TREES NEVER END AND HOUSES NEVER END: Sky High Farm — which made a name for itself in recent years through creative brand collaborations, celebrity endorsements, and a mission of addressing food insecurity — has now staged its first biennial a few hours north of the city. Taking over two floors of a historic apple cold storage warehouse along the Hudson River, the ambitious presentation is as captivating in its design as it is in its choice of works and roster of heavy-hitting artist names. Founded by artist Dan Colen, Sky High Farm has held the art world’s attention since its first public-facing activities. With this new chapter of exhibiting, you really get the sense of the artist behind the artist-founded organization.
→ Sky High Farm Biennial (Germantown, NY) • 11 Main St • Fri-Sat, through fall 2025.
IN THE MEDIUM OF LIFE: THE DRAWINGS OF BEAUFORD DELANEY: Every so often, we are graced with an exhibition that brings long overdue attention toward an artist who existed just slightly on the fray of history. Beauford Delaney, whose current show at The Drawing Center is the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in 30 years, falls into that category. Delaney’s life and career took him from the segregated South of the early 20th century to Boston, New York City, and eventually Paris, working alongside his close and better known friends, the novelists James Baldwin and Henry Miller. The body of work presented here is a comprehensive look into five decades of work by an artist who revered experimentation and defied categorization for the entirety of his life. –Maria Vogel
→ The Drawing Center (Soho) • 35 Wooster St • Wed-Sun 12-6p, through 09/15.