East Hampton’s Guild Hall to launch summer exhibition season
Guild Hall in East Hampton is open for its first full summer season since completing a multi-year renovation.
The 2025 exhibition season begins on Sunday, May 4 with the dynamic group exhibition, Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture, and a site-specific environment, Almond Zigmund: Wading Room, on view through July 13.
This presentation focuses on East End artists who have produced functional furniture as an extension of their creative practices—as a means of problem-solving, as an element of designed living, and as a way to foster social spaces. Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture presents work by Scott Bluedorn, John Chamberlain, Liz Collins, Quentin Curry, Peter Dayton, Connie Fox, Kurt Gumaer, Mary Heilmann, Yung Jake, Donald Judd, Julian Schnabel, Karen Simon, Strong-Cuevas, Mark Wilson, Robert Wilson, Evan Yee, Nico Yektai, and Almond Zigmund.
Guild Hall commissioned two projects as further explorations of this common practice: Lindsay Morris’s photographs of interior spaces show how artists utilize furniture and shape their domestic environments, while Almond Zigmund’s installation Wading Room in the Marks Family South Gallery provides an artist-designed environment for activation through public use and a series of programs.
Visitors to Wading Room are encouraged to linger, lounge, and interact in an artist-designed environment and to visit often to explore its potential.
With programming that sparks discourse, fosters belonging, and brings joy to curious audiences of all inclinations, Guild Hall reclaims its history of spirited gatherings where creative expression and civic conversation meet. With complimentary admission, everyone is welcome to take a seat and take part.
“We are thrilled to begin our 2025 season with this multi-generational group exhibition to highlight a fascinating practice which exemplifies the truly interdisciplinary nature of artists,” said Melanie Crader, Guild Hall’s museum director and curator of visual arts.
Galleries are open during exhibitions, Wednesday to Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m. Guild Hall is located at 158 Main St. in East Hampton.
