Julian Schnabel ‘Selected Works From Home’ Opens at Guild Hall

In 1998, the multifaceted, interdisciplinary artist Julian Schnabel presented a solo show at Guild Hall featuring some of his prolific work. Now, Guild Hall welcomes Schnabel back to its museum for a show that celebrates over 40 years of dedicated work.

The exhibition, “Julian Schnabel, Selected Works From Home,” opened to the public on August 4 after a special preview of the show during Guild Hall’s summer gala on August 2, and it remains on view through October 27. The show features paintings, drawings and sculptures made by Schnabel over the last 45 years that the artist has chosen to keep for himself and that remain in his personal collection. This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, Guild Hall’s director of visual arts, in close collaboration with the artist as well as Patrick Hillman, the executive assistant to Julian Schnabel.

Schnabel, a leading figure among artists who reinvigorated the practice of painting in the late 1970s, is known for adopting unconventional materials and ways to use them to create monumental works. He had his first solo show with the Mary Boone Gallery in 1979. He has been splitting his time between New York City and Montauk since the 1980s, which is when Crader says he began painting “en plein air” — that is, working outside in the landscape he was creating.