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The Watermill Center

The Watermill Center, located at 39 Water Mill Towd Road, Water Mill, New York, was founded in 1992 by avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson. It is a unique interdisciplinary arts center dedicated to fostering innovation and creativity across various artistic disciplines. The center provides a residency program for artists, offering a collaborative environment for developing new work. It also hosts public programs, workshops, and performances, encouraging interaction between artists and the community. The Watermill Center is renowned for its commitment to experimental art and its support of emerging and established artists from around the world.

Inside the First Watermill Center Summer Festival Without Robert Wilson

“Everywhere you look, Robert sets us up to have a view," RoseLee Goldberg, Performa's founder, told Observer. "Every step we take, you can be sure that he somehow thought of it.”
By Jasmine Lobe

The Must-See Shows in the Hamptons This Summer

The East End's summer art calendar reaches well past the seasonal sales circuit, a reminder that this stretch of coastline has always been shaped as much by its artists as by its wealth.
By Elisa Carollo
The Watermill Center’s exterior is seen from a grassy garden, with a vivid red architectural wall at the center of the building.

At Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, NOMAD’s First U.S. Edition Found an Ideal Stage

"Robert Wilson created a place unlike any other, where theater, visual art, architecture, performance and experimentation coexist; that spirit feels remarkably aligned with NOMAD."
By Elisa Carollo
A man stands with his arms crossed in front of The Watermill Center’s gray-and-concrete building on a sunny day.

After Capri, St. Moritz and Abu Dhabi, NOMAD Heads to the Hamptons

By Elisa Carollo
A grayscale portrait of a suit-wearing man photographed from the waist up.

Charles Chemin Has Been Training to Lead Watermill His Whole Life

By Dan Duray

SCRIBBLE at The Watermill Center: Inside the Hamptons’ Most Surreal Summer Soirée

By Hudson Warm and Christa Terry
Two women in dresses holding up a shawl to protect themselves from the rain.

A Perfect Storm of Art and Experimentation Descends on the Watermill Center

By Casey Epstein-Gross
Artists on residency at Anderson Ranch.

The Best Artist Residencies Offer Way More Than Just Space to Make Art

By Margaret Carrigan

The Hamptons’ Favorite Summertime Gala Embarks on a Manhattan Residency

By Margaret Carrigan
Welcome to Sweathouse.

Try All of New York’s Toughest Workouts in a Single Day

By Margaret Abrams
National Gallery workers stand outside the National Gallery as they go on strike on January 19, 2012 in London, England. Gallery workers, who are members of the Public and Commercial Services Union, are striking over proposed job cuts saying that they will no longer be able to carry out their jobs properly if the cuts go ahead.

Museum Vandalism Ignites Debate Over Private Security, Ja Rule Plays Watermill Gala

By Alanna Martinez
A 1920's electric chair stands on a wooden base in the forest underneath the banner "Make America Great Again" (see illustration). A phrase exploited by Donald Trump. This idea was created for a joint project we were developing with Banksy, yet plans for that show were postponed, so this concept is original and would make a great piece in the forest.

Pussy Riot on Their Provocative Donald Trump-Inspired Art Installation

By Alanna Martinez
Kanye West, having a spiritual experience via his laptop.

Kanye/ Robert Wilson Art Installation Postponed Till Next Year

By Guelda Voien
Kanye West has started Twitter's latest beef, this time with Wiz Khalifa.

Kanye West Tapped for Hamptons Gala, Frances Bean Cobain Sells Her Art

By Alanna Martinez
An artwork by Derrick Adams.

Weekend Edition: 8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 13

By Ryan Steadman
Foundation Louis Vuitton covered by a temporary artwork by French artist Daniel Buren titled Observatory of Light, Work in Situ.

Meet the Gorgeous Museums of the Future, More Staffers Flee Paddle8

By Alanna Martinez
The 22nd Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit.

Legend Robert Wilson Talks the Rise—and Rise—of Performance Art

By Robert Wilson

The Art World’s Summer Bacchanalia: A Photo History of Robert Wilson’s Watermill Gala

By Ryan Steadman

8 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before July 27

By Nate Freeman and M.H. Miller
Mike Kelley's 'Kandor Bottle 13' video projection (2007). (Courtesy Deichtorhallen Hamburg/Sammlung Falckenberg)

Extended Hours for Watermill Center’s Mike Kelley Show

By Andrew Russeth

Art in the Hamptons Is Wacky

By Rozalia Jovanovic

The Kid Stays in the Picture: Interviewing Ryan McNamara, and Becoming an Artwork

By Michael H. Miller

Painted Ladies, Buried Artists and a Steamroller, at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Benefit

By Sarah Douglas

Capturing the Essence of Director Robert Wilson

By Andrew Russeth
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