Summer is officially here!
The farm stands are open, the drive east is getting a little busier, and your Hamptons home is waiting for you.
As you prepare your house for the summer season (the linens, the garden, the grill…) make sure you give the walls a thought too. Fresh art, or a rearrangement of your existing collection, is one of the fastest ways to make a house feel like home. It brightens your day every single time you walk past it.
A perfectly installed family photo wall keeps your summer house feeling like a home.
What makes Hamptons homes unique?
The East End of Long Island is a beautiful string of hamlets and villages, each with their own individual character. And the homes follow suit.
A shingled cottage close to town in East Hampton. A modern beachside estate on Meadow Lane in Southampton. A secluded inn tucked away in Sag Harbor, or an artist’s home a ferry ride away on Shelter Island.
Every architectural style is out here, from 18th century saltboxes to glass-walled new builds, and every one of them treats art a little differently. Whatever you’re working with, we’re prepared for it.
Every Collection Belongs on a Wall
Whether you’re a full time resident or a summer vacationer, whether you have a blue-chip collection or a stack of new family photos waiting for the right hallway. The goal is the same: walls that make you happy to be there.
The Fun Part About the Hamptons
The houses give you room to play. Larger walls, taller ceilings, and open floor plans allow for bigger pieces and fuller collections than most city apartments can handle. That work that never quite fit in your apartment? It might be exactly right above the fireplace out east. A salon wall that would overwhelm a Manhattan hallway feels right at home running up a Hamptons stairwell. This is the season to think bigger.
How ILevel works in the Hamptons
ILevel is based in New York City, but our team travels to the Hamptons almost daily (along with Westchester, Connecticut, and everywhere in between.) For more than thirty years we’ve provided museum-quality art installation, and no two East End projects look alike.
A cottage close to town in East Hampton. A beachside estate on Meadow Lane in Southampton. A secluded inn in Sag Harbor. We’ll even take the ferry to Shelter Island!
Our art placement & installation services are especially important out east:
- Placement advisory: Not sure where everything should go? We’ll walk the house with you and plan placement room by room.
- Rearranging what you already own: Sometimes the best new art is the art you have, moved somewhere unexpected.
- Installing new galleries and statement pieces: From a single large-scale work to a full salon wall, we handle layout, hardware, and installation.
Installation insights from our team. A few things we think about in every Hamptons home:
- Sunlight: Summer houses are built for light, and something we keep in mind for placement.
- Sea-facing rooms: Salt air and humidity are real considerations, especially for works on paper and photography.
- Unique walls require the right hardware and expertise. Old plaster, shiplap, stone fireplaces, tile. Every surface needs the right approach so your art is secure for the long haul.
- Height and scale. Double-height living rooms and tall stairwells change the math on placement. We’re prepared for high installations in any home.
- Seasonal homes need secure installation. If the house sits empty part of the year, properly installed work stays safe.
- Professional hands. A team of professional art installers means everything goes on your walls safely, securely, and exactly where it should be.
Ready to Hang Your Collection?
ILevel has been installing art in homes and offices for over 30 years.
Get in touch for a personalized estimate.
A beachy scultpure collection for the summer.
What Makes the Hamptons a Paradise for Art Lovers?
The short answer: artists got here long before the hedges did. William Merritt Chase was teaching painting at Shinnecock Hills in the 1890s. Thomas Moran built his studio in East Hampton. By mid-century, Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner were working out of a farmhouse in Springs, Willem de Kooning was just down the road, and the East End had become the center of gravity for American art. That legacy is alive everywhere out here, and when you install art in a Hamptons home, you’re taking part in that history.
Museums worth your time:
- Parrish Art Museum (Water Mill). The Herzog & de Meuron building alone is worth the trip, with deep holdings of artists who lived and worked on the East End.
- Guild Hall (East Hampton). Museum, theater, and cultural anchor since 1931.
- Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center (Springs). The paint-splattered studio floor is one of the great pilgrimage sites in American art.
- LongHouse Reserve (East Hampton). Sixteen acres of gardens and outdoor sculpture.
- Dia Bridgehampton: The Dan Flavin Art Institute (Bridgehampton). A permanent installation of Flavin’s fluorescent light works.
- The Church (Sag Harbor). Eric Fischl and April Gornik’s arts center in a converted 1830s church.
- Southampton Arts Center (Southampton). Exhibitions and programming in the heart of the village.
- The Watermill Center (Water Mill). Robert Wilson’s laboratory for the arts.
Galleries to wander into this summer:
- Eric Firestone Gallery (East Hampton)
- Halsey McKay Gallery (East Hampton)
- The Drawing Room (East Hampton)
- Tripoli Gallery (Wainscott)
- Grenning Gallery (Sag Harbor)
- Mark Borghi Fine Art (Sag Harbor)
- Keszler Gallery (Southampton)
The Parrish Art Museum, right between Southampton and Watermill
Make this Summer Yours!
Heading east and want your walls ready for summer? We’re here to help.
Contact us to schedule an appointment, and we’ll see you at the beach.
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