LongHouse Talks: Tony Bechara Annotations on Color Schemes, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, 31 August

26 August 2025

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On 31 August, LongHouse Reserve presents a posthumous book launch for abstract painter and champion of Latin artists Tony Bechara to celebrate the publication of his book Annotations on Color Schemes. Speakers include LongHouse Director Carrie Rebora Barratt, artist Oscar Molina, Phong Bui from the Brooklyn Rail and curator Mago Enrique Martinez. This program offers a special opportunity to purchase an advance copy of the book, provided by Lisson Gallery, ahead of its official November 2025 release.

Puerto Rico–born, New York–based artist Tony Bechara (born 1942) served as board president of El Museo del Barrio for 15 years, while also honing his own geometric abstraction process. Dividing his canvas into hundreds of quarter-inch squares, Bechara meticulously fills each space in with complementary colors. The resulting grid paintings thus evoke a variety of cultural influences: from Seurat’s pioneering pointillism to hard-edge abstraction, traditional weaving and 8-bit "pixel art" of the last half century. In keeping with Bechara’s richly chromatic oeuvre, Annotations on Color Schemes is inspired by Bechara’s notes and color formulas that form the basis for his acrylic paintings. It features over 130 illustrations, with foldouts and multiple materials, as well as a glossary of key motifs that introduces Bechara’s personal artistic language to the public for the first time.

LongHouse Reserve, Hands Creek Road, East Hampton, NY, USA

Sunday, 31 August at 3pm

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