BlackBook Art Gallery is transforming how art is experienced in the Hamptons. Drawing from a rich history of cultural storytelling, the gallery blends contemporary fine art with immersive, editorial-style events that engage artists, collectors, and thought leaders. Each collaboration and exhibition goes beyond traditional art shows; it becomes a cultural moment that captures the essence of a modern expression society.
The partnership between BlackBook Art Gallery and the Hamptons International Film Festival underscores the gallery’s commitment to cultural collaboration, using art to engage, educate, and connect. The post-screening event for Remaining Native demonstrates how film and visual art can unite to inspire dialogue on environmental preservation, heritage, and human bonds. Directed by Paige Bethmann, the film features Indigenous performances by the Youngblood Singers and Numasis.
Blurring the Lines Between Film, Art, and Community
The Remaining Native event, produced and curated by JBella Media, led by founder Teresa Sorkin and Vice President Samantha Crichton, reflected the gallery’s overall mission and ethos in stark form. BlackBook and JBella Media collaboratively transformed the space into an interactive narrative, allowing guests to engage with themes of heritage, identity, and the environment through artworks that resonated with the film’s message.
This collaboration perfectly captures BlackBook’s story of connection, blurring the lines between exhibition and experience, and transforming each event into a bridge between creative disciplines and social dialogue.
It also exemplifies how JBella Media works closely with leading cultural institutions to create immersive, elevated experiences that combine storytelling, aesthetics, and impact.
The History of BlackBook
Evanly Schindler launched BlackBook in 1997 as a niche arts and culture magazine in downtown Manhattan. Its first office, famously situated in a liquor closet above the Merc Bar, served as a creative hub when SoHo was the heart of global culture.
BlackBook quickly rose to become one of the leading publications in the international art scene, recognized as a tastemaker for popular culture. The brand partnered with emerging and established artists, writers, and designers, producing iconic celebrity covers and cross-brand collaborations.
After selling BlackBook in the late 2000s, Evanly established TAR Art Magazine, served as President of Interview Magazine, and became a founding partner of ACME Restaurant in New York. In 2014, he reacquired BlackBook and transformed it into a fine arts company and gallery dedicated to curating exhibitions and publishing works that examine the intersection of art, culture, and contemporary discourse.
Christos Moisides has been a partner in BlackBook since 2022. Christos is a real estate developer, entrepreneur, and director and cameraman from Detroit, Michigan. BlackBook Presents will be opening an additional gallery in Detroit in 2026, marking the next chapter in the brand’s expansion.
How BlackBook Is Changing the Conversation
BlackBook features works by some of the most renowned artists and investment-grade names worldwide, including Jean Dubuffet, Ai Weiwei, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Claude Monet, Alfred Calder, Frank Gehry, John Chamberlain, Anselm Kiefer, Marc Chagall, Damien Hirst, Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana, Lucian Freud, Roy Lichtenstein, Elaine Sturtevant, Jean Arp, and James Rosenquist. These artists exemplify the gallery’s dedication to art as an aesthetic and intellectual pursuit, creating a space where timeless masters and today’s visionaries coexist.
The gallery’s current exhibition, Mother Nature in Bardo, explores the connection between humanity and the natural world, reflecting on transformation, preservation, and the cycles of rebirth. The show continues BlackBook’s examination of art as a mirror and a call to action, highlighting themes that resonate globally while remaining deeply personal.
Written in partnership with Tom White
