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Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21, 2025 | 6-7:30 PM
On View: June 22nd - September 1st
Exhibition hours Thursday - Monday | 11 AM - 5 PM
The opening and exhibition are free to the public!
No RSVP is required!
Step inside The Church on June 21st from 6 to 7:30 PM to witness its latest transformation as The Ark opens its doors for its first public viewing. The 2025 Summer exhibition curated by Eric Fischl, refers directly to the myth of the Deluge: an event of such apocalyptic scale, forewarned, unheeded, and unstoppable, that it appeared it would be the end of all life on earth. However, through human resourcefulness, will, and compassion, the Great Flood marked a new beginning, a do-over… a rebirth. Composed solely of animal sculptures by over 40 international artists of the last century, the exhibition looks closely at man’s relationship with animals, nature, and self.
Join us any time between 6 PM and 7:30 PM on Saturday, June 21st for the first glimpse of The Church like you’ve never seen it before! No tickets or RSVP’s are necessary for this special evening. The exhibition will be on view from Sunday, June 22 – Monday, September 1st during our exhibition hours, Thursday – Monday, 11 AM – 5 PM. Be sure to check out our sculpture installations in our public garden as well! And check out our Events Calendar for more exhibition-related programming (coming soon!). For more information about The Ark, please visit our exhibition page here.
In celebration of our collaboration of The Ark Community Project, we are delighted to announce the simultaneous opening at The Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum. Stop by The Whaling Museum between 5 PM and 7:30 PM for snacks, drinks, and their signature cocktail “The Calm Before the Storm,” and take in their exhibition. The marine animal-themed show, curated by Dave. O., features sculptures and paintings immersed in the whale soundscape and includes work from 13 artists. Artists featured include Patton Miller, Scott Bluedorn, Isadora Capraro, Georgia Suter, Jim Gingerich, Franco Cuttica, Forrest Gray, Nick Whelan, Kevin Ink, Loren Eiferman, and Cayce Adams. All works of art will be for sale and a silent auction, with a chance to bid on the community-built Ark, will be live!
Artists Featured in The Ark: Monica Banks, Louise Bourgeois, Rembrandt Bugatti, Deborah Butterfield, Joan Brown, Maurizio Cattelan, Thomas Deininger, Jim Dine, William Edmondson, Angus Fairhurst, Daniel Firman, Elizabeth Frink, Jean-François Gambino, Brendan Hemsmondhalgh, Nicola Hicks, Bryan Hunt, Jörd Immendorf, Ryan Johnson, William Kent, William Kentridge, Sherrie Levine, Sarah Lucas, Kate MccGwire, Allan McCollum, Mentawai people, Bruce Nauman, John O’Reilly, Charles Ray, Germaine Richier, Jane Rosen, Susan Rothenberg, Claudette Schreuders, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Kiki Smith, Anthony Theakston, Nichola Theakston, Catherine Thiry, Rosemarie Trockel, William Tucker, Patrick Villas, and Daisy Youngblood.
“These works explore themes of beauty, empathy, vulnerability, desperation, tenderness, and connection to both the otherness of animals in the wildness of nature and a mirroring metaphor for the interior world of Self. The works are, for the most part, handmade, which further highlights the complexity of our experience of both the art object created and the emotional urgency one feels through its maker”
Photo Credit Information
Daisy Youngblood, Little Gorilla, 2020, low fire clay, 12 ¼ x 11 ½ x 6 ¾ inches. © Daisy Youngblood. Courtesy of the collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. Image courtesy of the artists and Salon 94.
Charles Ray, Silver, 2015, Sterling Silver, 42 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 48 inches. Courtesy of John McEnroe Gallery.
Nichola Theakston, Pariah, 2025, Bronze Edition of 12, 23.5 x 22x 6.5 inches. Private collection.
Ryan Johnson, Dog Chasing Tail, 2021, Bronze, Edition of 1 +3AP, 33 x 52x 52 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Marinaro Gallery
Angus Fairhurst, I’m Sorry, and I Won’t Do It Again, 2004, Bronze, Edition 3 of 3 +AP, 8 1/2 x 51 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches. Sean and Tamara McCarthy