Contributed by Julia Gray / Painter Peter Schenck combines hard-edge abstraction with gestural brushwork and vivid color to create densely patterned scenes that capture a […]
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Laurie Sverdlove: Unsettled in Vermont
Contributed by Dian Parker / Vermont artist Laurie Sverdlove has been painting for four decades. In high school she took classes at the Art Students […]
Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 grants: Artist Images and links
The Joan Mitchell Foundation has recently named the recipients of their 2017 Painters and Sculptors Grant Program. The grant program, consideration by nomination only, awards […]
Quick study
Things we’ve been reading (besides the horrific news about our shrinking healthcare, the tax overhaul, sexual assault allegations, and the ongoing shit show known as […]
Year-End Fundraising 2017: How you can help
Dear Readers, Two Coats of Paint began publishing in 2007, and this past year, thanks to your generous tax-deductible contributions, ongoing support from advertisers, and […]
Warte f�r Kunst (Waiting for Art) in Kassel, Germany
Contributed by Loren Britton / When artist�Melanie Vogel opened Warte f�r Kunst (Waiting for Art) in 2010 in Kassel, Germany, Vogel�wanted�to�challenge the notion of what […]
Email: Stop the sale, save the art at the Berkshire Museum
Peter Dudek, a sculptor who divides his time between Brooklyn and the Berkshires,�sent an urgent note this week�asking for Two Coats readers to help stop�the […]
Of Latino descent: “Radical Women” in LA
Contributed by Katarina Wong /�The Getty recently launched�Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA,�a highly ambitious and rewarding initiative that explores Latin American and Latino art �in dialogue� […]
Art and Film: Ruben Ostlund’s bloated indignation
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / The art world and the bourgeoisie are taking a cinematic beating this year. Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and […]
Invitation: Print project in Bushwick this weekend
Drawing has become an increasingly important part of my art practice, and this weekend, four etching editions produced during a stimulating�residency at Counterproof Press�(located on […]
Dragged paintings: ?Studio visit with?? Margie ??Livingston
Contributed by�Debbi Kenote /�Staring at a large pin board in Margie Livingston�s Seattle studio, artist�Til Will and I observe a collage of quotes, photos and […]
Sahana Ramakrishnan, Atlas Discussion #179
Contributed by Jeff Bergman�/ I find myself absorbed in detail and affected by the stories that unfold in�Sahana Ramakrishnan‘s exotic imagery. Ramakrishnan’s work, on view�at […]
Pierre Coupey: Beyond the borders
Contributed by Dion Kliner / Over the course of more than five decades as a non-representational painter Pierre Coupey has deliberately avoided settling into a […]
Skulptur Projekte orbits M�nster
Contributed by Loren Britton / When Skulptur�M�nster�began in 1977, no one�expected it to continue beyond its first iteration. In the early 1970�s, artist George Rickey […]
Carolyn Case: The mythic and the mundane
Contributed by William Eckhardt Kohler / The more I look at the paintings by Carolyn Case in her show “Homemade Tattoo,� on view�at Asya Geisberg […]
Bushwick Open Studios 2017, Part 2
Contributed by Katie Fuller / Last weekend,�Bushwick Open Studios did not disappoint. The mood was uplifting and the studios were�full of�artistic spirit. I found myself […]
Two Coats Resident Artist Gyan Shrosbree returns in October
This October, former Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist Gyan Shrosbree returns from Iowa for a week. “Since my�last residency, I’ve been focused primarily on […]
A preview: 2017 Bushwick Open Studios
Bushwick Open Studios takes place this weekend, and we�ve gone through the BOS listings, Facebook posts, and our overstuffed inbox to select a few shows […]
Art and Film: Aronofsky�s Bosch-esque mother!
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Albert Oehlen is perhaps foremost among visual artists seeking to capture the jangled frenzy of the Internet Age, having done […]
Calvin Ross Carl’s post-internet confectionary wisdom
Contributed by Sharon Arnold / As I open the front door to Robert Yoder�s SEASON, a gallery housed in his beautifully renovated mid-century home, I�m […]
