Clint Jukkala, “Loop,” 2008, oil on linen, 60 x 52″ Clint Jukkala, “Mismatch,” 2009, oil on linen, 20×16″ Mia Rosenthal, “Cannes,” two-sided postcard drawing, 4� […]
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Twitter Notes
Here are some recent items cut and pasted from the Two Coats Twitter Feed. For readers unfamiliar with Twitter, “RT” indicates the item has been […]
Work of Art Contest: Two Coats of Paint Edition
UPDATE: (July 18): Farrell Brickhouse is the winner of the Two Coats contest. UPDATE (July 10): Finalists include Farrell Brickhouse, Kim Neudorf, Mira Gerard, and […]
Sigmar Polke is dead
Polke’s studio in 2007. Photo credit: Albrecht Fuchs for NY Times From the obituary written by Roberta Smith: Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often […]
Paintings from Ambroise Vollard’s collection for sale in London and Paris this month
Paul C�zanne, “Ambroise Vollard,” 1899, oil on canvas; 39 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. Petit Palais, Mus�e des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. Lot […]
New British Painting in Helsinki: Figurative, modest, and miniature
Gavin Tremlett, “Portrait Study,” 2010, oil and charcoal on canvas, 150x110cm Dominic Shepherd, “Magus,” 2008, oil on canvas, 36x31cm Emma Bennett, “Some Slender Rest (Part […]
Lester Johnson is dead
Lester Johnson, “Parc Messina #4,” 1992, oil on canvas Lester Johnson, “Blue Man,” 1965, oil on canvas, 44 x 40″ From the NY Times obituary […]
Real artists make portraits?
Pablo Picasso, “Weeping Woman,” 1937, 23 ? ? 19 �”, Courtesy Tate Gallery The first challenge for the 14 artist-contestants on “Work of Art,” Bravo’s […]
Vija Celmins: One gesture from one human being to another
Vija Celmins, “Table with Tablets,” 2008-10, table: wood and acrylic 6 found tablets 1 made tablet: wood, acrylic, alkyd oil, and pastel 33 x 18 […]
Painting of the Day: “Meeting” by Adam Simon
This amazing painting (which looks far better on the wall than it does as a jpeg) was recently featured in “Ocketopia” a group show […]
Douglas Florian’s own kind of big
Images are courtesy Douglas Florian’s website. In the NY Times, Roberta Smith reports that Douglas Florian, in an engrossing show at BravinLee that closes today, […]
Expanding Utopia
Austin Thomas in her studio at the Elizabeth Foundation. This weekend over 300 artists are participating in Bushwick Open Studios. Click here for a listing […]
What makes Regina Hackett sick?
2009 installation views, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Davis & Langlois, “Falls,” 2009, Oil on canvas, 18″ x 28″ Studio view of Robert Davis and […]
Gerhard Richter scandalized by German choice for 2011 Venice Biennale
Gerhard Richter, “Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting),” 2009, oil on canvas, 84cm x 84cm Gerhard Richter, “Mund Mouth (Brigitte Bardot’s Lips),” 1963, oil on canvas, 67cm […]
Mike Myers is a painter…?
In an LA Times interview last week, Mike Myers told Amy Kaufman that he’s obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken founder, Colonel Sanders, and that he […]



































