Julie Shanahan. Carl Timpone/BFA.com Last weekend, the Watermill Center’s annual 2026 Summer Festival, “Limitless Time,” presented by Van Cleef & Arpels, kicked off over two days, attracting more than a thousand well-heeled guests to the sprawling, 10-acre center in Watermill, Long Island. But this year’s festival was different from other festivals. It was the first … Read more
From June 25–28, 2026, NOMAD presented its first U.S. edition at The Watermill Center in Water Mill, New York. Photo by Simon Leung There’s a constant across NOMAD editions: a spatial storytelling that turns curated showcases of art and design into contextualized narratives. From Monaco to St. Moritz, Capri to Abu Dhabi, NOMAD’s nomadic format … Read more
Charles Shemmen succeeds the legendary Robert Wilson. Photo: Theodor Cocu Last month, the Watermill Center in water The Mill, New York, company announced that Charles Shimin will serve as its new artistic director. The announcement comes after the death of Watermill’s legendary founder Robert Wilson last summer, and it was difficult to imagine what the … Read more