{"id":154387,"date":"2026-03-05T19:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154387\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:28:35","slug":"15-art-excursions-outside-nyc-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154387\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Art Excursions Outside NYC This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

My favorite thing to do in New York City is leave it. I\u2019m kidding, I\u2019m kidding, but there\u2019s nothing wrong with a little break, especially to explore the beautiful exhibitions below. They\u2019re just a short trip from the city \u2014\u00a0and just as the weather\u2019s beginning to hint at warmth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of these shows offer alternate visions, not just from the concrete crush of New York City but from our dimension entirely. See, for instance, Liz Nielsen\u2019s abstract photographs at Connecticut’s Hartford Art School Galleries \u2014\u00a0she dubs them \u201cinterdimensional timelines.\u201d Or Piero Manzoni\u2019s entirely white and furry room, on view in a major exhibition at Magazzino in Cold Spring. <\/p>\n

Also Upstate, three artists at Utopia in Kingston commune with the world beyond perception, offering a way out of the overwhelm that seems to be the defining feature of our time. Who knows? A trip to Beacon to sink into those serene paintings by Agnes Martin might be just what the soul needs. <\/p>\n

\u2014Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor<\/p>\n

Spirit in the Flesh<\/p>\n

Utopia<\/a>, 35 North Front Street, Kingston, New York
March 7\u201328<\/p>\n

\"\"Courtney Puckett, “N:$” (2022), found objects and repurposed textiles (photo courtesy Utopia)<\/p>\n

What are we to do in times of extreme overwhelm? Perhaps we try to embrace moments of beauty as they come. At Utopia, three artists \u2014\u00a0Courtney Puckett, Ben Pederson, and Saul Chernick \u2014\u00a0come together to show sculptures, paintings, and works on paper that are playful, curious, and joyful in their engagement with a world beyond perception, what they call the “Source.”<\/p>\n

Interdimensional Timelines: Liz Nielsen<\/p>\n

Hartford Art School Galleries<\/a>, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut
March 5\u2013April 11<\/p>\n

\"\"Liz Nielsen, “Rotating Landscape” (2025), analog chromogenic light painting on Fujiflex <\/p>\n

Liz Nielsen calls her photographic works \u201clight paintings.\u201d These records of carefully timed exposures yield lush terrains of blues, greens, and yellows, achieved through a process that requires her to work in the dark. Timed with her post as a distinguished chair in the University of Hartford\u2019s Photography Department, her recent works feel like transportive postcards from another dimension.<\/p>\n

Piero Manzoni: Total Space<\/p>\n

Magazzino Italian Art<\/a>, 2700 Route 9, Cold Spring, New York
Through April 13<\/p>\n

\"\"Installation view of Piero Manzoni: Total Space (photo Alexa Hoye, courtesy Magazzino Italian Art)<\/p>\n

Despite his brief life, postwar artist Piero Manzoni has been credited with altering the very definition of art through his satirical approach to the avant-garde. Accompanying several works from his famous Achromes (1957\u201358) series are two experiential rooms, conceptualized by the artist yet only realized posthumously, multiple displays of Manzoni\u2019s writings, archival materials, and a replica of \u201cBase Magica (Magical Base)\u201d (1961), a simple plinth that invites visitors to become artworks themselves.<\/p>\n

E.E. Kono: Conversant<\/p>\n

Wassaic Project at Troutbeck<\/a>, 515 Leedsville Road, Amenia, New York
Through April 19<\/p>\n

\"\"E.E. Kono, “nineteensixteen” (2025), egg tempera on panel (courtesy Wassaic Project at Troutbeck)<\/p>\n

E. E. Kono’s vibrant silverpoint and egg tempera paintings will transport you to whimsical realms where legend, art history, and the natural world coalesce. For this show, the artist was inspired by the natural and man-made landscape of Troutbeck, and in particular the enchanting clematis blossoms that climb its walled garden. <\/p>\n

Lines of Influence: Artists Teaching Artists<\/p>\n

Heckscher Museum of Art<\/a>, 2 Prime Avenue, Huntington, New York
March 29\u2013May 3<\/p>\n

\"\"Richard Mayhew, “Pescadero” (2014), oil on canvas (photo courtesy Heckscher Museum of Art)<\/p>\n

Amid an art world that still prizes the \u201clone genius\u201d myth, this show reminds us of the power of mentors and teachers. Structured as a genealogical tree of students and educators, such as Elaine de Kooning and Josef Albers, Lines of Influence traces the collaboration and exchange at the heart of so many artists\u2019 practices across history.<\/p>\n

Modern Women\/Modern Vision<\/p>\n

Hudson River Museum<\/a>, 511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New York
Through May 10\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Sandy Skoglund, “Revenge of the Goldfish” (1981), cibachrome print (\u00a91981 Sandy Skoglund; courtesy Hudson River Museum)<\/p>\n

This touring exhibition features works by over 50 trailblazing women working in documentary, modernist, contemporary, and experimental modes, to acknowledge their undersung role in shaping photography over the last century. Modern Women\/Modern Vision juxtaposes influential artists like Sandy Skoglund, Carrie Mae Weems, and Barbara Krueger with photojournalists Marion Post Wolcott, Dorothea Lange, and members of the Photo League.<\/p>\n

Uman: After all the things …<\/p>\n

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum<\/a>, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Through May 10<\/p>\n

\"\"Uman, “i’m staying inside” (2025) (\u00a9Uman; photo Olympia Shannon; courtesy the artist, Nicola Vassell Gallery, and Hauser & Wirth)<\/p>\n

Landscapes across Africa, Europe, and the United States that have influenced Somali-born artist Uman\u2019s intuitive, richly hued, semi-abstract imagery. Her first solo institutional exhibition features paintings, drawings, sculptures, and immersive environments that welcome viewers into her sensory world. Here, light and color seem to merge distant landscapes into a singular space.<\/p>\n

Read Qingyuan Deng’s review<\/a><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Work: Organizing New York Independent Film & Video<\/p>\n

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center<\/a>, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York
Through May 24<\/p>\n

\"\"Bev Grant, “New York Radical Women, Miss America Protest Planning Meeting” (1968) (photo courtesy the artist)<\/p>\n

So much of the work that sustains our everyday lives \u2014 from keeping home to fighting for rights we now take for granted \u2014 is undervalued and, not coincidentally, often done by women. This exhibition seeks to recenter the frame, celebrating how women have organized labor through programming notes, community and student planning documents, and other objects and stories frequently overlooked in the art world.<\/p>\n

Regeneration: Long Island\u2019s History of Ecological Art and Care<\/p>\n

Parrish Art Museum<\/a>, 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, Long Island
Feb. 22\u2013June 14<\/p>\n

\"\"Sara Siestreem, “SUGAR KELP” (2025), acrylic, graphite, Xerox on panel boards (courtesy the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York)<\/p>\n

An intergenerational group of 11 artists addresses the interconnected issues of rising sea levels, pollution, and the destruction of natural habitats on the coast of Long Island, which has been host to thriving communities for more than 10 millennia. A highlight is a commission made by artist Sara Siestreem in collaboration with the Indigenous collective Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, combining a long-standing tradition of harvesting seaweed with abstract mark-making. <\/p>\n

Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay<\/p>\n

Princeton University Art Museum<\/a>, 45 Elm Drive, Princeton, New Jersey
Through July 5<\/p>\n

\"\"Toshiko Takaezu, “Closed form” (c. 1990s), porcelain with blue glaze (photo courtesy Princeton University Art Museum)<\/p>\n

Late ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu is beloved for her \u201cclosed\u201d clay vessels and sonic bodies, but another crucial component of her legacy lives on at Princeton, where she taught for nearly 30 years. Alongside musings from her former students<\/a>, this show places her sculptures in conversation with work by her own mentors and peers, including Isamu Noguchi, Helen Frankenthaler, and Lenore Tawney.<\/p>\n

For Which It Stands\u2026 <\/p>\n

Fairfield University Art Museum<\/a>, 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield, Connecticut
Through July 25<\/p>\n

\"\"Jay Critchley, “Old Glory Condom Corporation condom package display” (1990), cardboard box with condom package (\u00a9 Jay Critchley; courtesy the artist)<\/p>\n

The American flag is a fraught symbol, perhaps now more than ever. This exhibition maps the flag\u2019s layered history and the subversive ways artists have engaged with it to disrupt nationalistic narratives, with over 70 works on view by the likes of Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, and, of course, Jasper Johns.<\/p>\n

Rina Banerjee: Take me, take me, take me . . . to the Palace of love<\/p>\n

Yale Center for British Art<\/a>, 1080 Chapel St, New Haven, Connecticut
Through July 26<\/p>\n

\"\"Rina Banerjee, “Take me, take me, take me . . . to the Palace of love” (2003), plastic, antique Anglo – Indian Bombay dark wood chair, steel and copper framework, floral picks, foam balls, cowrie shells, quilting pins, red colored moss, antique stone globe, glass, synthetic fabric, shells, fake birds (\u00a9Rina Banerjee; photo Richard Caspole, courtesy Yale Center for British Art)<\/p>\n

What makes a monument? Rina Banerjee\u2019s diaphanous take on the Taj Mahal undermines everything often considered monumental: permanence, solidity, costly materials. It floats above other debris from colonialism\u2019s wreckage, including an antique Bombay chair and a chandelier that combines found objects with everyday items \u2014 revealing imperialism as a hollow endeavor that still haunts. <\/p>\n

Allan Rohan Crite: Neighborhood\t<\/p>\n

Zimmerli Art Museum<\/a>, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Through July 31<\/p>\n

\"\"Allan Rohan Crite, “Sunlight and Shadow” (1941), oil on board (photo courtesy the Allan Rohan Crite Research Institute and Library)<\/p>\n

This exhibition, organized with Boston\u2019s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, celebrates the creative vision of the late New Jersey-born, Boston-raised artist. Crite spent his career chronicling scenes of African-American urban life through paintings, illustrations, and prints. His artworks convey stories and histories largely focused on his local community, with rich details and color that make his realist imagery come alive. <\/p>\n

Frederic Church: Global Artist <\/p>\n

Olana State Historic Site<\/a>, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, New York
May 17\u2013Oct. 25<\/p>\n

\"\"Frederic Edwin Church, “Cayambe” (1858), oil on canvas (photo courtesy Olana State Historic Site)<\/p>\n

Nineteenth-century American landscape painter Frederic Church absorbed the sights and sounds from his travels around the world, and now, his historic home studio is putting the fruits of his peregrinations on display. A small group of drawings and studies in this show captures slices of his trips through South America, Europe, the Caribbean, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Agnes Martin: Painting is not making paintings\t<\/p>\n

Dia Beacon<\/a>, 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, New York
April 4\u2013ongoing<\/p>\n

\"\"Agnes Martin, “Untitled” (c. 1959) (\u00a9 Agnes Martin\/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo Bill Jacobson Studio, courtesy Dia Art Foundation)<\/p>\n

Drawing largely from Dia\u2019s own collection, this exhibition focuses on the pivotal period of the 1950s and \u201960s, as Martin transitioned from loose abstraction to her celebrated graphite grid pieces. Accompanying these are several works made after 1974, after a several-year painting hiatus, including her late \u201cblack\u201d paintings. Collectively, they chart her creative evolution and massive contributions to Minimalism.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My favorite thing to do in New York City is leave it. I\u2019m kidding, I\u2019m kidding, but there\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-154387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}