Contributed by Julia Mont� / After “Night Feeding”, Sarah Slappey�s first solo exhibition in NYC at Crush Curatorial, I caught up with her to discuss her […]
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Hilma af Klint: A timely message from the beyond
Contributed by Emma Stolarski / At the Guggenheim, Hilma af Klint�s paintings present themselves one by one, up the spiral ramp, just as she had dreamt […]
David Humphrey: Facile like a fox
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / It might be tempting to conclude that David Humphrey is too facile a painter for his own damn good — that his […]
Robert Yoder on slowing down the process
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I met Robert Yoder at a fair in Miami a few years back, and, since we have a similar aesthetic, he […]
Interview: Magalie Gu�rin�s multiple endings
Contributed by Sangram Majumdar / Last weekend Magalie Gu�rin and I met up at her current exhibition, SOLUTE at Chapter NY, to talk shop. We discussed the […]
Leslie Wayne: Burning down the house
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Now in her mid-60s, Leslie Wayne has had several impressive shows at Jack Shainman, but the work in her current […]
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide: March 2019
Despite the distraction of the art fairs, March must be a good month to present�exhibitions. Several gallerists and former gallerists are stepping out from behind […]
Pregame Painting Report: 2019 Whitney Biennial
The 2019 edition of the Whitney Biennial,�on view�May 17 through September 22, was curated by Whitney Museum�Associate Curator Jane Panetta and Assistant Curator Rujeko Hockley. […]
Vincent Desiderio: Painting as a theoretical vanguard
Contributed by Barbara Kerstetter /�Vincent Desiderio is a powerful, unique voice in the contemporary art world. His�paintings have commanded an international following for more than […]
Dennis Hollingsworth: Pushing paint and painting
Contributed by Riad Miah / Dennis Hollingsworth�s exhibition �Burgeoning,� the artist�s first solo show at Gallery Richard on the Lower East Side, comprises conventional paintings from […]
Dana Schutz, jogging alongside the train wreck
Contributed by Zach Seeger / In her new work on view at Petzel through February 23, Dana Schutz finds herself wielding the brush of post recession rapture […]
Farley Aguilar�s screamingly urgent figurative paintings
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Farley Aguilar�s paintings, on view at Lyles & King, are based on vintage photographs of 1920s and �30s seaside beauty […]
Maya Brym: Exceedingly magnanimous
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Brooklyn artist Maya Brym�s vivid new paintings, on view at Frosch & Portmann through February 24, invigorate domestic life with […]
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide: February 2019
February is a short month, which makes visiting�all the shows that much harder, but before the onslaught of NYC art fairs��in March (the�6th through 10th),�try […]
Fiction (and curatorial statement): THEY’RE MADE OUT OF MEAT
The following short story, “They’re Made Out of Meat,” was written by sci-fi writer Terry Bisson and published in Omni Magazine in 1990. An archly bizarre […]
EJ Hauser: Innocence and wonder
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In her new painting exhibition �Barn Spirits� at Derek Eller, Brooklyn-based artist EJ Hauser features ungainly, diagram-like landscapes with flat, […]
Jennifer Riley’s Machine Series paintings
Contributed by Sharon Butler / When Brooklyn artist Jennifer Riley began making large-scale abstract paintings using discarded laser-cut pieces of steel, she connected with a […]
Artists’ spaces: The Painting Center
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I was on Facebook the other day and noticed Dana Gordon‘s post about the history of The Painting Center. Back […]
The materiality of written language
Contributed by Heather Bause Rubinstein / Joe Fyfe’s newest series of paintings at Nathalie Karg Gallery are packed with visual, poetic and intellectual punch. Fascinated […]
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide: January 2019
Contributed by Sharon Butler / The new year brings good news for Bushwick gallery goers: The L Train, which was scheduled for a 15-month shutdown to […]
