In new exhibit, Tim Daly’s ’80s Hoboken paintings capture a moment in time

By: Tris McCall

Outlets: NJArts

Published: September 11, 2026

Words: 1,233

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago


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Like most good landscape painters, Tim Daly is an accidental historian. The Hoboken-based artist didn’t set out to tell the story of Hudson County as it has morphed from a muddy metropolitan annex to something as hard and shimmering as a diamond bracelet. In the 1980s, the young Daly had no way to know how much his Mile Square City would change. Change it has, and during every plot development, Daly has been there with …

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