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15 Artwork Exhibits to See in Upstate New York This Summer time
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15 Artwork Exhibits to See in Upstate New York This Summer time

Last updated: June 3, 2025 9:30 pm
Editorial Board Published June 3, 2025
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Dearest summer time season: We want you greater than ever! With the every day overflow of political folly and international discord, we welcome the life-affirming power that you simply so generously bestow 12 months after 12 months. In Upstate New York, the humanities ecosystem is ripe with exhibitions in each route, and this information suggests a collection of exhibits to enliven your soul this summer time. The Loeb at Vassar School in Poughkeepsie presents two exhibitions that extol and look at creative histories of the Hudson Valley, encompassing over 50 artworks. In the meantime, Catskill Artwork House in Livingston Manor displays a collection of smaller daring sculptures by Arlene Shechet and the Fenimore Artwork Museum in Cooperstown presents superbly moody work by Emily Pettigrew. CPW in Kingston affords a peek into worlds each glamorous and mundane within the work of Larry Fink, and Dia Beacon presents a complete have a look at Renée Inexperienced’s conceptual critique by way of the shuffling of phrases. Extra beneath, together with Smoke in Our Hair: Native Reminiscence and Unsettled Time, curated by Hyperallergic contributor Sháńdíín Brown on the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers,  a trailblazing have a look at time and its cyclicality by Native American, Alaska Native, First Nations, and Métis artists. This candy and sunny season, allow us to indulge within the abundance of artwork! 

Between a Rock and a Laborious Place: Black House-Making from Harlem to the Hudson Valley

Nice Inexperienced Hope for the City Blues 

The Loeb at Vassar School, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York By August 17 

Caleb Stein, “Sanjay. The watering hole.” (2020), gelatin silver print, included in Between a Rock and a Laborious Place: Black House-Making from Harlem to the Hudson Valley (© Caleb Stein)

The Loeb at Vassar School presents Between a Rock and a Laborious Place: Black House-Making from Harlem to the Hudson Valley as a companion to its most important exhibition: Nice Inexperienced Hope for the City Blues. Whereas the Nice Inexperienced Hope extols the great thing about the Hudson Valley by way of over 50 artworks throughout three galleries, it additionally examines the obscured histories of colonialism and slavery by way of a wide range of media, together with prints, work, pictures, and sculpture. Between a Rock, in flip, affords a re-telling of Black historical past within the area as a approach “to complicate the myth of the Hudson Valley,” as described by curator Harrison Brisbon-McKinnon, Vassar School class of 2026.

Arlene Shechet

Catskill Artwork House, 48 Foremost Road, Livingston Manor, New YorkJuly 5–August 23

arlene schechet now nowArlene Schechet, “Now Now” (2024), glazed ceramic, powder coated metal (© Arlene Shechet; picture courtesy the artist)

Final 12 months, Arlene Shechet’s colourful outsized sculptures at Storm King had been a spotlight of the season. This summer time, a smaller exhibition of her work at Catskill Artwork House retains the thread going with a collection of smaller sculptures, together with her bulbous ceramic work “Now Now” (2024) and different intimate sculptural experiments. A pioneering multi-disciplinary artist of her technology, Shechet continues to work in clay, metal, wooden, and different mediums to create dynamic natural types and installations which are each exhilarating and otherworldly.

Emily Pettigrew: Portray within the Catskills 2021 – 2025 

Fenimore Artwork Museum, 5798 State Freeway 80, Cooperstown, New York By August 24 

emily pettigrew kims lilac dressEmily Pettigrew, “Kim’s Lilac Dress” (2023), acrylic on panel (picture courtesy the Assortment of Rob and Eric Thomas-Sewall)

Infused with a extremely graphic and moody model, Emily Pettigrew’s artwork is each solitary and tender, equally lonesome as it’s charming. The Fenimore Artwork Museum presents a few of her newest work on this exhibition, which incorporates “Kim’s Lilac Dress” (2023) and a picture of a lady gently descending a staircase. Pettigrew’s figures are sometimes suspended in moments of dreamlike pause amid stark architectural environs, the place shadows grasp lengthy and a delicate wind blows, painterly visions whose mild stoicism naturally pulls at our heartstrings.

Robert Grosvenor

‘T’ House Rhinebeck, 60 Spherical Lake Street, Rhinebeck, New York June 8–August 24

robert grosvenor untitled life preserverRobert Grosvenor, “Untitled” (c. 2000–2013), {photograph} (© Robert Grosvenor; picture by Steven Probert, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, NY and ‘T’ House)

To come across Robert Grosvenor’s artwork is to rethink the time period “juxtaposition” — an apt description of his singular model of artistic provocation. Exploring the distinction of issues and their meanings, the artist’s solo present at ‘T’ House Rhinebeck presents a collection of his earlier images alongside current sculptures. For almost 60 years, the artist has been exploring the spatial relationships between his viewers, structure, and acquainted objects in uncommon settings. Grosvenor’s “Untitled” (2023), a teal and white finned boat with room for 2, is a traditional imaginative and prescient of his minimalist edge with a touch of humorous summertime aptitude.

Larry Fink: Sensual Empathy

CPW, 25 Dederick Road, Kingston, New YorkThrough August 31 

larry fink sabatine christmasLarry Fink, “A Sabatine Christmas, Martins Creek, PA, December 1983” (1983) (© Larry Fink / MUUS Assortment)

A primary-rate {photograph} sweeps us into stationary drama whereas sweeping us off our toes, and Larry Fink is a grasp. That includes an beautiful show of black and white images that chronicle over 50 years of his creative prowess amongst elite glitterati and on a regular basis folks alike, Larry Fink: Sensual Empathy is a treasure chest of scenes from all walks of life. Identified for iconic pictures reminiscent of “Coretta Scott King, Poor Peoples Campaign, Washington, DC, May 1968” and “Studio 54, New York, NY, May 1977,” Fink had the power to doc and embolden his chosen topics — forming each a file of American historical past and a celebration of humanity in all its guts and wonder. 

Renée Inexperienced: The Equator Has Moved

Dia Beacon, 3 Beekman Road, Beacon, New YorkThrough August 31 

renee green dia beaconSet up view of Renée Inexperienced: The Equator Has Moved at Dia Beacon (© Renée Inexperienced and Free Agent Media; picture by Invoice Jacobson Studio, NY, courtesy Dia Artwork Basis)

Her first main solo museum present in New York State, Renée Inexperienced: The Equator Has Moved is a victorious presentation of this powerhouse artist in full bloom. The dynamic show consists of her text-based work in sculpture, wall work, and numerous multi-media sculptural installations, showcasing Inexperienced’s poetic in-your-face-ness at its most potent. Her extremely aphoristic model of rearranging phrases to reveal ulterior meanings is on full show within the sprawling exhibition that fills two adjoining gallery halls. Take your time to soak up this superior present that options a few of her earliest work, reminiscent of “Colour Games” (1989), to her newest collection of colourful banners, together with “Space Poem 14” (2024) with candid veiled phrases reminiscent of “Every Day I Try.”

Smoke in Our Hair: Native Reminiscence and Unsettled Time

Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New YorkThrough August 31

james luna hi tech peace pipeJames Luna (Payómkawichum, Ipai, and Mexican), “Hi-Tech Peace Pipe” (1992), pipes, beads, and plastic phone (picture courtesy Hudson River Museum)

Up to date artworks by 27 Native American, Alaska Native, First Nations, and Métis artists come collectively for the trailblazing exhibition Smoke in Our Hair: Native Reminiscence and Unsettled Time. That includes celebrated and never-before-seen artworks by a few of the most influential Native artists energetic over the past 60 years, this present invokes smoke as a metaphor for reminiscence in contemplating perceptions of self, the intersection of remembrance and time, and private tales re-imagined. Three sections — wooden, fireplace, and smoke — arrange the present and honor the previous whereas pointing towards an Indigenous futurism as envisioned by these artists.

So It Goes 

Wassaic Challenge, 37 Furnace Financial institution Street, Wassaic, New YorkThrough September 13

Rosabel Rosalind TheValleyAltarpieceIIRosabel Rosalind, “Tabernacle: The Valley Altarpiece II” (2025), acrylic, coloured pencil, kosher salt on birch plywood, and plaster, wooden, and enamel (picture by Joshua Simpson, courtesy Wassaic Challenge)

The dynamic artistic scene at Wassaic Challenge is at all times in full swing, and this summer time’s group exhibition So It Goes embodies its fun-loving depth. Installations, work, ceramics, and artworks that defy categorization by 43 artists working throughout disciplines, reminiscent of Caleb Weintraub’s “Mincing Words” (2024) and the imaginative and prescient of two figures cavorting amid a colourful quasi-Surrealist fruit-infused blow-out, reply to the title of this present and the legacy of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-5 (1969) with creative embodiments meant to shake us from our desensitization to horror.

Harold Stevenson: Much less Actual Than My Routine Fantasy

Artwork Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, New YorkJune 28–October 26

harold stevenson art omiHarold Stevenson, “David and James” (1961), combined media on canvas (picture by Alon Koppel Pictures, courtesy Assortment of Barry Sloane)

A pal, mentor, and affiliate of Andy Warhol, Harold Stevenson was born and later died in his hometown of Idabel, Oklahoma, at almost 90 years of age. In between, he lived in New York Metropolis, Paris, Key West, and the Hamptons and remained dedicated to celebrating sensuality and the erotic by way of his artwork for greater than 50 years, together with by way of explorations in portray, sculpture, and writing. Harold Stevenson: Much less Actual Than My Routine Fantasy gathers combined media works that boldly specific his affinity for corporality and his exaltation of all issues human, from fleshy nipples and furry armpits to pubic mounds, revealed for all to see and respect.

The Arrested Picture: Identification By the Lens of Legislation Enforcement

The Dorsky at SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, New YorkJune 21–November 2 

julio cesar morales boy in suitcaseJulio César Morales, “Boy in Suitcase” (2013), video and mirror, period: 3:33 minutes (picture courtesy the artist)

The Arrested Picture: Identification By the Lens of Legislation Enforcement is a blunt have a look at a class of ubiquitous but underexamined imagery: portraits of people as produced by “police vision.” Curated by Sophie Landres and that includes each archival materials and works of latest artwork, The Arrested Picture addresses ideas of fact and truth-to-power as reconsidered in an inventive context. Whereas regulation enforcement capacities have advanced significantly throughout the digital age, the 16 modern artists on this present — together with Sophie Calle, Dread Scott, and Tomashi Jackson — make use of pictures, video, sculpture and set up to reposition the attention of the regulation to disclose racial and sophistication biases whereas utilizing artistic methods to confront and undermine these threats to freedom.

As much as Us: Black Dimensions in Artwork, 1975–Tomorrow

The Frances Younger Tang Instructing Museum and Artwork Gallery at Skidmore School, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New YorkThrough November 2

romare bearden in the gardenRomare Bearden, “In the Garden” (1980), lithograph (picture courtesy Tang Instructing Museum)

Black Dimensions in Artwork (BDA), based in 1975 in Schenectady, New York, is a volunteer-led group of creatives and activists who proceed to teach, encourage, and empower the conversations regarding Black and their visibility within the artwork world at massive. This exhibition honors BDA’s vibrant 50-year historical past by way of a group of archival materials, artworks by its member artists, and choose works from the Tang Instructing Museum’s assortment. As Black communities across the nation create and declare area for themselves and a brand new technology of artists, As much as Us is as pressing as ever.

Sonia Gomes: Ó Abre Alas!

Storm King Artwork Heart, 20 Outdated Nice Hill Street, New Windsor, New YorkThrough November 10

sonia gomes frameSonia Gomes, “Untitled (Tear series)” (2024), drawing, bindings, numerous materials, rope, wooden, nails, and lace (picture by Jeffrey Jenkins, courtesy Storm King Artwork Heart)

Utilizing materials, textiles, and stitching to orchestrate superb ensembles dripping with harmonious chaos, Sonia Gomes is an knowledgeable in thread-based play. This summer time, Storm King presents Sonia Gomes: Ó Abre Alas!, that includes a collection of ravishing installations and cloth-laden sculptures that seduce the soul. From hanging cocoon-like works reminiscent of “Untitled (Pendente series)” (2023) to her expressive wall moorings that mix binding and weaving as seen in “Tantas Estórias” (2015), Gomes ruminates on reminiscence and celebrates her Afro-Brazilian roots with each thread.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

The Faculty: Jack Shainman Gallery, 25 Broad Road, Kinderhook, New YorkThrough November 29

HK23.020 Look Me in the Eyes No. 3 AHayv Kahraman, “Look Me in the Eyes, No. 3” (2023), oil and acrylic on linen (picture courtesy the artists and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York)

With its prescient title and stacked roster of over 20 artists, GENERAL CONDITIONS at The Faculty, Jack Shainman Gallery’s outpost in Kinderhook, units out to rattle your psyche — and succeeds. Practically 130 artworks in a spread of media deal with problems with dislocation, colonization, and falsification, amongst different loaded social-political themes. The place pictures by Gordon Parks seize Black American life, a collection of sculptures by Alina Tenser lighten the temper with a way of summary humor, and large-scale jacquard tapestries by Shannon Bool are a compelling mix of futuristic kink and home nervousness that talk to the general ambiance of this dynamic present: energetically eerie.

Stan Douglas: Ghostlight

Hessel Museum of Artwork at Bard School, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York June 21–November 30 

stan douglas stranded blackoutStan Douglas, “Stranded” (2017), digital chromogenic print mounted on Dibond aluminum (© Stan Douglas; picture courtesy the artist,Victoria Miro and David Zwirner)

Having labored in movie, pictures and numerous multidisciplinary initiatives for the reason that late Eighties, Stan Douglas continues to query modernity and the function of mass media in shaping our collective consciousness. Stan Douglas: Ghostlight presents a significant survey of the artist’s work, together with digital prints, video projections, and the premiere of an immersive, multi-channel video set up that collectively deal with advanced narratives — from legacies of transatlantic slavery to trendy freedom actions. Douglas’s re-staged theatrical scenes are supposed to illuminate and destabilize, and characterize his ongoing investigation into historic occasions and moments of rupture.

The Unknown and Its Poetics 

KinoSaito, 115 seventh Road, Verplanck, New York By December 21 

Fawn Krieger 89Fawn Krieger, “//89” (2025), fired porcelain, underglaze, concrete, pigment, and epoxy (picture by Chika Kobari, courtesy KinoSaito)

Quoting the Italian artist Giorgio Morandi’s assertion that “nothing is more abstract than reality,” The Unknown and Its Poetics brings collectively works by 19 artists who discover various cross-cultural forces since residing away from their residence nations. Combined media works together with porcelain, stoneware, sculpture and set up supply distinct configurations of id and residential, together with Edgar Cobián’s “Construcción de Verdad” (2013) translating to “construction of truth,” comprising a keyboard loaded with colourful vegetables and fruit, and Elana Herzog’s “Cross Pollinations #1” (2020) consisting of ornamental patterned textiles sourced in Russia, Finland, Norway and New York Metropolis.

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