Helen O’Leary grew up in rural Ireland in the the 60s and 70s, where her mother’s philosophy was “if you can’t make it, you can’t […]
Ideas & Influences
An award-winning NYC blogazine, primarily about painting
Thursday, July 10, 2025
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Polina Barskaya’s richly simple world
Contributed by Peter Schroth / Artist Polina Barskaya – born in Ukraine, raised in Brooklyn, now living in Italy – …
Georges Rouault: The spirit of the visual
Contributed by John Goodrich / Georges Rouault’s star has fallen considerably since 1945, the year the curator and collector James …
Two Coats Resident Artist Sage Tucker-Ketcham, July 20–25
Contributed by Sharon Butler / This month, Two Coats of Paint welcomes Vermont artist Sage Tucker-Ketcham. Sage’s recent nature-based work …
Glenn Goldberg and Mary DeVincentis
Artist Glenn Goldberg sat down with painter Mary DeVincentis during her recent solo show at Tappeto Volante Projects to explore …
Hudson Valley (+vicinity) Selected Gallery Guide: July 2025
Contributed by Karlyn Benson / The Hudson Valley region is gearing up for Upstate Art Weekend, which runs for five …
Lina McGinn’s whimsical gravitas
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / “Dear John” – Lina McGinn’s absorbing and ostensibly playful solo show of sculptures at the …
NYC Selected Gallery Guide: July, 2025
Contributed by Sharon Butler / A special note to New Yorkers who, like me, are loath to leave the city …
Rachel Ruysch: Late bloomer
Contributed by David Carrier / Significant twentieth-century artists occasionally depicted flowers. Andy Warhol was one, Ellsworth Kelly another. But it’s …
Ridley Howard: Sky high
Contributed by Amanda Church / In his exhibition of similarly sized small-scale paintings titled “Sky,” now up at Marinaro, Ridley …
Michele Abramowitz’s improbable terrain
Contributed by Suzanne Joelson / I needed to write about Michele Abramowitz to understand the uncanny allure of her paintings, …
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