Christina Strassfield News

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., July 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ The Retreat's 6th Annual Hamptons Juried Art Show announced a deadline of Tuesday, September 16, 2104 for submission of works by artists worldwide to compete for a gallery showing while simultaneously raising funds to end the cycle of domestic violence.

Massive downpours and one of the worst East End traffic tie-ups in recent memory proved no match for the most eagerly anticipated event of the season, the second edition of Art Southampton, presented by Art Miami.

Following the extraordinary success of its inaugural edition last summer, Art Southampton (presented by Art Miami), the premiere international contemporary and modern art fair and marketplace for acquiring the finest works of art available in the Hamptons, will return at the height of the social and cultural season this summer today, July 25 through 29, 2013.

Gallery Valentine welcomed collectors to its new home on East Hampton's Newtown Lane for a kickoff for Art Southampton 2013 and a celebration for The Guberman Group. Scroll down for photos from the festivities!

Following the extraordinary success of its inaugural edition last summer, Art Southampton (presented by Art Miami), the premiere international contemporary and modern art fair and marketplace for acquiring the finest works of art available in the Hamptons, will return at the height of the social and cultural season this summer July 25 through 29, 2013.

With its landmark home at Guild Hall of East Hampton undergoing massive renovations under the master architect Robert A.M. Stern, Josh Gladstone, the John Drew Theatre's Artistic Director, has taken his band of actors and designers on the road, so to speak.