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Su-Mei Tse, composer and orchestrator twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/su-m...
Su-Mei Tse, composer and orchestrator
Contributed by Joe Fyfe / A large souvenir brochure accompanied Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man” tour in the late 1980s. It included, among an assortment of photographs of him and reproductions of hi…
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January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Su-Mei Tse, composer and orchestrator twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/su-m...
George Morrison, Native American modernist twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/geor...
George Morrison, Native American modernist
Contributed by Laurie Fendrich / Before going to see “The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York” at the Met, I did not know a Native American artist had been part of the Abstract Expressionist m…
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January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
George Morrison, Native American modernist twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/geor...
Jane Haimes: Rehabilitating geometric abstraction twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/jane...
Jane Haimes: Rehabilitating geometric abstraction
ontributed by Michael Brennan / A painter I once knew – a highly regarded abstractionist, modernist, and lover of Matisse as well as a popular professor – praised the work of a student during a cri…
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January 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Jane Haimes: Rehabilitating geometric abstraction twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/jane...
A nocturnal dance at Springs Projects twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/a-no...
A nocturnal dance at Springs Projects
Contributed by Patrick Neal / As we orbit Winter Solstice, marking the shortest days, longest nights, and coldest temperatures of the year, along comes the perfectly timed exhibition, “Night Travel…
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January 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
A nocturnal dance at Springs Projects twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/a-no...
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THANK YOU @sharonbutler.bsky.social & @twocoatsofpaint.com for your generous review of "Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life over 50" and featuring artist-contributor #SusannaCoffey's powerful essay. It is definitely worth reading! twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/susa...
Susanna Coffey: One of the last artists standing
Last Artist Standing, Sharon Louden’s compelling new anthology, features essays by a selection of artists who have managed to pass 50 and still make art. Such persistence and durability are especia…
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January 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
THANK YOU @sharonbutler.bsky.social & @twocoatsofpaint.com for your generous review of "Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life over 50" and featuring artist-contributor #SusannaCoffey's powerful essay. It is definitely worth reading! twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/susa...
The Columbus Museum of Art’s clever tribute to Artemisia Gentileschi twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/the-...
The Columbus Museum of Art’s clever tribute to Artemisia Gentileschi
Contributed by David Carrier / Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654) has been much celebrated for two generations, in a now vast critical literature. And she has had numerous museum shows, some large. …
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January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The Columbus Museum of Art’s clever tribute to Artemisia Gentileschi twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/the-...
Susanna Coffey: One of the last artists standing twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/susa...
Susanna Coffey: One of the last artists standing
Last Artist Standing, Sharon Louden’s compelling new anthology, features essays by a selection of artists who have managed to pass 50 and still make art. Such persistence and durability are especia…
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January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Susanna Coffey: One of the last artists standing twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/susa...
TURLEY GALLERY in Hudson: "We are excited to be transitioning from a traditional gallery model, becoming more mobile and concentrating on our continued efforts in connecting great artists to collectors and the world. This is what our mission has been and will continue to be. "
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
TURLEY GALLERY in Hudson: "We are excited to be transitioning from a traditional gallery model, becoming more mobile and concentrating on our continued efforts in connecting great artists to collectors and the world. This is what our mission has been and will continue to be. "
James Horner: Making of an American Dandy twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/jame...
James Horner: Making of an American Dandy
Contributed by Nathan Storey / James Horner: Making of an American Dandy at Amos Eno Gallery looks back across forty years of the artist’s life and practice without tidying the record. The works in…
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January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
James Horner: Making of an American Dandy twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/jame...
NYC Selected Gallery Guide, January 2026 twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/nyc-...
NYC Selected Gallery Guide, January 2026
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Because of you, Two Coats of Paint will continue to thrive in 2026. Your contributions will enable us to continue producing these painting-centric monthly gallery gui…
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January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
NYC Selected Gallery Guide, January 2026 twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/nyc-...
Precision in play at Flinn Gallery twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/prec...
Precision in play at Flinn Gallery
Anoka Faruqee & David Driscoll, 2024P-03, 2024, acrylic on linen on panel, 23 × 23 inches Contributed by Jacob Cartwright / True to its title, the group show “Precisely.” at Flinn Gallery is ch…
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January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Precision in play at Flinn Gallery twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/prec...
Hello 2026! Hudson Valley (+ Vicinity) Selected Gallery Guide, January 2026 twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/huds...
Hudson Valley (+ Vicinity) Selected Gallery Guide, January 2026
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / Happy New Year! January is a quieter month in the Hudson Valley, but there is still plenty of great art to see around the region. From north to south, Barbara Todd: U…
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January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Hello 2026! Hudson Valley (+ Vicinity) Selected Gallery Guide, January 2026 twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/01/huds...
Ana Benaroya: Sexual politics burlesque twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/ana-...
Ana Benaroya: Sexual politics burlesque
Contributed by Aaron Michael Skolnick / Ana Benaroya’s solo exhibition “Eternal Flame” at The FLAG Art Foundation is a joyously absurd exploration of the female body and masculinity. As a child of …
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December 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Ana Benaroya: Sexual politics burlesque twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/ana-...
Will Kaplan: Stacking time twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/will...
Will Kaplan: Stacking time
Contributed by Kate Sherman / On a freezing night earlier this month, I visited the opening of “Respawn,” Will Kaplan’s first solo show at D.D.D.D. gallery. The gallery recently traded its tight sp…
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December 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Will Kaplan: Stacking time twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/will...
Robert Storr, at the margins twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/robe...
Robert Storr, at the margins
Contributed by Marjorie Welish / Robert Storr’s canvases are designed to counter expectations and require us to discard habitual taste. Disequilibrium reigns in abstract compositions exploiting the…
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December 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Robert Storr, at the margins twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/robe...
Diebenkorn at Gagosian: A remarkable curatorial accomplishment twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/dieb...
Diebenkorn at Gagosian: A remarkable curatorial accomplishment
Contributed by David Carrier / For a long time, I have always thought of Richard Diebenkorn as a great painter. A couple of his paintings were in my local museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pitt…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Diebenkorn at Gagosian: A remarkable curatorial accomplishment twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/dieb...
Rob Lyon’s storm-free world twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/rob-...
Rob Lyon’s storm-free world
Contributed by Peter Schroth / Anyone with an aversion to charm might want to sidestep Rob Lyon’s seductive show at Hales Gallery. Those seeking a diversion from the world’s traumas may find a refu…
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December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rob Lyon’s storm-free world twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/rob-...
Artist’s notebook: Sage Tucker-Ketcham twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/arti...
Artist’s notebook: Sage Tucker-Ketcham
On her return as a Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist, we invited Sage Tucker-Ketcham to contribute an “Ideas & Influences” column. With roots reaching back fourteen generations in Vermont, Sa…
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December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Artist’s notebook: Sage Tucker-Ketcham twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/arti...
The palladium/Athena Project: Democratizing art twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/the-...
The palladium/Athena Project: Democratizing art
palladium/Athena Project inspirations: Pallas Athena, Roman copy 2nd c AD; Paul Simonon of the Clash c 1979; The Theotokos of Vladamir, 1130. Image courtesy palladium/Athena Project Contributed by …
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December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The palladium/Athena Project: Democratizing art twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/the-...
Kylie Heidenheimer’s ecstatic dissonances twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/kyli...
Kylie Heidenheimer’s ecstatic dissonances
Contributed by Bill Arning / Private Public Gallery has earned its reputation for mounting deeply considered exhibitions of painting that honor artists who have spent decades refining their own pri…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Kylie Heidenheimer’s ecstatic dissonances twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/12/kyli...