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twocoatsofpaint.comRosemary Mayer and Ree Morton: Wild flowers worth knowingContributed by Lila Gould / “Proserpina / Devil Chaser” at Gordon Robichaux brings together the work of Rosemary Mayer and Ree Morton for the first time, emphasizing their close friendship and unco…

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twocoatsofpaint.comBrice Marden’s throwback splendorContributed by David Carrier / Brice Marden, who died in 2023, has always had an astonishing mystique. Two generations ago, when painting was often pronounced dead, he identified as a rare heroic s…

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twocoatsofpaint.comCeleste Dupuy-Spencer At the EdgeContributed by Margaret McCann / Celeste Dupuy-Spencer (1979–2026) left too soon, but her candid, cynical expressions of Americana, angst, and injustice leave a powerful legacy. The poetically titl…

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twocoatsofpaint.comLois Dickson: Tenacity, curiosity, and persistenceLois Dickson, Tough Guy, 2015, oil on linen, 72 x 72 inches Contributed by Bill Arning / Years before Hudson became an international art destination, there was Time & Space Limited, a cavernous…

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twocoatsofpaint.comTaryn Simon: Declassifying the worldContributed by Jonathan Stevenson / It’s the contrast between the stately simplicity of On Kawara’s plangently arrayed dates and the complexity of the days on earth they mark that makes them so mov…

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twocoatsofpaint.comAnna T. Gregor’s shattered compositionsContributed by Milan Michaud / Anna T. Gregor’s paintings, recently shown at D·D·D·D· Pictures, have a way of changing as they are pondered. Although their strategically shattered composition makes…

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twocoatsofpaint.comThe visual poetics of Alison Hall and Pete SchulteContributed by Jacob Cartwright / There’s a quiet conversation happening on either side of the Grand Street subway stop between two artists who, measured as they are, have a lot to say to each othe…

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Invitation: Two Coats of Paint Open Studio TONIGHT, Oct 14, 5-7 pm with Resident Artist @kirstinlamb.bsky.social / studio mate Chris Joy / and Two Coats publisher @sharonbutler.bsky.social

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twocoatsofpaint.comTeddy Sandoval: EverlastingContributed by Bill Arning / Teddy Sandoval, a gay Mexican American artist who died of AIDS in 1995, made such art copiously. “Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art” at El Museo Del Ba…

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twocoatsofpaint.comTim Kent’s zones of mysteryContributed by William Corwin / “Sojourn,” Tim Kent’s latest series of paintings, at Hollis Taggart, falls into the tradition of the interior paintings, of Fragonard, Vermeer, Boucher, and de Hooch…

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twocoatsofpaint.comMeet Two Coats Resident Artist Claire LiebermanClaire Lieberman, Two Coats of Paint Artist Residency, Sunday, October 18–Friday, October 23. Open Studio: Wednesday, October 21, 5–7 pm / Contributed by Sharon Butler / Our second Resident Artist …

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twocoatsofpaint.comGiorgio Griffa: The painted roadContributed by Franklin Einspruch / If there’s a unifying characteristic of worldwide modernisms, it is the challenge they present to the necessity of certain elements of inherited pictorial and sc…

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twocoatsofpaint.comGrace Graupe-Pillard: The graphic power of fearContributed by P. C. Smith / In a six-decade career, Grace Graupe-Pillard became known as a photo-realist painter of people – her 1986 breakout exhibition was “Urban Life Cutouts” – but in her curr…

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twocoatsofpaint.comJim Sullivan’s slender epicsContributed by Elizabeth Johnson / As the British Museum celebrates the 230-foot-long by 20-inch Bayeux Tapestry, Ki Smith Gallery features “Places That Never Were,” Jim Sullivan’…

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twocoatsofpaint.comSherron Francis: Between delicacy and forceContributed by Alex Grimley / One of the main currents of abstract painting in the 1970s – much discussed then, not so much now – was the resurgence of painterliness that followed the 1960s trend o…

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twocoatsofpaint.comRebecca Morgan: Fear, loathing, and romanceContributed by Bill Arning / Rebecca Morgan has mounted her sixth solo show at Asya Geisberg’s Tribeca gallery, and one could be forgiven for assuming we already know what it will look like. Morgan…

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twocoatsofpaint.comHudson Valley (+Vicinity) Gallery Guide October 2026Contributed by Karlyn Benson / In addition to the usual gallery openings, there are a number of festivals and special events in October including O+ in Kingston, Soon is Now in Beacon, Hudson Valle…

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twocoatsofpaint.comNYC Selected Gallery Guide, October 2026Contributed by Sharon Butler / Now that the big fairs have come and gone, we have some leisure time to wander through all the gallery shows that opened at the end of September. Tribeca remains the …

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twocoatsofpaint.comHerman Cherry: Expansiveness and possibilityContributed by Amanda Church / Who else had never heard of Herman Cherry (1909–1992) until images of his spare and radiant paintings suddenly started appearing all over social media? With two NYC g…

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twocoatsofpaint.comTwo Coats Resident Artist Kirstin Lamb, October 12–16, 2026Contributed by Sharon Butler / In October, Two Coats of Paint welcomes Kirstin Lamb from Providence, Rhode Island. She has taught at Brown University and Clark University and is currently a visitin…

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twocoatsofpaint.comDamien Flood and Craig Drennen in ParisContributed by Sharon Butler / Two artists I know are both showing at Brigitte Mulholland in Paris this month: Dublin-based Damien Flood, whom I knew from our days showing together at Theodore, and…

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twocoatsofpaint.comSelena Kimball and the art of mincing wordsContributed by Sharon Garbe / Gathering Moss, the title of a work in Selena Kimball’s exhibition “Ice-blink” at Ulterior Gallery, describes both literal activity and metaphorical non-activity…

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twocoatsofpaint.comBascha Mon: Mountains to climbContributed by Jenny Zoe Casey / In “Kin Terrains,” nonagenarian Bascha Mon’s second exhibition at Tappeto Volante Gallery, Unfinished stands out for its semi-representational approach and for rich…

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twocoatsofpaint.comJoseph Fucigna: No designated endpointContributed by Richard Klein / The ellipsis in the title of Joseph Fucigna’s current show “In Process …” at G-Town Arts signifies a story unfolding. Known for abstract, biomorphic sculpture made wi…

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twocoatsofpaint.comThe Aldrich Decennial: It is what it isContributed by Jonathan Stevenson / The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum’s decennial exhibition “I am what is around me,” devoted to Connecticut-based artists and cued by Hartford poet Wallace Steve…

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twocoatsofpaint.comLindsay Walt: No guru, no method, no teacherContributed by Adam Simon / At one time I would have said the paintings of Lindsay Walt fell within the domain of Minimalism. It’s clear from her current show at Helm Contemporary that the designat…

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twocoatsofpaint.comLuka Carter’s endearing horror vacuiContributed by Bill Arning / An effusively punky-queer sensibility infuses all 14 ceramic objects populating Luka Carter’s first show at Fireplace Project’s Warren Street storefront. Their image wo…

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twocoatsofpaint.comRoy Dowell’s alchemic formulationsContributed by Jacob Cartwright / This is Roy Dowell’s fourth solo exhibition at Miles McEnery Gallery since 2020, so it’s not arriving out of the blue. That said, while all his previous shows have…

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twocoatsofpaint.comChristopher K. Ho’s unruly modernismContributed by Ben Godward / Mark Greenwold, the painter, once told me, “The best art is dumb.” He said that I always understood that. I took it as a compliment. I think what he meant …

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twocoatsofpaint.comEm Davenport’s atavistic feminismContributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Chicago-based Em Davenport is a Gen-Z-er, still in her twenties, yet her solo show “love,” held over at Galerie Nicolas Robert, reveals a knowing old soul, hip t…

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twocoatsofpaint.comNYC Selected Gallery Guide, September 2026Contributed by Sharon Butler / We are into September, which is a grueling month for the art community, like hanging out with an old friend from high school who’s developed a proselytizing passion f…

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twocoatsofpaint.comHudson Valley (+ Vicinity) September 2026Contributed by Karlyn Benson / Late summer is arguably the best time in the Hudson Valley, with mild temperatures, sunny skies, flowers blooming everywhere, and loads of fresh produce at local mark…

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twocoatsofpaint.comTwo Coats Resident Artist Scott Wolniak, September 13–18, 2026Contributed by Sharon Butler / In September, Two Coats of Paint welcomes Scott Wolniak, a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist working primarily as a painter, with occasional forays into sculptur…

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twocoatsofpaint.comShuyao Huang: Challenging calmnessContributed by Taylor Bielecki / In Shuyao Huang’s exhibition “Still Becoming,” currently on view at Art Cake, she investigates color, repetition, and form as modes of experiencing time, interrupti…

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twocoatsofpaint.comA not-so-freak snowstorm at DiminContributed by Amanda Church / Christmas in July? Not quite, but Dimin Gallery is presenting “Blizzard” in August, normally the hottest month of the year, and it is indeed a cool, stylistically div…

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twocoatsofpaint.comSG & AG Gallery: The Handmade’s TaleContributed by Sharon Butler / Most artists participating in the prestigious Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts 2025 Artists in Residence Program in New Berlin, New York, make art the …

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twocoatsofpaint.comHigher beings at the Ely Center of Contemporary ArtContributed by Helen Kauder / A friend once confided that he adopted a dog just so he could pick up dates while walking in the park. I was reminded of this while viewing “Deus Ex-Bark-ina,” the fli…

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twocoatsofpaint.comHenry Klimowicz: Marvelous and nearly impossibleContributed by Bill Arning / Ascending the stairs in Geary’s new space in Salisbury, Connecticut – a tastefully renovated suburban house – one anticipates modestly scaled artworks in small, semi-do…

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twocoatsofpaint.comConversation: Sharon Butler talks to Marion Wilson and Louis Block at The Floating Gallery on Martha’s VineyardContributed by Sharon Butler / On August 8, I visited Marion Wilson in Vineyard Haven at The Floating Gallery – a studio and gallery she created on a wooden boatbuilder’s mini-barge – to talk…

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twocoatsofpaint.comThree colorists at Bernay Fine ArtContributed by Leslie Roberts / In “Polychrome,” Bernay Fine Art presents paintings by three painters – Jenny Kemp, Audrey Stone, and Deborah Zlotsky – who all create striking chromatic relationshi…

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twocoatsofpaint.comMattatuck Museum: Diversity as Americanaontributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Celebrating the 250th anniversary of a country putatively vaunted for its liberal pluralism when in fact it is nearly as bitterly divided as it was during the Civ…

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twocoatsofpaint.comAbstraction, playful Post-modernism, and provocation at the Lyman Allyn MuseumContributed by Sharon Butler / I was born in New London, Connecticut, still known as “The Whaling City,” having trailed only New Bedford in vessels and voyages in the late nineteenth century and am…

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twocoatsofpaint.comNYC Selected Gallery Guide, August 2026Contributed by Sharon Butler / In August, it seems as though many gallerists and artists are anywhere but NYC. But there are stalwart exceptions like Spencer Brownstone (LES) , with a clutch of art…

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twocoatsofpaint.comHudson Valley (+ Vicinity) August 2026Contributed by Karlyn Benson / The Hudson Valley’s artistic momentum shows no signs of slowing as galleries across the region open new exhibitions on Saturday, August 1. Highlights include so…

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twocoatsofpaint.comMary Jones’s risk and rigorContributed by Elisabeth Condon / Mary Jones pushes divergent visual modalities to – but not beyond – the breaking point in “Reservations” at High Noon Gallery, combining abstraction, décor, and ph…

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twocoatsofpaint.comImmersion at Fugue GalleryContributed by Will Maddoxx / At first, Fugue Gallery’s new Chinatown space seems like an apartment gallery or DIY space: the walls are brick, the windows are curtained, soft music plays on speaker…

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twocoatsofpaint.comPeter Bradley: Pleasure and provocationContributed by David Rhodes / In Peter Bradley’s third solo exhibition with Karma, all the paintings are from the previous 12 months, ranging in size from 36 inches square to 104 x 82 inches. They …

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twocoatsofpaint.comMelora Kuhn: Refreshing mythContributed by Bill Arning / Museums and theaters are hard-pressed to introduce younger audiences to canonical works whose titles contain the word “rape.” Art history, drawn largely from the Bible …

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twocoatsofpaint.comGriffin and Griffin: City lightsContributed by Jonathan Stevenson / The painter Nora Griffin, nonpareil chronicler of New York City, grew up in Noho as her father George conjured, as she puts it, “a sweeter version of R. Crumb’s …