Hudson Valley August 2026 Gallery Guide: New Openings and Continuing Shows
In August 2026, the art scene in the Hudson Valley is bustling, with new exhibitions launching on Saturday, August 1. Notable solo showcases include Henry Klimowicz and Summers Moore at Geary in Salisbury, CT; Bruce Edelstein’s 'Sculpture' at Time & Space Limited in Hudson; 'Leviathan River' at Front Room Gallery; Wendy White’s 'Laguna Seca' at Gaa in Catskill; 'Hot House II' at Utopia in Kingston; and Samantha Haring’s 'Fool's Journey' at Elijah Wheat Showroom in Beacon. Ongoing exhibitions feature works by Steve DiBenedetto, Nicole Hayes, and others at Tanja Grunert, 'Animal Bodies' at Athens Cultural Center, and Melora Kuhn at Private Public Gallery. Karlyn Benson’s guide covers exhibitions from Albany to Nyack.
Key facts
- August 1, 2026 marks the opening of multiple exhibitions across the Hudson Valley.
- New galleries include Gaa in Catskill and Elijah Wheat Showroom in Beacon.
- Geary in Salisbury, CT opens solo shows by Henry Klimowicz and Summers Moore.
- Front Room Gallery presents 'Leviathan River, Whales and the Making of Hudson'.
- Time & Space Limited hosts Bruce Edelstein's 'Sculpture'.
- Utopia in Kingston opens 'Hot House II' curated by Eva Conrad.
- Continuing shows include 'Animal Bodies' at Athens Cultural Center and 'Catching Fire' at Ann Street Gallery.
- The guide is contributed by Karlyn Benson, an independent curator based in Beacon, NY.
Entities
Artists
- Henry Klimowicz
- Summers Moore
- Bruce Edelstein
- Wendy White
- Samantha Haring
- Steve DiBenedetto
- Nicole Hayes
- Alexander Ross
- Matt Tiernan
- Elana Herzog
- Jean Shin
- Brigitta Váradi
- Melora Kuhn
- Jason Middlebrook
- Todd Stong
- Nicole Cherubini
- Kathryn Lynch
- Matt LaFleur
- Ryan Scails
- Vincent Pidone
- Brian Lynch
- Evan Giller
- Katy Fischer
- Marie Lorenz
- Elodie Blanchard
- Kathie Halfin
- Kristin Middleton
- Tracy Phillips
- Greg Slick
- Emil Alzamora
- Gerardo Castro
- Marcy Chevali
- Daniel Giordano
- Shanti Grumbine
- Alison Kudlow
- David Licata
- Zachary Skinner
- Reginald Madison
- Allyson Strafella
- Dike Blair
- Julianne Swartz
- Zena Gurbo
- Michael Casey
- Carrie Mae Smith
- Gianni Notarianni
- Laura Bochet
- James R. McIlroy
- Susan Pittenger
- Erina Schultz
- Savvy Simmons
- Megan Stack
- Jillian Steves
- Cierson Zambo
- Audineh Asaf
- Carole Kunstadt
- Heidi Kyle
- Natalia Petkov
- Jenny Kemp
- Audrey Stone
- Deborah Zlotsky
- Richard Klein
- KK Kozik
- Sally Maca
- Rick Shaefer
- Tricia Wright
- John Gibson
- Chris Armstrong
- Chad Etting
- Alex Katz
- David Shrigley
- Daniel Murray
- Jonas Wood
- Billy Sullivan
- David Hockney
- Elizabeth Peyton
- Damien Hirst
- Charles Lutz
- Joe Amrhein
- Fern Apfel
- Mary Bailey
- Cat Balco
- Nicholas Battis
- Marion Belanger
- Cynthia Cooper
- David Cramer
- Vincent Dion
- Bruce Dunbar
- Bob Keating
- Zachary Keeting
- Katherine Keltner
- Mary Kenealy
- Brigid Kennedy
- Anthony Kirk
- Benjamin Klein
- Phil Knoll
- E. E. Kono
- Will Kurtz
- Katerina Lanfranco
- Margaret Lanzetta
- Stephen Maine
- Dan Makara
- Sascha Mallon
- Sabrina Marques
- Kele McComsey
- Cecilia Moy Fradet
- Piet Mura
- Sue Muskat
- John O’Connor
- Margaret Pettee Olsen
- Jeff Ostergren
- Craig Peyton
- Margaret Roleke
- Sue Rollins
- Alyse Rosner
- Toby Rosser
- Cindy Ruskin
- Mark Savoia
- Ken Scaglia
- Suzanna Schlemm
- Andrew Schwartz
- Russell Steinert
- Lawre Stone
- Lydia Viscardi
- Virginia Wagner
- Sarah Walker
- Laura Watt
- Anna Webersen
- Julia Whitney Barnes
- Sarah Amos
- Beth Dary
- Kathleen Kucka
- Susan Schwalb
- Aura Wang
- Parastoo Ahovan
- Keira Curwen
- Lauren Be Dear
- Michael Morgan
- David Borawski
- Kikuo Saito
- Clement Greenberg
- Elizabeth Hazan
- Jilaine Jones
- Dorothy Knowles
- Larissa Lockshin
- Michael Mangino
- Sylvia Plimack Mangold
- Naofumi Maruyama
- John McAllister
- Marina Rheingantz
- Trevor Shimizu
- Jack Arthur Wood
- Jongil Ma
- Brett DePalma
- Richard Alan Fox
- John Morton
- Larry Rushing
- Chris Soria
- Misha Tyutyunik
- Lynn Basa
- Claire Buckley
- Angela Dufresne
- Steve Ellis
- Liz Flood
- Claire Gilliam
- Brenda Goodman
- Sharon Horvath
- Mala Iqbal
- Drew Jarret
- Brittany Kiertzner
- Jim Lee
- Lisa Lebofsky
- Patrice Lorenz
- Gary Mayer
- Dave Ortiz
- Alan Powell
- Josh Reames
- Guy Smit
- Michael St. John
- Kathleen Sweeney
- Marie Vickeralli
- Gavin Wilson
- Nataliya Hines
- Robin Adler
- Karen Allen
- Eileen Sackman
- William PK Carter
- Tomoko Abe
- David Barnett
- A. Bascove
- Carol Bouyoucos
- Brandon Brown
- Jennifer Burbank
- Ai Sogawa Campbell
- Naomi Campbell
- Jeff Carpenter
- Tracy Finn
- Heide Follin
- Donna Forma
- Anne Gabriele
- Carla Goldberg
- Deborah Hesse
- Jaimie Krankel
- Kellie Kottmann
- Rita Maas
- Julie Durkin Marty
- Laurie Peek
- Anna Pratt
- Monique Robidoux
- Joseph Squillante
- Marc VanDermeer
- Richie Vicencio
- Patricia Vinyard
- Nanxi Yang
- Tamar Zinn
- Holly McCabe
- Amelia Biewald
- Caroline Blum
- Beth Caron
- Shawn Dulaney
- Rory Gevis
- Karsen Heagle
- Gina Herrera
- Robert Kelly
- Sara Nesbitt
- Brent Owens
- David Reisman
- Michael Schropp
- Gret Sterret Smith
- Charles Spurrier
- Cathy Weiss
- Auguster D. Williams
- Amy Bandolik
- Lawe Stone
- Janis Stemmermann
- Katharine Dufault
- Julie Harrison
- Berly Brown
- Ginger Ertz
- Andrea Hersh
- Jenny Hutchinson
- Mara Lefebvre
- Wendy Bodenstab Lynch
- Pete Mauney
- Charles Steckler
- Ann Wolf
- Thedra Cullar Ledford
- Katherine Umstead
- Paula Hayes
- Daniella Dooling
- Tara Fracalossi
- Susan Wides
- Hurvin Anderson
- Miguel Calderón
- Ibrahim El-Salahi
- Roe Ethridge
- John Giorno
- Lee Godie
- Keith Haring
- Lothar Hempel
- Candace Hill-Montgomery
- Özgür Kar
- Oliver Lee Jackson
- Gabriel Kuri
- Siobhan Liddell
- Phillip Lai
- Duane Linklater
- Sarah Lucas
- Matthew Monahan
- Tuan Andrew Nguyen
- Kayode Ojo
- Pat Oleszko
- Tony Oursler
- Virginia Overton
- Clare Rojas
- Tschabalala Self
- John Griebsch
- Louise Laplante
- Kathy Osborn
- Vincent Pomilio
- Stephen Walling
- Adrianna Newell
- Ash River
- Christian Michael Filardo
- Dallas Houston
- Danielle Norris
- Ryan Rusiecki
- Tate Justus
- Mike Asente
- Thomas Broadbent
- Peggy Cyphers
- Chris Coffin
- Debra Drexler
- Linda Ganjian
- Linda Griggs
- Amy Hill
- Yuliya Lanina
- Jess Levey
- Monique Luchetti
- Stephen Mallon
- Mark Masyga
- Gabriela Portas
- Ken Ragsdale
- Pearl Silverberg
- Shira Toren
- Yeachin Tsai
- Joanne Ungar
- Alanna Vanacore
- Kathleen Vance
- Jeff Wigman
- Nancy Davidson
- Leigh Davis
- J Grabowski
- Whit Harris
- Pol Morton
- Elena Sisto
- Brian Wood
- Kenji Ide
- Lotus L. Kang
- Amanda Browder
- Cory Mahoney
- David Opdyke
- Ghost of a Dream
- Inez Andrucyk
- Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
- Jennifer Dalton
- Jenny Carpenter
- Johnna Arnold
- Laurie Sheridan
- Lori Merhige
- Matt Mitchell
- Melinda Kiefer Santiago
- Natsuki Takauji
- Paul Gagner
- Quinn Yanku
- Rachel Lea Seburn
- Soli Pierce
- Sophie Kahn
- Thomas Lail
- Tom Kotik
- Tristan Fitch
- Michele Silver
- Matthew Gilbert
- Michael McGrath
- Tatana Kellner
- Ben Pinder
- Ginnie Gardiner
- Whitney Hagen
- Susanna Ronner
- Lynne Tobin
- Kati Vilim
- Carolÿnne Whitefeather
- Milton Avery
- Sally Michel
- March Avery
- Philip G. Cavanaugh
- Sean Cavanaugh
- Delilah Cavanaugh
- Dorothea Osborn
- Steve Heller
- Jenne Currie
- Lowell Miller
- Eileen Power
- Alex Kveton
- Amanda Russo Rubman
- Mary Frank
- Grace Bakst Wapner
- Amelia Williams
- Aleksandra Scepanovic
- Pascal Knapp
- Ian Laughlin
- Wendy Hollender
- Ellen K. Levy
- Nando Alvarez-Perez
- Sara De Brito Faustino
- Henry Crawley
- Robin Crookall
- Danielle Ezzo
- Victoria Manning
- Dogwood Messer
- Harry Murzyn
- Alicia Schirrmeister
- Marin Sardy
- Kate Steciw
- Kat Thompson
- An-My Lê
- Kevin Umaña
- Alex Diamant
- Fallon Navarro
- Jordan Fine
- Corinna Cowles
- Devin Osorio
- John Quick
- Lindsey Willis
- Zachery Vandorn
- Taylor Mezo
- Maxwell Mustardo
- Marita Manson
- Dominic Terlizzi
- Victoria Florio
- Kate Bingaman-Burt
- Elizabeth Saloka
- Marion West
- Jenna Litton
- Iris Salin
- Aisha Tandiwe Bell
- Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
- Christy Gast
- Ace Lehner
- John O’Donnell
- Alison Pebworth
- Spyrodon
- Robert Kalman
- Margaret Saliske
- Laura Cannamela
- Monica Church
- Elisa Lendvay
- Susan Newmark
- Barbara Todd
- Scott Balfe
- James Coe
- Tarryl Gabel
- Seth Howe
- Delano Dunn
- Tim Olson
- Tamsen Wojtanowski
- Matthew Cronin
- Kelly Cox
- Heejo Kim
- Vanessa Villarreal
- Genevieve Cohn
- ZK Truth
- Linda Michele Lutzai
- Richard Arnold
- Randy Carboni
- Lesa Cash
- Kara Daviau
- Carolyn Edlund
- Ada Goldfeld
- Yuliana Karpenok
- Irina Lubenskaya
- Trevor Messersmith
- Melanie Mintz
- William Noonan
- Robert Page
- Elaine Ralston
- Rebecca Schwarz
- Mary Smoot Souter
- John Verner
- Yura Adams
- Craig Auge
- Edgard Barbosa
- Karlos Cárcamo
- Jordanna Kalman
- Allison Owen
- ransome
- Sylvan Robinson
- Jill Enfield
- BoogieREZ
- Marielena Ferrer
- Casey Inch
- Sophie Eisner
- Brian Kaspr
- Joe Concra
- Ramiro Davaro-Comas
- Karlyn Benson
Institutions
- Geary
- Time & Space Limited
- Front Room Gallery
- Gaa
- Utopia
- Elijah Wheat Showroom
- Tanja Grunert
- Athens Cultural Center
- Private Public Gallery
- LABspace
- Headstone
- Maiden Lane Gallery
- Roundabouts Now
- Rohmer Gallery
- Ann Street Gallery
- Opalka Gallery at the Albany Public Library
- SEPTEMBER
- Ten Barn Farm
- The Campus
- Carrie Haddad Gallery
- Fireplace Project
- Hudson Hall
- Philip Douglas Fine Art
- RUTHANN
- Mendes Wood DM
- Mother-in-Law’s
- Jane Street Art Center
- The Sketchbook Gallery
- The Richards Gallery at Opus 40
- Kleinert/James Center for the Arts
- Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM)
- 68 Prince Street Gallery
- The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW)
- One Mile Gallery
- O+ Exchange
- Women’s Studio Workshop
- Unison Arts
- The Re Institute
- Montgomery Row Art Exhibition Space
- ‘T’ Space, The Archive Gallery
- The Millbrook Arts Project
- tyte Gallery
- Troutbeck
- Wassaic Project
- CONVEY/ER/OR
- Gallery 40
- Palmer Gallery at Vassar
- Wallkill River Center for the Arts
- Pictorial Foundation
- Tooker Gallery
- BAU Gallery
- Distortion Society
- Savage Wonderground Art Gallery
- Super Secret Projects
- Desmond-Fish Public Library
- Garrison Art Center
- Kino Saito
- Garner Arts Center
- Yellow Studio
- Lagstein Gallery
- Perry Lawson Fine Art
- 1053 Gallery
- Al Held Foundation
- River Valley Arts Collective
- ArtUp
- Catskill Art Space (CAS)
- Hawk + Hive
- Headwaters Arts Center
- Roxbury Arts Group
- Bernay Fine Art
- Craven Contemporary
- Kenise Barnes Fine Art
- Morrison Gallery
- The Ely Center of Contemporary Art
- G-Town Arts
- Heather Gaudio Fine Art
- Flinn Gallery
- Greenwich Library
- The Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz
- Matteawan Gallery
- Two Coats of Paint
Locations
- Hudson Valley
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- Nyack
- Catskill
- Hudson
- Kingston
- Beacon
- Salisbury
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Great Barrington
- Kent
- New Haven
- Greenwich
- Georgetown
- Stamford
- Roxbury
- Andes
- Livingston Manor
- Margaretville
- Boiceville
- Fleischmanns
- Garnerville
- Verplanck
- Garrison
- Cross River
- Millbrook
- Rhinebeck
- Amenia
- Wassaic
- Poughkeepsie
- Montgomery
- Newburgh
- New Paltz
- Saugerties
- Woodstock
- Ghent
- Kinderhook
- Athens
- Germantown
- Hillsdale
- Millerton
- Tivoli
- Red Hook
- Canaan
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