CURRENTLY ON VIEW

The Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran Studio

Thursday – Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

229 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937

Water-influenced Paintings, Etchings and Drawlings

Inspired by the Ocean

Welcome to The Sounding Sea

The East Hampton Historical Society is proud to present their newest exhibition: The Sounding Sea; The Art of Edward, Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran, currently on display at the Moran Studio, East Hampton Village. The Sounding Sea follows the careers of three members of one of America’s most illustrious family of artists – and crown jewels in the East End’s artistic lineage and legacy – Edward Moran (1829-1902), his brother Thomas Moran (1837-1926) and Thomas’ wife, Mary Nimmo Moran (1842-1899).  This exhibition follows the muse of the ocean, a powerful subject that has lured artistic imagination; all works on exhibit revolve around water.

Thomas Moran, “East Hampton, L.I.: Breezy Day at Main Beach”, o/c, 1894

When asked what inspired the current exhibit, East Hampton Historical Society’s Chief Curator, Richard Barons, said, “The story behind the careers of Edward, Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran is fascinating.  Edward was a painter of marine subjects.  He hired his kid brother, Thomas, as his studio assistant and became his teacher.  Thomas married Mary Nimmo, and taught her to be his assistant.  They all loved seascapes and reflective ponds.  We have brought together, for the first time, over 40 of their oils, etchings, watercolors and drawing to celebrate this part of their artistic legacy.”

The Morans often took their inspiration from local East End seascapes. Imagine seeing Georgica Pond through the eyes of Mary Nimmo Moran (1885), the romance of the Peconic Bay as seen by Thomas Moran (1904), or moonlight on waves in the North Fork from the perspective of Edward Moran (1881). The works on display will transport the viewer into the turn of the 20^th Century – travel back in time to familiar East End seascapes, ever-changing yet as constant as the tide.

Mary Nimmo Moran, “Georgica Pond: Looking Seaward” 1885, etching on paper, East Hampton Library, Thomas Moran Biographical Collection

Edward Moran, Moonlite Waves: Long Island’s North Fork, o/c 1881, private collectio

The sea can be operatic in its fury or becalmed in silence.  In its most brutal guise, the ocean can crush a vessel and send it sinking into the depths.  The sea can also be placid and alluring, even poetic.  It is the sea’s split personality that lures artists to portray it in all its many guises.  Welcome to The Sounding Sea, on display through September 12, 2021, at The Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran Studio, Main Street, East Hampton.

Thursday – Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Note: For the final week of the exhibition, viewing dates will be extended:

Wednesday, September 8^th through Sunday, September, 12^th, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

For more information about the East Hampton Historical Society’s events, museums, and programming, please visit www.EastHamptonHistory.org

Opening Preview Benefiting the Southampton Arts Center

– Thursday, September 2: 4-10pm

Gold Card: 4-7pm

VIP Card:  7-10pm

– Friday, September 3: 12 noon-9pm

– Saturday, September 4: 12 noon-9pm

– Sunday, September 5: 12 noon-9pm

TO PURCHASE TICKETS: www.HamptonsFineArtFair.com

LOCATION:

Southampton Arts Center

25 Jobs Lane

Southampton, NY 11968

September 2-5, 2021

Hamptons Fine Art Fair, the inaugural international fine art fair from the producers of ShowHamptons, has announced their 2021 exhibitor list, featuring artworks by 70 select national and international galleries, with 51 in-person booths and the remaining exhibiting in online virtual reality booths. For the first time ever, Hamptons Fine Art Fair will take place inside and amongst the beautiful grounds of the historic Southampton Arts Center, a unique opportunity for art lovers and patrons to purchase important works in the museum. HFAF will feature works by 400+ respected artists with over 1000 pieces, totaling $100+ million in art for immediate acquisition. The in-person fair will be a welcome return to the bustling Hampton’s art and social scene after a period of online events, with thousands of attendees expected to pass through the fair over the Labor Day holiday weekend.  In 2020, ShowHampton’s first digitized art fair, Hamptons Virtual Art Fair displayed over 2,000 pieces of artwork from 90 international galleries in virtual reality booths in 2D and 3D. This year, HFAF will incorporate cutting-edge VR technology to create a simulated art fair environment for visitors who cannot attend in person, to virtually navigate as they would a physical fair.

Never before has the heart-pounding excitement of an international fine art fair come to the center of bustling Southampton Village to celebrate the East Ends’ new booming art scene.  This year, over 70 international art galleries from across the country and world will showcase their most important 20th and 21st-century art in real life and simultaneously digitally all over the world.  There will be over 400 revered artists on display, with a focus on accomplished Black artists, hot emerging artists, the blue-chip masters, an M.C. Escher display, and rediscovery of significant second-generation Abstract Expressionists. Founder and Executive Producer of HFAF, Rick Friedman, has announced artist Audrey Flack will be awarded the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Hollis Taggart Galleries. Edward Bekkerman, represented by ABA Gallery, and Bruce Dorfman, represented by Elizabeth Clement Fine Art will be honored as 2021 Featured Artists. Dr. Harvey Manes will be honored as 2021 Art Collector of the Year.

Executive Director of Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Rick Friedman commented, “This is the elegantly curated boutique show that Hamptonites have been seeking for years. As the only fine art fair that is held inside an actual art museum and grounds, our guests will feel a sense of luxury and privilege as they enter.” Friedman continues, “We are also the first fair to present both an in-person version as well as a virtual reality version, that stays live for months. Thus, we augment the viewership of the galleries substantially, from those on the East End, to art enthusiasts across the nation and world.”

Hamptons Fine Art Fair will momentously transform the grounds of Southampton Arts Center into a dynamic world-class art fair by utilizing the entire historic building and plush grounds, featuring a Sculpture Park, three dramatic climate-controlled pavilions, including The Pollock Pavilion, sponsored by Pincus Plastic Surgery, de Kooning Pavilion, and an elegant VIP Lounge. In The Pollock Pavilion, fairgoers will have the opportunity to enjoy original works from the former East Hampton resident and view a replica of the famous Jackson Pollock paint-stained studio barn floor. The Sculpture Park will feature impressive works by Louise Bourgeois, Larry Rivers, David Salle, Bill King, Hans Van de Bovenkamp, Joel Pearlman, Audrey Flack, Chakaia Booker, and others.

Starting on August 15, 2021, HFAF exhibitors will have the chance to upload their artworks to a virtual gallery in 2D and 3D formats using artPRESENT, pioneered during Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, providing as close to an authentic experience as possible. All artworks will be displayed in high-resolution detail. The online fair will remain live until November 30, 2021.

Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2021 Exhibitors

ABA Gallery (New York, NY) | *AC Contemporary (Buenos Aires, AA, Miami, FL) | *Alpha Gallery (Boston, MA) | Andrei Art Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA | *Anita Shapolsky Gallery & A.S Art Foundation (New York, NY) | *Art2day (India) |*Arushi Arts (New Delhi, India & Los Angeles, CA) | *Artist Cartel (New York, NY) | Axion Gallery (Palm Beach, FL) | Bill Lowe Gallery (Atlanta, GA) | Black & White Gallery/ Project Space (Southampton, NY) | Black Art Auction (Indianapolis, IN) | *Blendlatino (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Blond Contemporary (London, UK) | Blue Print Gallery (Dallas, TX) | C Fine Art (New York, NY & Bridgehampton, NY) | Carlton Fine Arts presents Linjie Deng (New York, NY) | Cavalier Galleries (New York,  Greenwich, Nantucket, Palm Beach )|Colm Rowan Fine Art (East Hampton, NY) | Contessa Gallery (Cleveland, OH & Palm Beach, FL) | Corridor Contemporary (Tel Aviv & Philadelphia, PA) | David Benrimon Fine Art (New York, NY) | Discoveries in American Art  (New York, NY)| Elizabeth Clement Fine Art (Boston, MA & New York, NY) | *ESTELLA (New Orleans, LA) | Ethan Cohen Gallery (New York, NY) | Galerie d’Orsay (Boston, MA) | Gallery Ozymandias | Green River Stone Company (Fly River, NY)  Guarisco Gallery (Washington, DC) | HAVOC Gallery (Burlington, VT) | *Helicline Fine Art (New York, NY) | Hollis Taggart (New York, NY) |Janet Lehr Fine Arts (East Hampton, NY) | Joysetta & Julius African American Museum of Nassau County (Hempstead, NY) | Julie Keyes Art (Sag Harbor, NY) |  Lawrence Fine Art (East Hampton, NY) | *Lori Austin Gallery (California) | Louis K. Meisel Gallery (New York, NY) |*Loves Art Gallery  (Southampton, NY) | Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery | Marisol Art NYC (New York, NY) | Mark Borghi (New York, NY & Bridgehampton, NY) | Matthew Swift Gallery (Gloucester, MA) | Maune Contemporary (Atlanta, GA) |*Metaverse Gallery (Brazil)| *MIA Curatorial (Miami, FL) | Moberg Gallery (Des Moines, IA) | *Moonspace Art Gallery (Houston, TX) | Morton Contemporary Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) | Mother Gallery (Beacon, NY) | Octavia Art Gallery (New Orleans, LA) | *Off the Wall Gallery (Houston, TX) | Onessimo Fine Art (Palm Beach, FL) | Ozymandias Wines (Laurel, NY) | Quogue Gallery (Quogue, NY) | *Retrospect Galleries (Australia) | Roland Auctions (Glen Cove, NY) | Roman Fine Art (East Hampton, NY) | Saphira & Ventura Gallery (New York, NY) | Shima Shanti (San Diego, CA) | Sohn Fine Art (Lenox, MA) | Stafford Gallery (Healdsburg, CA) | *STAIR (Hudson, NY) | Stanek Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) | Steidel Fine Art (Lake Worth Beach, FL) | Tambaran 2 Gallery (New York, NY) | Taylor | Graham (New York, NY) | Thomas Nickles Project, New York, NY |The Wild Horses of Sable Island Gallery by Roberto Dutesco (Greenwich, CT) |Tyler Fine Art (St. Louis, MO) | *Urevbu Contemporary (Memphis, TN)| Walker Fine Art (New York, NY & San Francisco, CA) | Willoughby (East Hampton, NY)

*Virtual exhibitors

For more information about Hamptons Fine Art Fair, please visit www.hamptonsfineartfair.com

Saturday, September 4th, 2021 – Sunday, September 5th, 2021
6:00pm

The Great Lawn
35 Main St
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978

For more than a  decade, St. Marks Church and the Village of Westhampton Beach have graciously hosted the Westhampton Beach Festival of the Arts each Labor Day weekend.  This year the event returns September 4-5, 2021 for its 13th year!  Your support has grown this into one of America’s top fine art events, reflecting the extraordinary support of residents and visitors to eastern Long Island – Yourselves!

The event showcases the visions and creative talents of artisans from across America.  Their works create an extraordinary outdoor gallery of original, handmade art in sculpture, jewelry, painting, photography and mixed-media, also exquisite creations in glass, ceramics, fiber, digital art, metal and wood.  Meet and interact with the artisans.  Purchase for home and office.  Commission a work of art made just for you!

The art festival is open Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-6.  Admission and parking are free. Come explore art – and yourself in the process!

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