Earth Matters and more art exhibits

Earth Matters (Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, July 30-Oct. 23). Experience the environment in a new way -- through the work of Long Island artists who've created installations made from natural material or recycled man-made stuff. Works by Suffolk County artists Thea Lanzisero, Seung Lee, Winn Rea and Barbara Roux will be featured, as well as those of Tamiko Kawata, a New York-based artist who also works on the East End. heckscher.org, 631-351-3250

ArtHamptons International Fine Arts Fair (Sayre Park, Bridgehampton, July 8-10). The high-end art fair goes even more international with 10 British galleries represented. Andy Warhol author Ultra Violet and poet Taylor Mead will appear at a screening of "Full Circle: Before They Were Famous," chronicling images by Glen Cove art photographer William John Kennedy of Warhol and others. arthamptons.com, 631-283-5505

Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum (July 26-Oct. 10). The Met holds the most significant collection in the United States of Dutch master Frans Hals. Several of the paintings are iconic, especially "Merrymakers at Shrovetide" (1616) and "The Fisher Girl" (1630). A portrait by Manet shows Hals' influence on the Impressionists, whose style he anticipated. metmuseum.org, 212-535-7710

Crafting Genre: Kathryn Bigelow (Museum of Modern Art, through Oct. 3). Focusing on the work of the first woman to win a best director Oscar (for 2009 best picture winner "The Hurt Locker"), this show delves into the filmmaker's creative process through paintings, concept art, film posters, drawings, storyboards, scripts, short films and props. A film retrospective accompanies the gallery installation. moma.org, 212-708-9400

Bryan Hunt and Clifford Ross (Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, June 25- July 31). Hunt, an American modernist sculptor, works in serial form on varying themes. "Water" is the focus of his Guild Hall exhibit, ranging from waterfalls to waterworks in small- and large-scale sculptures. Ross invented and patented the "R1" camera in 2002 to capture some of the highest-resolution large-scale landscapes ever shot. His Guild Hall show is a survey from his "Hurricane" and "Mountain" series. guildhall.org, 631-324-0806

The Power of Music (Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages, Stony Brook, June 10-Sept. 4). Mark L. Gardner, as part of his research into 19th and 20th century American popular music and instruments, acquired a trove of rare photographs. Most have never been published, and this is the first time they've been assembled for public view. longislandmuseum .org, 631-751-0066

Richard Prince (Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, Aug. 13-Oct. 10). Prince, who won the 2009 Guild Hall Lifetime Achievement Award, has created a new body of work drawn from appropriated imagery based on a series of photographs of late abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock at work in his Springs studio. guildhall.org, 631-324-0806

Artists Choose Artists (Parrish Museum of Art, Southampton, Aug. 21-Oct. 9). Alice Aycock, Ross Bleckner, Dan Rizzie, Matthew Satz, Gary Simmons, Agathe Snow and Frank Wimberley jury a show of works by other East End artists in what may be the final summer show in the Parrish's current location. The new space in Water Mill is to open by next summer. parrishart.org, 631-283-2118

Richard Avedon: A Photographer of Influence (Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, through Sept. 4). The late American artist, best known for his fashion and celebrity photography, gets a retrospective that shows he was much deeper than that. This is the only East Coast stop for this traveling exhibit. nassaumuseum.org, 516-484-9338

Joe Reboli, A Retrospective (Gallery North, Setauket, June 10-July 3). The late Port Jefferson native known for his landscapes that embraced Long Island architecture and beach environment filled the gallery many times in his life. Now he's honored with a retrospective and art talk, "Remembering Joe," by fellow North Shore artist Christian White, 6 p.m. June 21. gallerynorth.org, 631-751-2676

And keep in mind . . .

Flag Day (June 15-Sept. 4). Artist, educator and critic Janet Goleas curates an exhibit exploring the way flags and banners convey attitudes, beliefs and emotions -- from patriotism to mourning. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, islipartmuseum.org, 631-224-5402

Outsider Art in the Hamptons (Through Sept. 6). The sixth annual exhibit of works by outsider artists -- often self-taught "visionaries" -- features works by, among others, David Geiser of East Hampton, Lance Corey of East Quogue and Garance of New Suffolk. Galerie Belage, Westhampton Beach, galeriebelage.com, 631-288-5082

New York, New York (July 30-Oct. 16). Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, this collection of prints and photos captures the fortitude of New Yorkers through much of the last century in works by Berenice Abbott, Gordon Grant, Edward Moran, John Sloan, Garry Winogrand and others. Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, heckscher.org, 631-351-3250

Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity (June 24-Sept. 28). One of the more intriguing titles of the season, this first U.S. retrospective of the artist/philosopher/poet who has created a conceptual and theoretical language -- part visual, part verbal -- to expand what we think of as sculpture and painting. Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, guggenheim.org, 212-423-3500

Dorothea Rockburne: In My Mind's Eye (June 19-Aug. 14). A first-ever career retrospective of the Canadian artist and collaborator in performance pieces with Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, Merce Cunningham and others. Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, parrishart.org, 631-283-2118

Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore (Through Sept. 25). Works from the Baltimore Museum of Art's world-renowned Cone Collection showcase the taste, vision and resourcefulness of two Jewish sisters and collectors, Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, and the friendships they developed with Matisse and Picasso. The Jewish Museum, Manhattan, thejewishmuseum.org, 212-423-3200

Body Mapping (Through July 29). Four contemporary artists -- Tina Blondell, Giedre Montvila, K.C. Kauffman and Eileen Senner -- whose imagery deals with marking the human body, commemorate the opening of the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at the university, drawing upon cultural and societal issues of body image. Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, hofstra.edu/museum, 516-463-5672