Author Archives: Carl Murray

Press Release: Susan Vecsey: Seen and Unseen

May 23 to July 8, 2024

As we announced last summer, Quogue Gallery has transitioned to an on-line gallery. We are pleased to announce that our first show in this new format features the work of East Hampton and New York City-based painter, Susan Vecsey. This is Vecsey’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and it features nine paintings by the artist. We are not only showcasing Vecsey’s art in our virtual gallery space but we are also displaying selected paintings in curated spaces to give the collector the benefit of seeing the work in a home setting.
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Press Release: New York School Painting

September 6 – September 30, 2023
Opening Reception, Saturday, September 16, 5 to 7 PM

 

For our final show at 44 Quogue Street, we are going to display works of first generation New York School artists and those influenced by them. This captivating exhibition pays homage to the trailblazing artists who shaped the iconic New York School movement and pushed the boundaries of abstract expressionism during the transformative decades of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Press Release: Kinga Czerska: Serendipity

July 27 , 2023  to September 5, 2023

Artist Reception: Saturday, July 29 from 5 to 7 PM

 

Quogue Gallery is pleased to present “Kinga Czerska: Serendipity”. This exhibition will feature seventeen paintings by the artist.

Kinga Czerska creates intricately woven paintings that capture light, movement, and energy. She sees the world composed of an intense number of connections and information that her mind processes with extraordinary nuance and detail.
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Press Release: Stuart Disston: What Lies Beneath

June 23– July 26 , 2023

Opening Reception: Sunday, July 2 from 5 to 7 PM

 

Quogue Gallery is pleased to present “Stuart Disston: What Lies Beneath”. This exhibition will feature fourteen paintings by the artist.

While Disston is better known as an accomplished architect and senior partner of local-favorite Austin Patterson Disston Architects, he is also a fine artist with a rich history in the craft.
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Press Release: Claudia Doring Baez | About Town

 

October 1 – November 11, 2022

Artist Reception: Saturday, October 1 from 5 to 7 PM

 

In this solo exhibition, Quogue Gallery presents various Series by Mexican artist Claudia Doring Baez. From abstract expressionist mix media drawings to dramatic oil portraits, Doring Baez explores the many roles women play, as well as her own relationship to her environment and her role as an artist.
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Press Release: Sally King Benedict and George Read: Recent Paintings

 

August 18 – September 30, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 20 from 5 to 7 PM

 

Works by Sally King Benedict and her father-in-law George Read will be on view in the next exhibition scheduled at the Quogue Gallery at 44 Quogue Street. The exhibition will run from August 18 through September 30, 2022.

Sally King Benedict is a contemporary artist living and working in Ketchum,
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Press Release: Harry Bertschmann: Retrospective

 

July 28– August 16, 2022

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 30 from 5 to 7 PM

 

The Quogue Gallery is pleased to be once again showing the work of Harry Bertschmann.
The exhibition will feature over 25 paintings from the 1960s up until the 1990s. Paintings from the 91-year-old artist’s many different series will be on display, including work from the Grid Series,
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Press Release: David Michael Slonim: Color Song

 

July 7 to July 25, 2022

Artist Reception: Saturday, July 9 from 5 to 7 PM

 

Quogue Gallery is pleased to present “David Michael Slonim: Color Song.” This exhibition features eleven recent works on canvas by the artist.

About the exhibition, art historian John Seed writes, “Painter David Michael Slonim, who considers art-making a journey of discovery, hopes that visitors to his exhibition,
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Press Release: Eugene Healy: Ultramarine

 

June 16 to July 5, 2022

Artist Reception: Saturday, June 18 from 5 to 7 PM

 

Quogue Gallery is pleased to present “Eugene Healy: Ultramarine” as our second solo exhibition for the summer season. This exhibition features twelve recent works on canvas by the artist.

Ultramarine is the deepest and richest of blue pigments. It is not surprising that Healy frequently employs this pigment because he has always focused on the often dramatic and beautiful interplay between shore,
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Press Release: Melinda Zox: Color Walk

 

May 14 to June 13, 2022

Artist Reception: Saturday, May 28 from 5 to 7 PM

 

Quogue Gallery is pleased to present Melinda Zox: Color Walk as our opening exhibition for the summer season. The exhibition features recent work by the artist: there are four large works on canvas and thirteen works on paper in the exhibition.

Zox studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City under Frank Roth.
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