The LOLA Gallery Presents Photography By Tim Barber
LOLA New York (85 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631-805-2673) announces the opening of Tim Barber's solo show; "Mystic Heather & Virgin Snow," on Saturday Aug. 22 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The exhibit features 30 original color print photographs. The accompanying book will be available for the duration of the show.

"The Elephant" by Lisa de Kooning will be on display at the Tripoli Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Group Show At The Tripoli Gallery Of Contemporary Art
On Saturday, Aug. 22 The Tripoli Gallery Of Contemporary Art (30A Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631-377-3715) will be hosting its first group show. Featuring four exceptional artists: Lisa de Kooning, Jake U. Patterson, Gordon Stevenson, and Robert S. L. Waltzer, the diversity in personality, background, and style, as well as their use of varied mediums, has made this group exhibition an exciting and unique one. The opening reception will be Saturday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibit will be on display until Sept. 22.

Donald Sultan Book Signing
On Saturday, Aug. 22 at c/o The Maidstone Hotel (207 Main Street, East Hampton, 631-324-5006) artist Donald Sultan will be on hand signing a copy of his book "The Theater of the Object, written by himself, Carter Ratcliff and John Ravenal. The event will take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. RSVP to maidstone@companyagenda.com.

Exhale At The Design Studio
There will be an opening reception on Saturday, Aug. 22 from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. at The Design Studio (2393 Main Street, Bridgehampton, 631-537-1999) for the art of Brittany Brett. Juxtaposing personal thoughts with new found emotion, her equine inspired art will be on display through Sept. 5.

Polyphony Exhibit By Jane Johnson At Hampton Road Gallery
On Saturday, Aug. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. there will be an opening reception at the Hampton Road Gallery (36 Hampton Road, Southampton, 531-204-9704) of Polyphony by artist Jane Johnson. The exhibit will benefit The Retreat. For more information call the gallery.

"Last Days of Summer" by Paul Rafferty will be on display at Grenning Gallery's new location at 17 Washington Street in Sag Harbor.

Opening Reception And Grand Opening
The Grenning Gallery announces an Opening Reception for painter Paul Rafferty's third solo show featuring his most recent works as well as celebrating the grand opening of their new location from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 17 Washington Street in Sag Harbor.
"Behind The Scenes At Ashawagh Hall
"Behind the Scenes", Paintings and Drawings by Bruce A. North, will be on display Monday, Aug. 24 and Tuesday, Aug. 25 at Ashawagh Hall (780 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, 917-648-7036) with a reception on Aug. 24 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. North, a native Brooklynite who is now an Art Professor at Ithaca College, returns to East Hampton for the first time since he was Head Scenic Painter at Guild Hall in 1967. His atmospheric work has been displayed in numerous one-person exhibitions in New York City, and work of his can also be found at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

Homage To The Circle And The Square At Solar Gallery
Homage to the Circle and the Square, a collection of recent sculptures and paintings by M. Jack Stone from 1993 to 2003, was created with found materials derived from the manufacturing floor of Stone's furniture design firm. There will be an opening reception for the exhibit from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22 and a Sunday Champagne Brunch the following day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. RSVP to Esperanza Leon at 631-907-8422 or info@artsolar.com

Charles Duncan will be speaking at Pollock-Krasner Museum.

Three Weekend Events At Canio's
On Friday, Aug. 21 at 10:30 a.m., nature writer and novelist Brenda Peterson will be joined by literary agent Sarah Jane Freyman at Canio's Books (290 Main Street, Sag Harbor, 631-725-4926) to discuss the memoir writing process. Following a brief reading from "I Want To Be Left Behind," Brenda and Sarah Jane will discuss the author-agent relationship and how together they worked to bring this memoir alive. Later that day at 6 p.m. Canio's Books is pleased to present the editor of the Nation magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel in a dialog with author Stephen Cohen whose new book "Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War" has recently been published by Columbia University Press. Then on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m. Canio's Books hosts editor Dorothy Spears and contributors to "Flight Patterns: A Century of Stories about Flying" an anthology recently published by Open City Books. The book includes short fiction and personal essays by such writers as Erica Jong, Mary Gaitskill, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, and David Sedaris among others.

"Apple Way" by Elwood Howell will be on display at the Pamela Williams Gallery.

Elwood Howell At The Pamela Williams Gallery
The Pamela Williams Gallery (167 Main Street, Amaganestt, 631-267-7817) announces an exhibition of new paintings by Elwood Howell, which opens on Aug. 21 and runs through Sept. 20.

Lecture Series Continues At The Pollack-Krasner House
The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center continues its 2009 season of lectures at The Fireplace Project (851 Springs-Fireplace Road, East Hampton, 631-324-4929). On Sunday, Aug. 23, at 5 p.m. the museum will present a talk by Charles H. Duncan of the Archives of American Art on "Richard Pousette-Dart as Photographer." Tickets are $5, or $4 for Pollock-Krasner House members, at the door. No reservations are required.

Stella McCartney Pop-Up Shop At The Fireplace Project
On Sunday, Aug. 23 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Monday Aug. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fireplace Project (851 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, 631-324-4666) there will be have a Stella McCartney pop-up show and spring 2010 trunk show. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.

Equus: Icon And Cult At The Rizzoli Bookstore
The Rizzoli Bookstore at Empire Gallery (197 Madison Street, Sag Harbor, 212-777-3730) announces the new exhibition "Equus: Icon and Cult," a series of paintings by Sabina Streeter. Opening reception for the artist is on Friday, Aug. 21, from 6 p.m. 9 p.m. Streeter's collection of representational paintings explores the image of the horse in mythical, social, and cultural context. The horse is depicted as a larger than life iconic creature, heroic and victorious since ancient times, but too often victimized for financial gain.

Pamela Camhe on exhibit at Romany Kramoris Gallery.

"Auto Reflective & Off The Wall" At The Romany Kramoris Gallery
There will be an opening reception of photographs by Pamela Camhe on Aug. 22 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Romany Kramoris Gallery (41 Main Street, Sag Harbor, 631-725-2499). Pamela Camhe made the decision to show her new work, for the first time, in the Photographers East Group Show at Ashawagh Hall in East Hampton in April of 2006. She was awarded "Best in Show". The exhibit will hang until Sept. 3.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

Paul Jenkins Lecture On Gutai Art
Japanese avant-garde art group known as Gutai will remain on view through Oct. 17, after which it will travel to New Jersey City University.

Agathe Snow Solo Show At The Fireplace Project
The Fireplace Project (851 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, 631-324-4666) exhibition of Agathe Snow entitled "Terrestrial Forms" will hang until Aug. 31. Call for information.

Carol Saxe Paintings At Delaney Cooke Gallery
Carol Saxe will be exhibiting some of her paintings at the Delaney Cooke Gallery (150 Main Street, Sag Harbor, 917-445-8427) through Aug. 23.

New Works At The Winter Tree Gallery
Through Sept. 7, GINA Gallery of International Native Art in Manhattan will be exhibiting several native artworks from around the world at The Winter Tree Gallery (125 Main Street, #2F, Sag Harbor, 631-725-0097), which is also showing Cuca Romley's artwork.

Perspectives At The Surface Library
The Surface Library Gallery (845 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, 631-291-9061) will host "Perspectives," featuring the works of two painters who offer very different interpretations of landscape - abstract painters Barbara Groot and John Haubrich. The exhibit will be on display through Aug. 30.

The Crazy Monkey Gallery Features Mary Grossman
The Crazy Monkey Artists Cooperative Gallery (136 Main Street, Amagansett, 631-267-3627) is featuring works by artist Mary Grossman in addition to a group show they have running with artists Jennifer Meihofer, Joyce Silver, Jim Hayden, Wilhelmina Howe, Ellyn Tucker, Stephanie Reit, Luc Leboleis, and Mark E. Zimmerman. Grossman's work will hang until Aug. 24.

Balcomb Greene's Montauk Paintings On Display at Spanierman Gallery
Spanierman Gallery, (68 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, 631-329-9530) exhibition of Balcomb Greene's Montauk Paintings will be on display until Sept. 7.

Keszler Gallery Presents Russell James 'Nomad Two Worlds'
"Nomad Two Worlds" - an artistic collaboration of modern photography and Australian Aboriginal art - by photographer Russell James will be at the Keszler Gallery (45 Main Street, Southampton, 631-204-0353) until Aug. 22.

Oil And Gold By Jeff Muhs At Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Co. (53 Main Street, East Hampton, 631-324-1700) is turning into an art gallery through Sept. 13. The work of prominent East End artist Jeff Muhs will be on display in a show entitled "Oil and Gold." Muhs will donate 10 percent of the paintings sold at Tiffany & Co. to support Guild Hall.

Matt Nolen And Jessica Pinsky Exhibit At The Gallery
A selection of ceramic works by Matt Nolen and sewn pieces of oil on canvas by Jessica Pinsky titled "An Artist and Her Mentor" will be on exhibit at The Gallery Sag Harbor (125 Main Street, Sag Harbor, 631-725-7707) through Sept. 7.

David Geiser Exhibit At Sylvester & Co. At Home
David Geiser has his work showing at Sylvester & Co. At Home (154 Main Street, Amagansett, 631-267-9777) through Nov. 4.