Two Exhibitions at The Re Institute: Icebergs and Political Satire
The Re Institute, a repurposed 1960s dairy barn in Millerton, New York, is hosting two concurrent exhibitions. On the ground floor, "Seven Women Chase Icebergs" features works by seven artists who participated in a residency at Pouch Cove, Newfoundland in spring 2025, convened by Brenda Zlamany. The show includes paintings, drawings, and works on paper responding to the remote landscape, with icebergs as a unifying motif. Artists include Daisy Craddock, Trine Bumiller, Elisabeth Condon, Barbara Friedman, Gill Ord, Karen Marston, and Zlamany. Marston's site-specific mural "Melting Ship" directly addresses climate change. Upstairs, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" pairs paintings by artist couple James Esber and Jane Fine, along with a collaborative work. Fine's abstract-representational works incorporate political symbols, while Esber's distorted figures and caricatures offer satirical commentary. The exhibitions run through July 11, 2026.
Key facts
- The Re Institute is a dairy barn built in the 1960s repurposed as an art gallery by Henry Klimowicz.
- "Seven Women Chase Icebergs" includes works by Daisy Craddock, Trine Bumiller, Elisabeth Condon, Barbara Friedman, Gill Ord, Karen Marston, and Brenda Zlamany.
- The artists participated in a residency at Pouch Cove, Newfoundland in spring 2025.
- Karen Marston's mural "Melting Ship" is painted on an 8x10-foot wall inside the barn's open door.
- Frederic Edwin Church made an expedition to paint icebergs in Newfoundland in 1859.
- "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" features paintings by James Esber and Jane Fine.
- Jane Fine's "Strange Fruit" references Abel Meeropol's song protesting lynchings, recorded by Billie Holiday.
- Both exhibitions run through July 11, 2026 at The Re Institute, 1395 Boston Corners Road, Millerton, NY.
Entities
Artists
- Brenda Zlamany
- Daisy Craddock
- Trine Bumiller
- Elisabeth Condon
- Barbara Friedman
- Gill Ord
- Karen Marston
- James Esber
- Jane Fine
- Frederic Edwin Church
- Henry Klimowicz
- Lawre Stone
Institutions
- The Re Institute
- Pouch Cove
- Two Coats of Paint
- Berkshire Taconic Foundation
- Hudson River School
- Mad magazine
Locations
- Millerton
- New York
- United States
- Pouch Cove
- Newfoundland
- Canada
- Hudson Valley
- North Atlantic