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A Visit with Gail Levin, author of Alice Baber: An Artist’s Triumph Over Tragedy

When:

July 22, 2026 · 1:00 PM

Where:

Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southampton, NY, 11968, United States

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Things to do on Long Island

Acclaimed art biographer Gail Levin brings to life the fascinating story of Alice Baber, an East End artist known for creating the illusion of floating light through the use of vibrantly colored shapes in her abstract paintings. Lauded as an “artist of lyrical abstractions,” Baber’s revered works took the world by storm and are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney. In her vividly written and richly detailed book, Gai