Peter Marino Art Foundation Returns for 2023 Season

Peter Marino Art Foundation in Southampton Village re-opened to the public on Saturday, May 20.

The day began with the foundation’s signature event, “Brunch with Bob,” featuring an 11 a.m. conversation with artist Erwin Wurm (b. 1954), who flew in from Vienna, Austria for the occasion. Hosted by co-associate directors Bob Colacello and Isabelle Marino, “Brunch with Bob” art talks consists of intimate conversations between Colacello and artists who are also joined by Peter Marino on the panel of speakers.

Fourteen of Wurm’s contemporary works, both paintings and sculptures, are on view at the Peter Marino Art Foundation until July 8. Wurm’s work involves taking something mundane and enlarging, curving, or otherwise distorting it. His goal is to cause the viewer to look closer at the sculpture and find its true meaning. He is best known for his strange depictions of everyday life and his humorous approach to the Formalism style. Also on view now at the foundation from May 20 to September 30 is the work of artist Georg Baselitz.

In July, the foundation opens an exhibition of multimedia works by Michal Rovner. A “Brunch with Bob” features Rovner on July 15. New installations of works by French photographer Eugène Atget, noted for his turn of the 20th century photographs documenting Paris, and Italian-born local photographer Priscilla Rattazzi, whose new series titled “Three Lindens” makes its debut at the foundation, will also be on view throughout the summer.

New this year is the “Peter Marino Book Club,” a series of author talks and book signings on Saturdays at the foundation from July 29 to August 26 featuring books that highlight works in The Peter Marino Collection. Admission is free to these events with books available to purchase at the door. Advanced sign-up is recommended on the website.

Peter Marino Art Foundation is at 11 Jobs Lane, Southampton. The foundation is open to the public for guided tours on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from May 20 through September 30. Admission is $20 and all visits are by timed entry tickets. Visit petermarinoartfoundation.org for more information.

Forty-five paintings, drawings and sculpture by German neo-expressionist artist Georg Baselitz (b. 1938) will be on view throughout the foundation. Baselitz grew up in Germany amongst the suffering and demolition of World War II, and in the 1960s became well known for his figurative and expressive paintings. In 1969, he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the representational, content-driven character of his earlier work. Drawing from a myriad of influences, including art of Soviet era illustration art, the Mannerist period and African sculptures, Baselitz has developed his own, distinct artistic language.

Kicking off the summer are 14 paintings and sculptures by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm (b. 1954). Wurm’s work involves taking something mundane and enlarging, curving, or otherwise distorting it. His goal is to cause the viewer to look closer at the sculpture and find its true meaning. He is best known for his strange depictions of everyday life and his humorous approach to the Formalism style.

Fifteen works by Israeli artist Michal Rovner (b. 1957) begin a mid-summer show of multimedia and digital art. Rovner’s work shifts between the poetic and the political to explore questions of nature, identity, dislocation, and the fragility of human existence. Her works are known for reinterpreting historical memory and contemporary themes through her multimedia practice, in which she employs drawing, printmaking, video, sculpture and installation.