In conjunction with the exhibition, Julian Schnabel: Selected Works from Home, please join us for a conversation between Julian Schnabel and artist Will St. John, discussing Schnabel’s artistic practice, spanning painting, drawing, sculpture, film and more. 

This program will take place in the theater; seating is general admission.

Coinciding with the opening of the exhibition, TASCHEN will transform a section of the museum into a fully operational pop-up shop. To celebrate the opening, TASCHEN and Guild Hall will host a book signing of Julian’s new retrospective monograph, Julian Schnabel, following the conversation. For your convenience as a ticket holder, the book can be purchased in advance of Saturday’s talk to be picked up and signed after the program. Click HERE to pre-purchase the book.

Julian Schnabel is one of the most seminal and prolific artists working today. Guild Hall is pleased to present a selection of drawings, paintings, and sculptures from his personal collection. Schnabel is a Guild Hall Academy of the Arts member and an Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. He had a solo exhibition at Guild Hall in 1998 and lives and works in Montauk and New York City.

This exhibition will take place in the newly inaugurated Marks Family Galleries.

This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, director of visual arts.

Galleries will be open Thursday to Monday, 12-5 PM through Labor Day, and Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM after 9/2.

Museum admission is always free.

CONVERSATIONS ACROSS TIME: FIBER ARTS THEN AND NOW
with Estrellita Brodsky & Joanne Pillsbury

To close out the exhibition Spin A Yarn, Joanne Pillsbury, specialist in the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas, will discuss with exhibition curator Estrellita Brodsky two extraordinary textile traditions separated by at least 500 years to explore the striking connections between artist of the ancient Andes and those of the 20^th and 21^st centuries.

This program will take place in Guild Hall’s newly renovated theater.

Spin a Yarn takes its title from an expression believed to have originated in sailors’ practice of telling stories, often tall tales, while repairing ropes during long sea voyages. Delving into the complex relationship between textile labor and storytelling, the exhibition examines the use of textiles as vehicles for the preservation of memories and knowledge. The terms textile and text are derived from the Latin texere (to weave), and while Western cultures have historically prioritized the written word, many others, particularly in Latin America, have relied on a rich tradition of using threads, knots, and woven materials to record and transmit information.

Spin a Yarn brings together a diverse selection of fiberbased works dating from ancient Andean times to the present. Some of the artists featured reflect on the weavings and feather works of pre-Hispanic cultures as precursors of geometric abstraction, while others explore and build on the embroidery and weaving techniques employed by indigenous peoples across Latin America as a means of advocating for the protection of these communities and the environment. Spin a Yarn casts light on the enduring significance of fiber arts in the modernist canon and the profound impact of indigenous and pre-Hispanic weaving traditions on the development of contemporary art.

This exhibition is curated by Estrellita Brodsky, founder and director of ANOTHER SPACE, New York, with Raul Martinez.

$12.00 ($10.00 Members)

In conjunction with the exhibition, Ted Carey: Queer as Folk, guest curator Matthew Nichols will discuss aspects of the show with artist Anne Buckwalter.  Their talk will explore how Carey and Buckwalter share roots in southeastern Pennsylvania, draw inspiration from regional folk art traditions, and address gender and sexuality in their paintings.

Born and raised in Chester, Pennsylvania, Edward “Ted” Fawcett Carey (1932–1985) moved to New York in 1955. There he pursued a career in graphic design, forged a close friendship with Andy Warhol, and later developed a distinctive mode of painting informed by his keen interest in American folk art. While living between New York and East Hampton in the 1970s and 1980s, Carey produced a small yet compelling body of work that mimics aspects of vernacular painting, chronicles his life and relationships, and pictures facets of queer culture. Sharply observed and highly detailed, Carey’s faux-naïf paintings depict some of his favorite haunts in New York and celebrate the creative lives of other gay men.

Indebted to the foresight and generosity of Carey’s longtime partner, this exhibition draws from the Tito Spiga Bequest to Guild Hall. It surveys Ted Carey’s art for the first time since 1985, when an East Hampton gallery mounted a memorial show of his paintings in the days following his death from AIDS.

This exhibition is organized by Matthew Nichols, PhD, independent curator.

Galleries are open Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM. Museum admission is always free.