Exhibition Opening Reception - This Land
The Church
Get the first look of The Church’s Summer Exhibition This Land: Considering the American Landscape.
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 20 | 6 PM – 7:30
Exhibition on view
June 21 – September 6
The Church is delighted to announce our Summer 2026 exhibition, This Land: Considering the American Landscape, curated by Donna De Salvo and Seph Rodney, opening on June 20 and on view through September 6.  Responding to the prompt ‘What is the American landscape?,’ a question timed to reflect this year of our nation’s 250th anniversary, De Salvo and Rodney have conceived of a transhistorical exhibition that explores artistic responses to the American landscape both at its inception and today.  Featured Artists include: Jeremy Dennis, Thomas Doughty, Asher B. Durand, Cristina Fernandez, April Gornik, Leslie Hewitt, Sky Hopinka, An-My Lê, Zoe Leonard, Richard Mayhew, Charles Henry Miller, Kent Monkman, Mary Nimmo Moran, Thomas Moran, Arcmanoro Niles, James Perkins, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Lucy Raven, Anastasia Samoylova, Meg Webster, selections from Hudson River School paintings and works on paper related to Dan Flavin, and a contribution from the Center for Land Use Interpretation.
The presentation will feature important works by artists associated with the Hudson River School, often thought to be the first true American art movement. Pivotal loans from neighboring institutions underscore the cultural and artistic history of the region: the Parrish Art Museum, the East End’s oldest institution, founded in 1898, will contribute Hudson River School paintings by Asher B. Durand, Thomas Doughty, Charles Henry Miller, Thomas Moran, Mary Nimmo Moran, and Albert Pinkham Ryder, highlighting the Parrish’s collection and role in presenting American art; Guild Hall, founded in 1931, will lend a painting by Thomas Moran, who was based in East Hampton, underscoring the legacy of the institution as a meeting place for area artists with its galleries and theater; and Dia Art Foundation, who will be lending selections of Hudson River School works on paper which they acquired in consultation with Dan Flavin as part of their long-term relationship with the artist, a partnership that also included the founding of the Dan Flavin Art Institute at Dia Bridgehampton.
