As Summer arrives in NYC, Martin Parr’s “Life’s a Beach” gets things going.

Sea glass organized neatly.

Gabriel Orozco brings two expansive new installations to the Guggenheim. Enter to win tickets to a conversation with Orozco and art historian Benjamin Buchloh!

Join Creative Time, Artlog, and Grey Area for an Artist Sand Castle Competition at Rockaway Beach on August 17.

The Guild Hall in East Hampton, Long Island is a rare hybrid of art museum, theater, film center, and concert hall all in one. With hopes of attracting younger audiences to the eighty-year-old Hamptons staple, the center has brought in Alec Baldwin, Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio, and two young New York City curators for this summer’s program.

In the vein of Kehinde Wiley’s Renaissance-inspired paintings, Rineke Dijkstra creates monumental photos of ordinary people.

Martos Gallery’s project space, Shoot the Lobster, has the cure for your unimaginative summer group show blues.