Two Coats of Paint
LightNews LightNews
banner
twocoatsofpaint.com
Two Coats of Paint
@twocoatsofpaint.com
2.7K followers 530 following 430 posts
Two Coats of Paint is an award-winning NYC blogazine focused primarily on contemporary painting https://twocoatsofpaint.com/links
Posts Replies Media Videos
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/the-...
The visual poetics of Alison Hall and Pete Schulte
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
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
October 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
twocoatsofpaint.com
Contributed by @bill-arning.bsky.social twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/tedd...
Teddy Sandoval: Everlasting
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/tim-...
Tim Kent’s zones of mystery
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/meet...
Meet Two Coats Resident Artist Claire Lieberman
Claire 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 …
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/gior...
Giorgio Griffa: The painted road
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/grac...
Grace Graupe-Pillard: The graphic power of fear
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/jim-...
Jim Sullivan’s slender epics
Contributed 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’…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
Contributed by Alex Grimley twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/sher...
Sherron Francis: Between delicacy and force
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
Contributed by @bill-arning.bsky.social twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/rebe...
Rebecca Morgan: Fear, loathing, and romance
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/huds...
Hudson Valley (+Vicinity) Gallery Guide October 2026
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
October means we all have more time for GALLERIES! twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/10/nyc-...
NYC Selected Gallery Guide, October 2026
Contributed 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 …
twocoatsofpaint.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:59 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/herm...
Herman Cherry: Expansiveness and possibility
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/residency
September 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/two-...
Two Coats Resident Artist Kirstin Lamb, October 12–16, 2026
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/dami...
Damien Flood and Craig Drennen in Paris
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/sele...
Selena Kimball and the art of mincing words
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 25, 2026 at 3:40 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/basc...
Bascha Mon: Mountains to climb
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 25, 2026 at 7:22 AM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/jose...
Joseph Fucigna: No designated endpoint
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:21 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/the-...
The Aldrich Decennial: It is what it is
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:34 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/lind...
Lindsay Walt: No guru, no method, no teacher
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/luka...
Luka Carter’s endearing horror vacui
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/roy-...
Roy Dowell’s alchemic formulations
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/chri...
Christopher K. Ho’s unruly modernism
Contributed 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 …
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
twocoatsofpaint.com
twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/09/em-d...
Em Davenport’s atavistic feminism
Contributed 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…
twocoatsofpaint.com
September 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM