The Watermill Center

The Watermill Center The Watermill Center is an interdisciplinary laboratory for the arts and humanities on Long Island.
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This afternoon, August 21 at 2:30 pm, join us for a guided tour of The Watermill Center and ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’• ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’”: ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ...
08/21/2026

This afternoon, August 21 at 2:30 pm, join us for a guided tour of The Watermill Center and ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’• ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’”: ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ญ๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐‘ถ๐’ƒ๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’”.

At its center is ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’”, the largest exhibition devoted to Wilsonโ€™s three-dimensional works since 1991. Drawn from The Watermill Center Collection and spanning six decades, it gathers sculptures that first came to life in the theater, returned now to the site Wilson conceived, built, and continuously transformed over more than thirty years.

Space is limited and advance registration is required โ€” reserve your spot at the link in our bio!

Curated by Noah Khoshbin (no_self_promo) and Fisher Bradford (Samuel Khoshbin/Fisher Bradford), ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด is on view through September 16. Works from the exhibition are available for acquisition โ€” for inquiries, write to [email protected].

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IMAGE: COWBOY BOOTS, 1974
LEATHER SPRAY PAINT EPOXY

ALEX BARD๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’†For our 2026 Summer Festival, ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ, International Summer Program artist Alex Bard (Alexander Ba...
08/19/2026

ALEX BARD
๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’†

For our 2026 Summer Festival, ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ, International Summer Program artist Alex Bard (Alexander Bard) presented ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’†, a durational performance with a sculpture coated in Line-X, an industrial material designed to resist impact.ย 

Through movement, the work placed the resilience of the human body in dialogue with the durability of an almost indestructible object. Breath became the workโ€™s central rhythm: an involuntary act mirrored in the sculptureโ€™s cycles of tension, resistance, release, and return. Dance pushed both body and object toward their physical limits, revealing vulnerability and endurance as inseparable forces.

Photos by Maria Baranova (Maria Baranova) & Chloรฉ Bellemรจre ()

๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐“๐’โ€™ ๐“๐€๐๐‹๐„ โ€จ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐ฑ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ณโ€จThursday, September 3, 6 โ€“ 9pm | $135โ€จโ€จJoin us Thursday, Septe...
08/18/2026

๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐“๐’โ€™ ๐“๐€๐๐‹๐„ โ€จ
๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐ฑ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ณโ€จThursday, September 3, 6 โ€“ 9pm | $135โ€จโ€จJoin us Thursday, September 3, for a presentation by painter Asher Liftin, followed by a locally sourced meal prepared by Chef Arnie Ramirez.

Artistsโ€™ Table is Watermillโ€™s year-round series offering an intimate conversation with an acclaimed artist paired with a farm-to-table meal.

Limited tickets are available at the link in our bio ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’†:๐‘ถ๐’‚๐’Œ๐’๐’†๐’š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฒ๐ฅ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฃ๐š๐ซ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ž๐ข๐Ÿ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ค๐€๐ง๐ง ๐–...
08/12/2026

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’†:
๐‘ถ๐’‚๐’Œ๐’๐’†๐’š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :
๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฒ๐ฅ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ค๐š๐ฅ
๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฃ๐š๐ซ
๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ž๐ข๐Ÿ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ญ
๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ค
๐€๐ง๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง

OPENING RECEPTION: AUGUST 29, 4โ€“6 PM
๐Ÿ”— RSVP AT THE LINK IN OUR BIO

ON VIEW THROUGH MARCH 20, 2027
by appointment only

ALESSIO BARCHITTAย For our 2026 Summer Festival, ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ, International Summer Program artist Alessio Barchitta (A...
08/07/2026

ALESSIO BARCHITTAย 

For our 2026 Summer Festival, ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ, International Summer Program artist Alessio Barchitta (Alessio Barchitta ) presented ๐‘บ๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ, an installation and durational performance staged across the grounds. A 1996 Lincoln Town Car โ€” half consumed by vegetation, vivid in memory and stubbornly present โ€” played Irma Thomasโ€™s ๐‘จ๐’๐’š๐’๐’๐’† ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ณ๐’๐’—๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’” (๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ผ๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…) from within, as recordings of recent wars seeped through the foliage around it. Above, a billboard read โ€œYou Can,โ€ an echo of an era shaped by boundless optimism, the rise of the internet, and limitless ambition. Barchitta sat atop it, waiting for something to happen without knowing what or when.

Photos by Maria Baranova (Maria Baranova) + Chloรฉ Bellemรจre ()

๐‘บ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ, ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿฉทโค๏ธ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐Ÿ & ๐€๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌโ€จ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐งThank you to o...
07/29/2026

๐‘บ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ, ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿฉทโค๏ธ
๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐Ÿ & ๐€๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌโ€จ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง

Thank you to our benefactor chairs, co-chairs, vice chairs, and donors, to the artists, performers, technical crew, and staff who made the evening, and to everyone who spent it with us.

And thereโ€™s more to come! Join us for our Open House on Friday, July 31, from 4 to 7pm. Artists of the International Summer Program will present new work and expanded versions of the projects seen on Saturday. ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ท๐‘–๐ด๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ : ๐ท๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐น๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ , 1960๐‘ โ€“2020๐‘  remains on view through September 16. Read more at the link in our bio.

A very special thank you to our partners: Chatham Imports, Champagne Barons de Rothschild (), hรฅndvรฆrk (haฬŠndvรฆrkยฎ), Hill Country BBQ (Hill Country Barbecue Market), Ketel One (), Kidd Squid Brewing Co (Kidd Squid Brewing Co Sag Harbor ๐Ÿฆ‘), LALO (LALO Tequila), Lukas Machnik (Lukas Machnik), Plain-T (Plain-T) Wรถlffer Estate Vineyard (Woฬˆlffer Estate Vineyard) and USM Modular Furniture (USM Modular Furniture).
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Photos: Zach Hilty/bfa.com (Zachary Hilty), Maria Baranova (Maria Baranova), and Chloรฉ Bellemรจre ()

Saturday at The Watermill Center! Huge congratulations to the one of the most hardworking and dedicated teams in the biz...
07/28/2026

Saturday at The Watermill Center!

Huge congratulations to the one of the most hardworking and dedicated teams in the bizโฃ๏ธ

Images by Carl Timpone, Maria Baranova, and

THIS FRIDAY! Join us at our Summer Open House from 4โ€“7 pm for works that premiered Saturday at LIMITLESS TIME, new works...
07/28/2026

THIS FRIDAY! Join us at our Summer Open House from 4โ€“7 pm for works that premiered Saturday at LIMITLESS TIME, new works in progress from International Summer Program artists, family-friendly workshops, and open exhibition hours for ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด: ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ & ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด, 1960๐˜ดโ€“2020๐˜ด.

Complimentary ice cream and refreshments provided by Plain-T (Plain-T) and RGNY (RGNY Vineyard) ๐ŸŒน

Free and open to allโ€”register at the link in our bio!

Thank you to everyone who joined us Friday evening for the Artist Dinner, the opening night of LIMITLESS TIME, our 2026 ...
07/28/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us Friday evening for the Artist Dinner, the opening night of LIMITLESS TIME, our 2026 Summer Festival presented by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Artists, performers, patrons, and this yearโ€™s artists-in-residence gathered on the grounds for dinner featuring performances by Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Knowles, and Lucinda Childs, followed by a presentation of Robert Wilsonโ€™s โ€œI Was Sitting On My Patio This Guy Appeared I Thought I Was Hallucinating,โ€ reimagined by Charles Chemin, and starring Julie Shanahan and Christopher Nell.

Our thanks to Van Cleef & Arpels (Van Cleef & Arpels), USM Modular Furniture (USM Modular Furniture), Champagne Barons de Rothschild (), LALO (LALO Tequila), Peconic Beverage, and to everyone who came out. Your support sustains the Centerโ€™s year-round residency and education programs.

Photos: Zach Hilty/bfa.com (Zachary Hilty), Maria Baranova (Maria Baranova), and Chloรฉ Bellemรจre ()

CHRISTOPHER KNOWLES Christopher Knowles (b. 1959) is an American multidisciplinary artist working in poetry, painting, s...
07/25/2026

CHRISTOPHER KNOWLES

Christopher Knowles (b. 1959) is an American multidisciplinary artist working in poetry, painting, sound, performance, and sculpture. Since the early 1970s, he has transformed visual and sonic material from popular culture into vibrant new vocabularies that expand our understanding of information systems. His work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Musรฉe Galliera, the Whitney Biennial, and Tate Modern. In 2015, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania presented the retrospective Christopher Knowles: In a Word. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Watermill Center, and other public and private collections. He lives and works in New York City.

๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘บ ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ
๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐Ÿ & ๐€๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ
๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง

ARTIST DINNER, JULY 24 โ€“ 7:00pm
THE FESTIVAL, JULY 25 โ€“ 6:00pm

๐Ÿ”— LINK IN BIO FOR TICKETS

PHOTO BY ROBERT MAPPELTHROPE

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