reyes Taubman and Robert Taubman, who together with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, builder Ed Bulgin, landscape architect Michael Boucher, and designer Michael Lewis, sought to renew the legacy of modernist architecture and art in the Hamptons.
Goldberger offers insight into the complex process by which an architectural idea generated a work that stands as the most striking addition of our time to the roster of architecturally ambitious modernist houses on Long Island. As he notes, “There are relatively few books devoted to the architecture of a single house, but what is clear if you read any of them is that they are stories about clients as much as about architects.” So it is with Blue Dream, where the Taubmans were inspired by the avant-garde spirit of artists and architects who settled and worked in the Hamptons and set out to create a house like no other, a house whose complex curving forms could only be built using the composite material used to make fighter jets.
Iwan Baan’s photographic portfolio documents Blue Dream across four seasons. Goldberger’s text is illustrated with images of earlier modernist houses that inspired the project, as well as documentation of the design process involved in the making of Blue Dream itself.
Join Carmela Ciuraru, author of the critically acclaimed Lives of the Wives (selected as one of the “Best Books of 2023 so far” by The New York Times) for an insightful and humorous conversation with her longtime friend, the renowned journalist Katie Couric.
The history of wives is largely one of silence, resilience, and forbearance. Toss in celebrity, male privilege, ruthless ambition, narcissism, misogyny, infidelity, alcoholism, and a mood disorder or two, and it’s easy to understand why the marriages of so many famous writers have been stormy, short-lived, and mutually destructive. “It’s been my experience,” as the critic and novelist Elizabeth Hardwick once wrote, “that nobody holds a man’s brutality to his wife against him.” Literary wives are a unique breed, requiring a particular kind of fortitude.
Lives of the Wives is a witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five writers, illuminating the creative process and the role of money, power, and fame in these complex and fascinating relationships. The book pays tribute to these women, and the price they paid for their own creative ambition, success, and freedom. The Washington Post praises Lives of the Wives as “a tour de force….the stories Ciuraru tells are gripping, horrific, and sometimes even funny—but most of all they are important.”
A limited number of copies of Lives of the Wives will be available for purchase and signing, or the book can be purchased in advance with the ticket + book price.
This program will take place in Guild Hall’s Marks Family Gallery South.
THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT. A waiting list will be taken IN PERSON ONLY at 6:30 PM on Monday, July 17.
Join us at The Leiber Collection for Guild Hall Teen Arts Council’s inaugural fashion show, Leiber’s Legacy.
Inspired by the Judith Leiber Collection and in partnership with the Ladies Village Improvement Society, the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council has designed and curated a line of repurposed fashion. The evening will begin with a runway show hosted by stylist, dancer, and drag performer, Danny Ximo, where each Guild Hall Teen Arts Council member will walk the runway in their very own design, and conclude with a reception in The Leiber Collection’s Garden.
Audiences are encouraged to bring their own chairs, blankets, etc., and to arrive early to explore The Leiber Collection.
ABOUT GUILD HALL TEEN ARTS COUNCIL
The Guild Hall Teen Arts Council (GHTAC) is the region’s first paid teen arts program. As employees of Guild Hall, GHTAC members work to curate public programming, advance their creativity, increase Guild Hall’s outreach to local teens, and learn through collaboration with Guild Hall staff.
Click HERE for more info.
ABOUT THE LEIBER COLLECTION
The Leiber Collection is a beautiful jewel of a museum surrounded by a sublime sculpture garden located on Long Island in the East Hampton hamlet of Springs. Created as a nexus of Art, Fashion and Culture by its founders, famed Artful Handbag Designer Judith Leiber and celebrated Modernist Artist Gerson Leiber, it is a rare treat located in The Springs. leibermuseum.org
ABOUT THE LADIES VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
Since their founding in 1895, the Ladies’ Village Improvement Society has been dedicated to keeping East Hampton one of the most beautiful villages in America. They maintain our wonderful trees and greens, provide scholarships to local high school students, preserve local landmarks, and host community events and programs for all ages, including their annual summer fair, Halloween and holiday open houses, Easter egg hunt, visits with seniors, and so much more. Community outreach is vital to the LVIS mission, and their partnerships with local schools and not-for profit organizations continue to expand. For nearly 70 years, the LVIS has awarded college scholarships to East Hampton High School seniors and adult women seeking a college degree to enhance their long-term career prospects. This year they awarded over $190,000 in scholarship monies to 24 students and 2 adult women.
lvis.org
To celebrate Nick & Toni’s upcoming 35th anniversary, Guild Hall and Florence Fabricant will bring Stirring the Pot to the beloved East Hampton restaurant for a rich, memory-filled conversation with owner Toni Ross, Chef Joe Realmuto, and special guest Chef Jonathan Waxman.
Join us at Guild Hall where Florence Fabricant will sit down for a chat with Chef Jarrod Huth, Culinary Director at the new Canoe Place Inn. Chef Huth will demo his Dry Aged Hiramasa with Canoe Place Reserve Caviar and Green Curry Vinaigrette while guests sip on bubbly provided by Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and sample the end product.
Chef curated by De Gustibus Cooking School by Miele and presented in partnership with De Gustibus and Canoe Place Inn & Cottages.
Appliances and cookware courtesy of SMEG USA. View their products HERE.
About De Gustibus Cooking School by Miele
De Gustibus Cooking School by Miele est. 1980 is owned and operated by Salvatore Rizzo and founded by Arlene Sailhac. It is their goal that you are educated—with friends, or on your own—and that you learn and experience what we consider to be a unique culinary performance at each event.
Their mission at De Gustibus Cooking School by Miele is to provide the highest quality experience in all things culinary. Tickets to their classes include education and tastings along with the opportunity to be up close and personal with the most celebrated chefs and sommeliers in the industry.
MEET WORLD-CLASS CHEFS
– Be educated by legendary chefs and rising stars
– Be touched by their insights and personal stories in an intimate and interactive setting
EAT DELICIOUS FOOD
– Observe and learn techniques and follow recipes of cutting-edge chefs as they demonstrate a divine menu
– Smell and savor their culinary creations
TASTE EXQUISITE WINES
– Sample a delightful array of wines selected by our partners.
About Canoe Place Inn & Cottages
Once the first stop of beach-bound socialites and visiting dignitaries making their way east, Canoe Place has been reimagined—and meticulously renovated—for a new generation of well-traveled guests.
In the town of Southampton, in the waterfront hamlet of Hampton Bays, two picturesque bays meet where friends, families, and cultures have come together since 1697. The site of the nation’s oldest inn, this special place has been everything from a waterside retreat to a discreet celebrity rendezvous to a racy late-night scene. That history of gathering and memory-making continues to this day.
Centuries old yet refreshingly new, Canoe Place has reopened after years of careful restoration and thoughtful, luxurious enhancements. The return of the beloved inn and the opening of beautifully landscaped grounds, classic pool, and bars and dining mark a new chapter in the long history of this special place.
Advance Reservations Are Now Closed – Admission Can be Paid in Person
Everyone’s favorite night of fun returns this Saturday when Guild Hall’s Furman Garden will be lit up and ready to greet dancers for some uproariously quiet movin’ and groovin’. Wireless headsets will feature three different channels, including 70s disco and funk, 80s and 90s pop and hip-hop, and hits from the 2000s to today. Each station is represented by a color, so when you notice someone having a great time, you can just switch over to that color and join them!
Skip the lines and reserve your headphones in advance – which also guarantees you will get them on arrival! Headsets can be rented on site, but advance reservations are recommended.
Wine, beer, and snacks will be available at our Coffee Bar located in the front lobby.
RAIN DATE: Sunday, 9/3