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Saturday, December 20, 2025
Word is we’re heading into a supercharged hurricane season that could yield six to ten storms driving up the coast, but nothing can stop artists from returning to the city to mount fresh exhibitions. Among forthcoming shows, I’m especially looking forward to Mike Cloud at Thomas Erben, Gabby Collins-Fernandez at Rachel Uffner, Rico Gatson at Miles McEnery, Suzanne Jackson at Ortuzar Projects, Dennis Kardon at Lubov, Michael Krebber at Greene Naftali, Adam Simon…
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Welcome to the early August edition of the Two Coats painting-centric guide to art exhibitions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Can it really be August already? Many galleries are finishing up their July shows this week and kicking back for the rest of the month, but some are extending their shows, so make sure to contact the gallery. We’re looking forward to checking out some new gallery locations — Harkawik, Sargent’s Daughters, Hesse Flatow, and Asya Geisberg have all moved to Tribeca. Marian Goodman and High Noon expect to be settled there in the fall. FYI, High Noon is trying to sublet their LES space from September through July 2025, so if your gallery is looking to move to a ground-floor space, give them a shout…
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / As the summer winds down it is a great time to escape the heat by exploring art spaces in the Catskills region, Western Connecticut, and the Berkshires. There are some notable group exhibitions opening or continuing in August including TWENTY/20 at the Athens Cultural Center, The Summer Disaster Show 2 at Private Public in Hudson, Groundswell at Alexander Gray Associates, Germantown, and Back and Forth, Between Names at Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh….
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / The Fifth edition of Upstate Art Weekend includes over 145 participants and spans ten counties from the Hudson Valley to the Catskill Mountains. There are too many art spaces and events to mention here, so this list primarily focuses on exhibitions and programs that take place exclusively during July 18-21. Check out the Upstate Art Weekend map for additional venues in the area including museums, galleries, and non-profit spaces.
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / July is the height of the summer art season, with cultural events and festivals of all kinds as well as […]
As I publish the guide, most of the journalists and pundits I follow are poring over the flagrantly partisan SCOTUS ruling on presidential immunity, which has for a minute displaced last Thursday’s devastating presidential debate above the fold. The good news is that Deborah Fisher, a smart artist-turned-astrologer…
Welcome to the early edition of the Two Coats painting-centric guide to June art exhibitions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens….
Welcome to the early edition of the Two Coats painting-centric guide to May art exhibitions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Notable, must-see shows in Brooklyn include Emily Janowick at International Waters, Emily Roz at Auxilliary Projects, and Charlotte Zinsser at Haul. In Manhattan, Julia Bland has a new series of monumental woven and painted pieces at Derek Eller and Joanne Greenbaum is having her first solo at Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Check out Two Coats contributors Anna Gregor at D.D.D.D. Projects and Natasha Sweeten at Satchel Projects. We also recommend Jennifer Coates at both HIgh Noon and Chart, Lesley Vance at Bortolami, Rachel Eulena Williams at Canada, and Amy Sillman at Gladstone. And then, don’t forget, we will have a slew of art fairs in our midst. We’ll be heading to the Future, NADA, and Independent fairs. See you out there.
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / Turley Gallery in Hudson is moving to a new space on Warren Street and opening three new shows on April 6. Other notable April openings include Becca Lowry and Ashley Lyon at Headstone in Kingston, Debra Ramsay and Leslie Roberts at the Garrison Art Center, and Susan Still Scott and Pearl Cowan at LABspace in Hillsdale. I’m also looking forward to the opening of The Re Institute in Millerton for the season with a show of new work by the space’s founder Henry Klimowicz. At nearby Geary there are a few weeks left to see Will Hutnick’s solo exhibition and on April 20 the gallery will open a solo show of paintings by ransome. Finally, I’m excited to announce the opening of Talking Threads, an exhibition I curated at Susan Eley Fine Art in Hudson featuring seven artists working with textiles. The opening is Saturday, April 6. I hope to see you there!
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / As warmer weather moves into the area many new exhibitions are opening. One of the highlights is a show of drawings and embroidered works by Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor at LABspace in Hillsdale. There are three notable exhibitions opening at KinoSaito in Verplanck, including Kikuo Saito: Unraveling, Alina Tenser: Wrk Frm Hm, and Bel Falleiros: Navel-Knot // Root-Rise. On March 16 Elijah Wheat Showroom in Newburgh reopens for the 2024 season with Loves Cats, Hates Catastrophes, a solo show of paintings by Michael Hambouz, a Palestinian-American multi-disciplinary artist and musician. Art Omi in Ghent presents a solo exhibition of work by Olalekan Jeyifous, a Brooklyn-based artist whose work examines the relationships between architecture, community, and the environment. Finally, there is still time to visit the Wassaic Project to see their winter group exhibition I Should Have Been a Pair of Ragged Claws before it closes on March 16.
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / A few Hudson Valley galleries are taking a break this month, but many are opening exciting new shows. Highlights include solo presentations by Women’s Studio Workshop co-founder Tatana Kellner at the Garrison Art Center, Sean Hemmerle at Front Room Gallery in Hudson, and Will Hutnick at Geary in Millerton….
January is a slow month outside the city, and many galleries knock off for a couple weeks, so make sure to check the hours before setting out to see shows. Peace and love in 2024 to all.
What’s up outside the city? At Jack Shainman The School in Kinderhook, take some time at the sprawling installation by Meleko Mokgosi, co-director of Graduate Studies in Painting/Printmaking at Yale. Employing a range of media dense with meaningful images and ideas, the show explores the theme of subjugation. Also in Kinderhook, stop by SEPTEMBER for “Of Waves,” a two-person abstraction exhibition featuring London-based Jane Bustin and Hudson Valley-based Anne Lindberg. The two painters investigate the things we can feel but can’t see or touch. Carrie Haddid has an elegant group landscape show called “Vanishing Point.” Also in a landscape mode but perhaps less somber is Mary Breneman’s bold landscapes at D’Arcy Simpson, which recall Marsden Hartley’s paintings of Maine. On view at Pamela Salisbury are Kozloff’s maps and a group show of work inspired by books as well as Robin Hill’s rustic-industrial sculptures.
At LABspace, Julie and Ellen have put together another fine “Holiday” sampler exhibition featuring hundreds of small works by notable artists from the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and beyond. Front Room Gallery and Buster Levi too offer group shows of work that would be perfect for heirloom gift-giving.
In Chatham, at Joyce Goldstein, don’t miss “Horizon Line.” Curated by Susan Jennings and David Humphrey, this will be the last show at the gallery unless someone steps up to take over the lease.
Take a look below, as there is a lot more worth checking out. Note that the Guide now includes selected listings for galleries in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Welcome to the Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide!
New stuff for November: Last month we produced a handy interactive map of the galleries in the Hudson Valley region for the Two Coats Gallery Crawl, with links to both the galleries and to their location on Google Maps. As out-of-towners, we found it incredibly helpful driving from space to space, so we have decided to create a version for use year-round. Readers can find a link on the menu bar at the top or click here to take a look. Keep in mind it’s a work in progress, and more galleries will be added shortly. Note that a couple of galleries have closed for the season: Elijah Wheat and the Re Institute.
October is a special month for Two Coats of Paint because we will be hosting our first annual Hudson Valley Gallery Crawl on October 14 […]
