Contributed by Robin Hill / The works in �Assembled,” an absorbing three-person exhibition featuring Julia Couzens, Helen O�Leary, and Cornelia Schulz at Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, are defiantly not about anything […]
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Art and Film: Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Trump�s reactionary public policy, which has institutionalized contempt for the advances in social justice forged in the United States over the […]
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide / October 2018 (updated)
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Here is the updated list of October (mostly painting) shows that I promised earlier this month. NOTE: Galleries who would like their exhibitions […]
Elena Sisto: A new kind of freedom
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Elena Sisto�s new paintings, on view at Bookstein Projects through October 27, focus smartly on hair. Lively thick brushstrokes snake […]
Lindsay Walt: Infinite space, logical form, and inner contemplation
Contributed by Lilly Hern-Fondation / In her new paintings and works on paper, Lindsay Walt works with geometric structures that appear as though they have materialized out […]
Cathy Quinlan: Arcadian joy
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Cathy Quinlan, whose terrific new paintings and drawings are on view at Centotto in Bushwick, is old-fashioned. Instead of snapping […]
Exhibition essay: Sarah Sentilles on Nancy Bowen at Kentler International Drawing Space
Contributed by Sarah Sentilles / Nancy Bowen calls herself an “artistic archaeologist,” and in her exhibition “For Each Ecstatic Instant,” you can see the fragments […]
Katherine Bradford: Deep image painting
Contributed by Jason Andrew / The art of Katherine Bradford, on view at Canada through October 21, is deep image painting. Her often heroic imagery and surrealist […]
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide / September 2018
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Last fall, there was a dearth of solo exhibitions by female painters. This September, a slew of seasoned women have mounted terrific […]
Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist: Nancy Evans
Contributed by Mary Jones / Veteran Los Angeles artist Nancy Evans is bringing an installation of sculpture, painting and works on paper to Two Coats of […]
Artist Statement of the Day: Jock Ireland
“I don’t like writing artist’s statements. I really don’t know what to say. I’m not even sure at this point what I’ll be showing. Some […]
Studio visit with Barbara Takenaga
Contributed by Leslie Wayne / Barbara Takenaga has been pitting her skill at painting pattern against the physical constraints of materials for years, and her skill […]
Invitation: “Sharon Butler New Paintings” at TheodoreArt
From the press release: Sharon Butler just spent a month at Yaddo, and used the time to, among other things, ruminate and transform ideas developed […]
Throbbing heart: Queerness and abstract painting
Contributed by Noah Dillon / In Stamford, Connecticut, Franklin Street Works, a non-profit art space with the curatorial vision of a marquis contemporary museum, is […]
Dona Nelson: Exuberant overworking as a strategy
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Dona Nelson says she�s lazy because sometimes she would rather read a book than work in the studio. But �Stand Alone […]
