Upcoming Events

Richard Mayhew: Reinventing Landscape, on view January 20 to April 24, 2022, explores how the nationally renowned artist re-imagined nineteenth and twentieth-century American landscape to express his perspective on nature and the environment as an artist of African American and Native American descent. Born in Amityville, Long Island, the artist’s subjects suggest the appearance of natural forms, but they are symbolic of his emotional interpretation. Conceiving of his paintings as “mindscapes,” Mayhew intuitively uses evocative color and diffused form to…

Juried exhibition celebrating the delight of works no bigger than 9”x11” framed. Prizes will be awarded. The Exhibition will run April 29 - May 29 A Reception will be held May 1st from 3-5pm.

Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum is the only juried exhibition on Long Island that offers high school students the opportunity to show their work in a museum. Each year, the Heckscher invites students in grades 9 through 12 to create a work of art inspired by artwork shown in the Museum and to submit it to this prestigious juried exhibition. Hundreds of works of art are submitted from schools across Nassau and Suffolk counties and approximately…

fotofoto Gallery is proud to present "Strength & Vision ~ A Group Exhibition of Photographic Works by fotofoto gallery Artist Members" from May 5 - 28, 2022 and to participate in the "Huntington Village ART WALK" with both Receptions on Sunday, May 8th from 12-4pm. • Highlighting the diverse talents and visions of our Artist Members, fotofoto Gallery is one of the oldest fine art photography gallery collectives on Long Island. Located in the heart of downtown Huntington, the gallery…

Gallery viewing dates May 8 - June 4

Drawing Matters explores the importance of drawing by hand in the current technological age where computer-aided design and photographic replication are so accessible. Cross-discipline by design, the exhibition includes drawings from the Museum’s collection, botanical and scientific illustrations, and engineering and architectural drawings. The Museum’s drawings range from the 18th to the 21st centuries and include a wide variety of styles from representational to abstract. The scientific illustrations will include taxonomic descriptions of species and how they are used in…

Art of the Dogon features works by the Dogon people of Mali that are drawn from the Museum’s extensive and highly regarded collection of African Art. The Dogon live in one of West Africa’s most spectacular landscapes, a row of cliffs known as the Bandiagara Escarpment, located in the central plateau region of Mali. Their complex mythology and sophisticated visual arts capture the imagination. The sculptures, masks, jewelry, and other works in the exhibition point to the significance of art…

Moonstruck: Lunar Art from the Collection, on view January 20 to September 18, 2022, is drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, The exhibition features a broad range of artwork inspired by the moon and moonlight. From the nineteenth century to the present, artists have gravitated to the moon for reasons scientific, mythic, and symbolic. The celestial artworks on view explore our enduring fascination with the moon in all its phases.

Feast for the Eyes, guest curated by Franklin Hill Perrell, explores how food has always inspired artists. Drawn from a wide variety of media, the exhibition offers viewers eclectic portrayals of food, restaurants, cafés, shops, parties and table decorations. Included are luscious depictions of food by artists such as Ben Schonzeit and Wayne Thiebaud, Berenice Abbott’s photographs of food-related sights in New York; Judith Leiber’s fabulous jeweled evening bags in fruit and vegetable shapes; as well as Al Hirschfeld’s famed…