The latest issue of Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly, called the “Atlas of Eating,” features travel articles related to food, such as “How Food Became Religion in Peru’s Capital City” […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Art and Film: Elizabeth Murray and the splendor of the ordinary
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Elizabeth Murray, who died too young at 66 in 2007, stretched and contorted household scenes and objects into kinetic abstract […]
How GOP proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act may affect artists
Many self-employed artists have come to rely on the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, for comprehensive, fairly-priced�heath insurance. The following�article from STAT, a�national […]
Studio visit with Kate Liebman
Contributed by Debbi Kenote / “I see myself as a figure painter,” Kate Liebman tells me as I sit in her Bushwick studio, where the […]
Quick study
This week: Resistance activities, some Blouin Artinfo gossip, RIP John Berger, two art historians try to stop a museum from sending a�painting to the Trump […]
Art and Film: Pablo Neruda and the triumph of art
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / With Donald Trump�s victory in the presidential election, the principled advancement of civilization as the goal of politics seemed to […]
Recommended: Ongoing and upcoming exhibitions
In the unrelenting year-end swirl of grading, final reviews, impending global-upheaval, and extra holiday-related chores, you probably have a nagging feeling that you’ve missed some […]
Quick Study
The 2016-you’re-killing-me edition: Paul D’Agostino’s art round up at Brooklyn Magazine,�Ivanka’s art collection (and�Playboy bunny style), heartbreaking story about�opioid addiction, and an update on�the�$50�Stock Club […]
Art and Film: Damien Chazelle comes of age in La La Land
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson /�Whiplash, Damien Chazelle�s remarkably assured and incendiary second feature from 2014, made the case that artistic accomplishment was predominantly a cloistered […]
RUMOR: Painter Sylvester Stallone to head NEA
Rumors are circulating that the Trump organization might be�thinking about appointing�Sylvester Stallone to head the�National Endowment for the Arts. Most�of us know that Stallone�is an […]
Cy Twombly, emotional content, at Centre Pompidou
I was lucky to have�a chance to stop by�the compelling�Cy Twombly retrospective�at Centre Pompidou in Paris earlier this month. Spanning Twombly’s�entire career, the exhibition comprises�three […]
Invitations: Miami and Paris
I have two shows opening this week: A solo show (S-105)curated by Robert Yoder/SEASON at the PULSE Contemporary Art Fair and the Paris iteration of Deux […]
Pius Fox: Visual echo
Contributed by Mira Dayal / Pastel balloons pregnant with helium shimmer in front of angular shadows cast from unseen objects in a photograph of a […]
Thank you, Shirley
The following text�is Raphael Rubinstein‘s�moving remembrance of �Shirley Jaffe,�which he�read during the�October memorial service for Jaffe�at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The images are courtesy […]
Our Year-End Fundraising Drive: How you can help
Two Coats of Paint�began publishing in 2007, and this past year we saw tremendous growth�thanks to tax-deductible contributions�from more than 200�readers, support from new advertisers, […]
