James McNeill Whistler: �Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like breath on the surface of a pane of glass.� Ken Johnson reports in the NY Times that Marc Simpson, the Clark Art Institute’s curator of American art, has gathered 41 paintings, dating from the 1870s to 1919, […]
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NYC Selected Gallery Guide: April 2024
Welcome to the April edition of the Two Coats painting-centric guide to art exhibitions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. We’ll... -
What makes a good painting?
Contributed by David Carrier / What is the present state of painting? For as long as I have been writing... -
Provocative conversations at Platform
Contributed by Michael Brennan / Just over a dozen photographic works, mostly on paper, make up this rewardingly idiosyncratic three-person... -
Hudson Valley (and vicinity) Selected Gallery Guide: April 2024
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / Turley Gallery in Hudson is moving to a new space on Warren Street and opening... -
Vera Iliatova: Women in the studio, now and then
Contributed by Larissa Bates / Vera Iliatova’s solo show “The Drawing Lesson,” on view at Nathalie Karg Gallery, offers cinematic... -
Janice Biala’s epochal studio
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / A striking feature of the paintings and works on paper of Janice Biala (1903–2000), now... -
Joan Thorne, painter and artist
Contributed by Vittorio Colaizzi / Some painters insist on calling themselves painters rather than artists, and it’s clear why. “Art”... -
Farrell Brickhouse: The beat goes on
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Farrell Brickhouse’s recent paintings, on view at JJ Murphy Gallery, embody aging and stamina and...
