The upcoming holiday weekend introducing Summer 2019 is a perfect time to escape to the Hudson Valley. Following is a brief introduction to art destinations less than two hours away. Photo above: courtesy of Storm King Art Center

Storm King Art Center

Storm King Art Center presents Mark Dion: Follies, the first exhibition to unite Mark Dion’s signature folly works into a major survey. Since the mid-1990s, Dion has frequently employed the form of the architectural folly—a compact, decorative structure intended to inspire meaning rather than serve a functional purpose—to create intricate tableaus and house displays of a wide range of delicate and specific objects. Mark Dion: Follies will feature 12 examples created throughout the past quarter of a century, many of which will be recreated in slightly altered forms to respond to their new site at Storm King. Drawins and prints will present the artist’s process in arriving at these works, and will show them to be part of a lifelong pursuit in Dion’s work; through November 11th. Storm King Art Center, 1 Museum Road, New Windsor, NY Info Photo left: Tal Streeter, Endless Column, 1968. © Peggy Roalf

Olana State Historic Site

In Frederick Church’s Ombra: Architecture in Conversation With Nature | Curated by Barry Bergdoll | work by Steven Holl, Tatiana Bilbao, Arantxa Solis/Stan Allen, Amale Andraos/Dan Wood, Jennifer Sage/Peter Coomb with Chris Doyle/Mario Gooden, Walter Hood. Olana State Historic Site, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, NY Info

Galleries in Hudson, NY

What Could Possibly Go Wrong | curated by Stephen Mallon, 5-7 pm.

Exhibiting artists : Sasha Bezzubov, Dave Cole, Alejandro Duran, Jessica Hargreaves, Sarah Olson, Karen Marston, Eva Nikolva, Lori Nix/ Kathleen Gerber Ken Ragsdale,Barry Rosenthaland Zachary Skinn. Walnut Hill Fine Art, 551 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

Benjamin La Rocco | Love and Other Shadows; Jiang Weixian | Accidenal Sculpture; Joseph Haske | Nature Morte; Denise Oehl | Ziatype Prints; Robert Oehl | Prints;  Linnea Paskow | Paintings; Pamela Blum | Dolls, 5-7pm. John Davis Gallery, 362-1/2 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

Debra Bilow | Photography; Maureen McNeil | Fiber Art; Portfolio showcases: John Fraser and Nicholas Luchenbill. Davis Orton Gallery, 114 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

Still Life Like | David Halliday, Frank DePietro, James O’Shea, Chad Kleitsch, Kate Hamilton and Bryan Meador. Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

Arte Natura. Limner Gallery, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

Nina Lipkowitz | Dancing Lines, Dancing Colors. 510 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY Info

Group Show. September Gallery, 449 Warren Street #3, Hudson, NYInfo

Tom Swope Gallery | Ancient art and antiquities. 307 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

Tom McGill | Tom of Hudson. Gallery at 46 Green Street Studios, Hudson, NY Info

Peter Jung Fine Art. 512 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Photographs. BCB Art, 116 Warren Street, Hudson, NY Info

ÖR Gallery and Tavern, 35 South 3^rdStreet, Hudson, NY Info

DIA Beacon New York

Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress, the first North American retrospective dedicated to the German artist, opens this spring at Dia:Beacon in Beacon, New York. The exhibition traces the evolution of Posenenske’s practice from early experiments with mark making, to transitional aluminum wall reliefs, to industrially fabricated modular sculptures, which are produced in unlimited series and assembled or arranged by consumers at will. Info Photo above: Charlotte Posenenske installation, © Bill Jacobson, courtesy of DIA:Beacon. DIA: Beacon, 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY Info

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