Eastward, Ho! Even Art Is Leaving for the Hamptons
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Ted Loos
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — The art collectors were finally coming out of hiding here recently, albeit quietly and tentatively. The artists were, too.
The lure? All of a sudden, they have a lot more gallery options lining the immaculate streets of this famously upscale summer town, a seemingly unexpected development in the middle of a pandemic.
Since the beginning of June, five major art galleries have opened here: Pace, Skarstedt, Van de Weghe, Michael Werner and Sotheby’s, all arms of New York art powerhouses. [More]
By Ted Loos
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| Rashid Johnson’s oil on cotton rag work “Untitled Anxious Red Drawing” (2020) hangs near the entrance to Rental Gallery. Karsten Moran for The New York Times |