Peter Beard Exhibit At Guild Hall

Andy Warhol and his skull at Church Estate in Montauk.

"Peter Beard: Last Word from Paradise" will open at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday from 4 to 6 PM. Divided into two sections installed in separate galleries, the exhibition is organized around the two outposts that Peter Beard calls home – Africa and the East End. Representing the artist's first US museum solo exhibition in 15 years, the show presents more than 50 multi-layered collages, drawings, photographs, and diaries from the 1960s to the present, some on public view for the first time. The show includes the artist's iconic work from Africa that chronicles the change in the landscape from a time richly populated by elephants, rhinos, and crocodiles, to what remains today. Also on view will be never-before exhibited Montauk portraits of his home, family, and friends including Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, Jacqueline Onassis, and Lee Radziwill. The show runs through October 1. Visit www.guildhall.org.

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