Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / It would be easy to cast the tireless, unconstrained Raymond Pettibon as the louche trickster demigod of wise-ass artist-snipers. But […]
Hacked
Free speech: White artist paints Emmett Till, black artists protest
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In 1955,�two white men brutally lynched �Emmet Till, a black 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was visiting relatives in their […]
Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist: Jim Shrosbree
This month Two Coats of Paint welcomes�Jim�Shrosbree�to the studio�for a seven day�artist’s residency.� A professor of painting and drawing at�Maharishi University�in Fairfield, Iowa, Shrosbree uses�diverse�materials […]
Picabia: A curious man
Contributed by Katie Fuller /� “Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction,” the Francis Picabia exhibition at MoMA, tells a story of […]
Email from Kelsey Miller: Printmaking at the Housatonic Museum
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In an exhibition on view at the Housatonic Museum in Bridgeport, wildlife trafficking, environmental�conservation, sexuality, religion, gender, and the illusion […]
Douglas Witmer’s simplicity
Contributed by Becky Huff Hunter / It is timely that Douglas Witmer�s solo exhibition, �Dubh Glas� at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (TSA) in Philadelphia, opened shortly […]
President’s portrait
From the label text at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC: American artist Gilbert Stuart was commissioned to paint this portrait after the success […]
Studio visit: Fr�d�rique Lucien
Contributed by Sharon Butler /�Fr�d�rique Lucien�and I met�during the Bushwick iteration of “Deux C�t�s / Two Sides,” a�collaborative�exhibition organized by Stephanie Theodore and�Emilie Ovaere-Corthay, the […]
A studio visit with Sascha Braunig
Contributed by Rob Kaiser-Schatzlein / Sascha Braunig, whose solo show�“Shivers,”�is on view at MoMA PS1 through March 5,�recently returned�to New York City from Portland, Maine, […]
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 […]
Interview: Max Maslansky’s porn-painted sheets
Contributed by Rob Kaiser-Schatzlein / Max Maslansky is a Los Angeles painter who makes acrylic paintings on stretched pillowcases and bed sheets using imagery culled […]
Miami: A different place than last year
Contributed by Sharon Louden / Thank you, Sharon Butler, for giving me the opportunity to be a guest contributor from�the art fairs in Miami Beach […]
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 […]
Of note: Eric Brown, Suchness
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Eric Brown, co-director of Tibor De Nagy�Gallery,�has been a secret painter for years, and this month he had his first�NYC […]
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, […]
