Contributed by guest correspondent Sharon Louden / I love being a guest contributor–blogging is a good challenge, and having the opportunity to share images of […]
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Dustin London: Flawless imperfection
In the digital age, groping around on the canvas searching for an image, is no longer fashionable. Paintings begin on the computer screen where shapes […]
Artist in exile / Art as a home
Contributed by Mira Dayal / I’ve been having more conversations recently about “currents” in contemporary art practice–conversations that inevitably culminate in ruminations upon the requisite […]
Today: Giving thanks
John James Audubon, Wild Turkey, from Birds of America. (via Wikipedia Commons) —— Two Coats of Paint is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – […]
Big plans: The 2015 Miami fairs
HELL YES, the Miami art fairs are just around the corner! As usual, Art Basel Miami Beach–the biggest of the fairs, with 250 of the […]
Quick study
Today’s links concern a new fundraising incentive (an artist’s book!), an historic sculpture show in LA, Ellsworth Kelly in Dallas, adjunct advice, Italian painting heist, […]
Ben La Rocco’s Saturnalia
In “Saturn’s Gates,” his first solo show at Slag in Bushwick, Ben La Rocco presents a new series of large-scale paintings on Masonite, most casually […]
Gedi Sibony’s backwards images in Greater New York
In “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1, Gedi Sibony, known for his early assemblages of carpet and drywall, is represented by nine framed pieces that […]
Interview: Daniel Kingery in Hunt’s Point
Contributed by Rob Kaiser-Schatzlein / The four paintings I looked at in Daniel Kingery‘s Bronx studio are all medium-sized, human scale. Paint application strategies vary […]
Quick study
Links today include a pick for the Miami fairs, two news stories about art warehousing, a Ryman boys profile, text discovery on a Malevich, union […]
EJ Hauser’s metamorphosis at Regina Rex
Many of the paintings in “Amphibian,” EJ Hauser’s first solo exhibition at Regina Rex, feature an image of a frog. Or perhaps I should say, […]
Fundraising update
Please click here to donate / To all the readers who have sent contributions in our first week –THANK YOU. We have raised nearly $6000 […]
Thinking about Paris: The life of Gustave Moreau
From the Gustave Moreau National Museum website: For Gustave Moreau (b. 1826), as for da Vinci and Poussin, artists he liked to refer to, painting […]
Mailbox: Don Porcaro’s shape of play
I get a slew of exhibition catalogs in the mail, so I’ve decided to feature some of the more interesting ones in a column called […]
Quick study: Divorce court, Heimo Zobernig, menstrual blood paintings, Flora Crockett, Joe Bradley
All the links are about painting this week! According to NYPost: Husband removes art collection from the apartment while the wife is in Europe, puts […]
Interview: Emily Noelle Lambert in Greenpoint
Contributed by Rob Kaiser-Schatzlein / Emily Noelle Lambert‘s recent paintings are large abstracts rendered in vivid acrylic paint. On display in “Ide� Fixe,” her solo […]
Report from Greensboro, North Carolina
In October, the Art Department of the University of North Carolina Greensboro invited me for a visit, and while I was there I participated in […]
Jennifer Tee wins the Cobra Art Prize
The Cobra Museum of Modern Art has announced that Jenifer Tee (Netherlands 1973) is the winner of the Cobra Art Prize Amstelveen. By awarding the […]
Quick Study: Tijuana, Cozzolino, Cassab, Bob Ross, Priska Juschka, Moby Dick
A few links worth checking out: Carolina Miranda is covering the Tijuana’s art scene for the LA Times. Image above: A guest checks out a […]
The paintings in “Greater New York”
This iteration of “Greater New York,” the sprawling group exhibition at MoMA PS1 that traditionally highlights the most prominent young artists working in the last […]
