THE ART LIST
Read ART REVIEWS by DAVID EBONY
KENT, CT
Craven Contemporary
4 Fulling Ln. Kent Barns.
@cravencontemporary
May 23 - July 18, '26. SUMMER REFRESH
Group show of summer themed works including work by Bruno Leydet, Alex Katz, Louis Fratino, Sharon Core, David Shrigley, Daniel Murray, Alex Prager, Kehinde Wiley, and Danielle Orchard.
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
7 Fulling Ln.
@kenisebarnesfineart
June 13 - July 26, '26.
BEHIND MY EYES:
GREGORY HENNEN & DAVID KONIGSBERG.
The two -person exhibition pairs Hennen’s serene, meticulously rendered terrains with Konigsberg’s luminous, contemplative still life paintings, offering two distinct yet complementary meditations on perception and interiority.
MARGOT GLASS: ON THIS FRESH MORNING.
Glass is inspired by the tradition of idealizing nature in art and design as ornament across cultures while seeking to observe and represent her subjects as accurately as possible in all their irregularity and imperfection.
Morrison Gallery
60 N Main St
@morrisongallery
May 30- July 12, ‘26.
SOFT SIGNALS by Michael McGrath. This exhibition explores communication through light and energy — exchanged between figures, animals, and landscape without words. Scenes hover between memory and a calmer, more connected world, not as escape, but as a different way of moving through it. More Exhibitions…
Peggy Mercury
9 Maple St. Kent Barns #2
@itspeggymercury
June 13 - Aug. 3, '26. PORTRAITS: ALEXIS ENGLAND. England captures the beauty, majesty, and elegance of some of nature's most misunderstood subjects.
NEW CANAAN, CT
The Glass House
199 Elm St.
@theglasshouse_newcanaan
April 16 - Dec 14, ‘26. TOMASHI JACKSON AND ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: THE CATCH ONE. To mark the centennial of Rauschenberg’s birth, featuring newly commissioned paintings by Jackson in dialogue with works by Rauschenberg from the site’s permanent collection, the exhibition contributes to a global slate of 2025–26 initiatives that reexamine Rauschenberg’s legacy, honoring his expansive creativity, spirit of curiosity, and commitment to change.
REDDING, CT
G-Town Arts
5 Main St. @GTownArts
June 20- July 25, '26 SUMMER LOVE.
The 86 artists in this exhibition have each maintained an ongoing relationship with the gallery over the past ten years. As the work evolves, we fold it into the conversation and bring it to you, our community. What Summer Love reveals is what that kind of support makes possible. More exhibits…
RIDGEFIELD, CT
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main St.
@thealdrich
June 7, '26—Jan. 10, '27 ALDRICH DECENNIAL: I AM WHAT IS AROUND ME. A recurring survey of artists who live and work in Connecticut that will take place once a decade More Exhibitions…
SALISBURY, CT
Geary Contemporary
14 Main St.
@gearycontemporary
May 23 - July 5, '26.
A LINE, A SHAPE, A TOOL
features work by Sun You, Pooneh Maghazehe, Russell Maltz and Will Corwin. The exhibition charts the possibilities of contemporary sculpture, from the conceptual and diagrammatic, to the almost-figurative. The exhibition’s title is drawn from a short story by Will Heinrich, who envisioned a series of stories inspired by the artists' works.
NORTH ADAMS, MA
MASS MoCA 1040 Mass MoCa Way @massmoca
May 2, ‘26 - April 18, ‘27.
MICHAEL E. SMITH: THE MAKINGS OF YOU.
The artist transforms everyday objects—fish tanks, basketballs, scanners—into charged installations, testing how familiar materials interact and resilience when diverted from waste.
May 23, ‘26 - April 18, ‘27.
SPATIAL POEMS
A communal exhibition in three concurrent parts developed by CEI Fellow Marissa Del Toro in collaboration with guest curators Ninabah Winton and Jamillah Hinson, who aim to disrupt the art world’s usual curatorial structures. More exhibitions…
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA
Clark Art Institute
225 South St.
@clarkart
June 13 - Oct 12. ‘26. GIORGIO GRIFFA: PATHS IN THE FOREST.
For almost sixty years, Giorgio Griffa has explored painting's potential through a rigorous yet lyrical practice. Working with diluted acrylics on unstretched canvases, his paintings exist as real, material facts.
May 22–Sept. 20, '26. BIRDS, BEES, FLOWERS, AND TREES: Images of Nature’s Past and Present. Birds, Bees, Flowers, and Trees pairs historical illustrations from the age of scientific inquiry with contemporary artists’ books featuring similar themes.
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ACCORD, NY
Nino Mier Residency & Projects.
126 Hill Rd.
@ninomiergallery
Season program to be announced.
Leo Koenig Inc.
11 Delaware Ave.
@leokoeniginc
May 24 - July 26, ‘26.
PAINT YOUR LIFE!
The artists featured show us who they truly are—no matter how difficult or dangerous. Their art helps viewers feel braver, less alone, and more understood. Yet, this powerful desire to share one’s reality is almost always paired with an equally urge to embellish it. Featuring Leonard Baby, James Castle, Nicole Eisenman, Jörg Immendorff, Sahara Longe, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Emily Pettigrew, Arisa Yoshioka, Lisa Yuskavage, and many others. Curated by Ryan Steadman.
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY
Hessel Museum of Art
Bard College
33 Garden Rd.
@ccsbard
June 27 - Oct. 18, '26. BETTY PARSONS: AN EXPANDED WORLD. The first major retrospective to examine the intertwined legacies of Betty Parsons (1900 - 1982) as both pioneering abstract artist and trailblazing gallerist who shaped the trajectory of 20th century American art.
June 27 - Nov. 29, '26
UMAN: WAITING FOR YOU. A solo exhibition exploring over two decades of creative practice.
REPLICA OF A CHIP: THE WEAVING TECHNOLOGY OF MARILOU SCHULTZ. The first survey of acclaimed Navajo/Diné weaver and mathematics educator Marilou Schultz.
ATHENS, NY
Athens Cultural Center 24 2nd st. @athensculturalcenter
June 5 - Aug. 16, ’26.
ANIMAL BODIES: The works of Elana Herzog, Jean Shin, and Brigitta Váradi.
Three Hudson Valley artists explore materiality and the ethics of making through sculptural practices. Curated by Minerva Projects.
CAIRO, NY
A.THERIEN
3026 Route 23B
@atherien_upstate
A curated selection of antique furniture, textiles, and found objects. Rare and collectible books with a focus on art, nature, and photography; and artist’s ephemera. Also featuring occasional exhibitions.
CATSKILL, NY
Ruthann Gallery 453 Main Street @ruthanngallery
June 25 - Sept. 12, '26. PARTY IN HELL.
Exploring the joys and precarities of being alive alongside the awareness and concept/question of death. Through art making they cultivate ways to understand, cope with, and find humor in mortality. Works by Nancy Davidson, Leigh Davis, J Grabowski, Whit Harris, Pol Morton, Elena Sisto and Brian Wood.
Thomas Cole National Historic Site 218 Spring St. @thomascolesite
June 20 - Nov. 1, '26. CYNTHIA DAIGNAULT: LIGHT ATLAS. an immersive work by Daignault inspired by Thomas Cole of 360 landscape paintings created on a road trip across the country.
June 20- Aug. 9, ‘26. PARADISE FOUND: CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS BY LAUREN SANSARICQ. Jointly exhibited at The Historic Home of Thomas Cole ad 495 gallery, 495 main str. More exhibits…
COLD SPRING, NY
Magazzino Italian Art
2700 Route 9
@magazzino
April 26–April 26, ‘28.
TUTTO BOETTI 1966–1993.
The exhibition traces Alighiero Boetti's artistic development from 1960s Turin experiments to large-scale mature works, highlighting his use of systems, collaboration, and his central role in Arte Povera.
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Manitoga Design Colllection
159 Main st.
The shop features rotating displays from over 3,500 objects by Russel and Mary Wright, with a permanent gallery at Manitoga, in Garrison, NY.
Studio Tashtego
158 Main St.
@studio_tashtego
May 30 - July 26, ‘26.
COLOUR ASSEMBLY,
A solo exhibition by UK-based ceramicist Caroline Gray. Gray’s exhibition explores monochromatic ceramics, where sculptural lamps, sconces, and wall works form playful yet considered compositions through color and form.
GARRISON, NY
Boscobel House & Garden
1601 Route 9D
@boscobelhg
GUIDED HOUSE TOURS: Mondays & Fridays.
This esteemed Historic House Museum containing one of the finest collections of decorative arts from the Federal period. Boscobel offers admission to 68 acres of grounds, featuring lush gardens and a woodland trail. Explore their public program.
Manitoga
584 Route 9D
@visitmanitoga
June 13- Nov. 15, ‘26. CONTEMPLATION: A PORTRAIT OF MANITOGA by Carlton Davis. An eighteen-month journey of inquiry into Dragon Rock, exploring the quiet dialogue between human intention and the natural world.
GERMANTOWN, NY
Mendes Wood 10 Church Av. @mendeswooddm
June 27 - Sept 6, '26.
KENJI IDE: TEXTURE OF TIME, PRECIOUS OKYOMON, and LOTUS L.KANG: CASKET.
GHENT, NY
Art Omi
1405 Co Route 22
@art_omi
June 27 - Ongoing.
NAYLAND BLAKE: “HAUNT”: BEING THE FOLLY OF ONE VICTORYA SPECTRE. A new commission and the artist’s first outdoor installation. TSCHABALALA SELF: PIONEER (2023) premiering the bronze sculpture—originally commissioned by Desert X. Pioneer represents the lost, expelled, and forgotten Indigenous and African women…[who stand] as a beacon of resilience for their descendants—a visual representation of their birthright and place within the American landscape.". More exhibitions…
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY
Beekman Arts Club
171 Beekman Rd.
@beekmanartsclub
Beekman Arts Club was founded in 2019 by artist Gemma Kahng to create a unique gallery experience for artists and collectors.
HUDSON, NY
Olana State Historic Site
5720 State Route 9G @olanafredericchurch
May 17 - Oct. 25, ‘26.
FREDERIC CHURCH: GLOBAL ARTIST.
Intimate drawings and oil sketches executed by Church on-site during an extensive lifetime of travel, illuminating his encounters with new environments and cultures, presented alongside examples of the large, extravagantly detailed paintings produced for public exhibition, which made the artist internationally famous. More exhibitions…
The Campus
341 NY-217 @thecampusupstate
June 27 - Nov. 1, ‘26.
THE CAMPUS 3rd ANNUAL.
For the 2026 edition of its Annual Exhibition, The Campus will extend its innovative collaborative model across the pond, bringing together artists represented by its six founding galleries — Bortolami, James Cohan, kaufmann repetto, Anton Kern, Andrew Kreps, and kurimanzutto — in conversation with artists represented by UK-based galleries including Thomas Dane Gallery, Emalin, Herald St & Gordon Robichaux, Hollybush Gardens, Lisson, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, Modern Art, and Vigo Gallery.
THE FIREPLACE PROJECT 435 Warren St. @thefireplaceproject
June 19 - July 12, ’26.
THE CUSP OF MAGIC. A solo exhibit by David Fix Jr. Fix Jr.'s paintings draw from family photos and rural imagery, creating familiar yet off-kilter scenes where figures are suspended in moments of intimate, unresolved contact.
KERHONKSON, NY
Ravenwood 579 Samsonville Rd. @ravenwoodny
For the 2026 season, Ravenwood opens its barn doors for weekly gatherings centered on creativity, hospitality, and the heightened rhythms of the land. Rotating exhibitions unfold alongside a café menu and farm stand that reflect the moment and the harvest.
KINDERHOOK, NY
September Gallery
4 Hudson St.
@septembergallery
May 2- June 28, ‘26.
STEADFAST STUDY
Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo.
An artist, abolitionist, educator, and storyteller living on unceded Schaghticoke, Mohican, and Munsee Lenape lands, amplifying Black, Indigenous, Queer, and Trans narratives through print, performance, and installation.
The School / Jack Shainman
25 Broad St.
@jackshainman
May 30 - Nov. 28 ‘26.
MODUS OPERANDI
Featuring work by El Anatsui, Radcliffe Bailey, Yoan Capote, Nick Cave, Mark Dion, Jannis Kounellis, Guillermo Kuitca, Wolfgang Laib, Amy Lincoln, Barry McGee, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard Mosse, Bruce Nauman, Elizabeth Neel, George Rickey, Alexis Rockman, Susan Rothenberg, and Rose B. Simpson.
KINGSTON, NY
68 Prince Street Gallery
68 Prince St. @68princegallery
June 13 - July 12, '26.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER: TRANSFORMING COLLAGE. Featuring regional and national artists, the program expands our understanding of collage through curatorial approaches, historical inquiry, and contemporary artistic practice across institutions and independent spaces throughout the Hudson Valley. Fern Apfel, Liz Atlas, Elizabeth Brandt, Joanne Brockley, Andrea Burgay, Saul Chernick, Monica Church, Mike Cockrill, Susan Spencer Crowe, Jenne Currie, Colin Devine, Josh Dorman, Jean Feinberg, Joan Ffolliott, Sally Frank, Deborah Freedman, Ginnie Gardiner, Laura Hart, David Hornung, Beth Humphrey, Ellen Jouret-Epstein, Ellen Kozak, Carole Kunstadt, and Nancy Lasar, among others.
BCMT GALLERY
793 Hurley Av.
@bcmtco
June 27 - Aug. 27, ’26
A WOVEN WORLD.
An immersive group exhibition featuring woven works throughout the entire gallery space. Featuring Sue Kirk, Jonathan Kline, Jay Sylvester, Joshua Vogel, Kat Howard, Margaret Griffith, Katie Groves, Julia Mandalakis Stacey Solodkin, and Whitney Young.
CPW
25 Dedrick St. @cpw_kingston
May 30- Sept. 6, '26. CPW: UPSTATE PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNIAL.
Celebrating photographic practice across upstate New York, showcasing thirty-nine artists to foster dialogue and community around the region's vibrant creative culture. Curatored by Marina Chao and Adam Giles Ryan. More exhibitions…
NARROWSBURG, NY
DVAA
37 North Main St.
@dvartsalliance
June 13 – July 26, '26.
ONE FOR ALL, and REVOLUTIONS.
In conjunction with DVAA’s 50th anniversary celebration, these two group shows will connect visitors with the work of artists from throughout DVAA’s five decades of exhibiting local talent along with new artistic voices in the region. More exhibitions…
NEW PALTZ, NY
Samuel Dorsky
Museum of Art
1 Hawk Dr.
@dorskymuseum
June 17 - Nov. 8, '26.
IN OUR TIME: R.B KITJA AND BOOKS. Exploring the artist’s appreciation of books and rarely exhibited in its entirety, fifty silkscreens as visually potent and for their capacity to generate myriad associations. Curated by Reva Wolf. More exhibitions…
STONE RIDGE, NY
Visit online, or by appointment.
Kombi is a design showroom based in New York presenting contemporary furniture, lighting, surface materials and sculpture from Southern Africa.
TIVOLI, NY
Available Items
64 Broadway
@available_items
June 26 - Aug. 2, '26. DON'T SIT ON ME. A protest show through the lens of chair design, featuing features 13 chair designs that defiantly stand against the challenges and injustices that people face on a daily basis including works by Eric Trine, Peg Woodworking and Joey Zeledón.
VERPLANCK, NY
KinoSaito Art Center
115 7th St.
@kinosaito
June 25 - Dec. 20, ’26. Reception Sat., June 27th, | 4-7 PM.
Performance: Cello Echoes with Helen Gillet & My Pal Foot Foot.
ALL DAY LONG
Focusing on contemporary landscape and 20th-century influences, All Day Long explores nature as explicit material and abstract color — urgent, fragile, and endlessly present. Work by Clement Greenberg, Dorothy Knowles, Jilaine Jones, Larissa Lockshin, Michael Mangino, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Naofumi Maruyama, John McAllister, Marina Rheingantz, Trevor Shimizu, and Jack Arthur Wood. Curated by Katrin Lewinsky & Sarah Greenberg Morse.
KIKUO SAITO: DIME LAKE
Saito painted landscapes everywhere — Hudson Valley to Rome — never without sketchbook in hand. These works, alongside those of his companions, are their postcards. Works by Kikuo Saito, Paul LoGerfo, and Kristin Larkin LoGerfo. Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio and Kristin Larkin LoGerfo. More exhibitions…
WASSAIC, NY
Wassaic Project
37 Furnace Bank Rd.
@wassaicproject
May 16 - Sept. 12, '26 BECAUSE, NOW IS THE TIME OF MONSTERS. Featuring 39 artists. The title points back to Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, written from a fascist prison cell, where he described the interregnum, the space between a dying world and one not yet born, as fertile ground for opportunists and monsters alike.
June 25 - Nov. 29, ‘26.
(at Troutbeck)
DELANO DUNN: ECHOES IN THE MARGIN. The work of Dunn unfolds as a layered meditation on memory, identity, and the unstable terrain of historical narrative. The presentation brings Dunn’s distinct visual language into dialogue with a site long shaped by cultural exchange, intellectual gathering, and the complexities of American history. Curated by Mickalene Thomas.