Galerie Sardine has called an 18th-century farmhouse in Amagansett home since its early days in 2024. The art gallery also doubles as a residence for curator Valentina Akerman, her husband, artist Joe Bradley, their four children, and their dogs, evoking an “Alice in Wonderland” feeling, Akerman suggests.
Her eclectically exuberant programming in the quickly beloved space has come to fit that brief too, showing the likes of Sophie von Hellermann, Nate Lowman, and Ida Ekblad. Then, in April, Akerman announced Galerie Sardine’s move to a permanent space in Tribeca. Although the opening heralds a new era for the gallerist, it’s also bittersweet; this summer in the Amagansett farmhouse will likely be the gallery’s last.
Akerman admits she was hesitant to make the move to a brick-and-mortar space in the city. “I liked this idea of an itinerant, site-specific gallery that would stage beautiful presentations that were one-off, that would live in people’s memories as a poetic moment,” she says. “And I love the sense of time and space that the house provided, where people were not in a rush and wanted to converse and learn.” But the leap has paid off so far, showing that the gallery can export its unbuttoned-up, intimate feel anywhere.
Rest assured, Akerman says, Galerie Sardine will continue to have a seasonal presence out East, even if it means venturing beyond the white wooden house with its long pebble driveway. For now, expect a show pairing Loewe Craft Prize finalist Jane Yang D’Haene with paintings by Brazilian artist Allan Gandhi, as well as a textile installation from Kritika Manchanda and Rafael Prieto, and a solo exhibition from Japanese artist Susumu Kamijo for its final season on Main Street in Amagansett.
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