Contributed by Sharon Butler / How’s everyone doing out there? The streets of New York have calmed down in the past few weeks, with far […]
Artist’s Notebook
Remote: Teaching art online
Contributed by Peter Plagens / Serious studio art classes cannot be taught online. Oh, they can be “taught” — if the professors and students accept, […]
The political power of art
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / In a typically penetrating New York Times column earlier this month, David Leonhardt pointed out that one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s many […]
Instagram: Evening at Mar-a-Lago
Contributed by Sharon Butler / This weekend, as hundreds of thousands of mad pink-hatters gathered around the world to protest the underhanded, misogynistic, and essentially anti-citizen […]
Undergraduate Sketchbook: December 2017
About the artist: Phoebe Funderburg-Moore uses her sketchbook like a visual diary, reflecting on experiences and collecting her thoughts. Along with the sketchbook practice, Phoebe […]
Undergraduate Sketchbook: Phoebe Funderburg-Moore
“The practice of making my art public is a new one, because often drawing is a coping mechanism for me. Scanning & posting my drawings […]
Your November Horoscope! by Crystal “Kitty”Shimski
Transcribed by guest contributor Jennifer Coates / Kitty divides her time between New York City and Montauk. She is a freelance Intuitive Technique Specialist and […]
Artist’s notebook: Cable Griffith
Contributed by Cable Griffith / While making this work, I’ve tried to remind myself, and hopefully others, of the fundamental connection between everyone and everything. […]
When do artists leave the country?
Contributed by Sharon Butler / On Wednesday, MarketWatch, a financial blog published by the Dow Jones company, ran a provocative piece suggesting that the time […]
On the road: Yogyakarta, Indonesia (Part 1)
Contributed by Elana Herzog / In January, I spent a week in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on the island of Java, where I had a glimpse of […]
Peter Dudek returns from the Berkshires
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Peter Dudek spent his summer up in the Berkshires where he and his brother oversee Bascom Lodge, an old-fashioned hikers’ […]
Storage or dumpster? Organizing the archives
Readers who have been following Two Coats of Paint since the beginning know that for ten years I taught at a state university in Connecticut […]
Brushwork: Philip Guston 1957-1967
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Here’s a quote and some images by Philip Guston: “I do not see why the loss of faith in the […]
Peter Dudek on Presentational Sculpture*
Guest Contributor Peter Dudek / Lately a presentational mode of sculpture has been popping up all about. The hallmarks are a casual yet formal […]
Quick study
Contributed by Sharon Butler / This edition of “Quick study” includes the inaugural show at the Met Breuer, Spring/Break’s roster of curators, The Review Panel, […]
