What’s up outside the city? At Jack Shainman The School in Kinderhook, take some time at the sprawling installation by Meleko Mokgosi, co-director of Graduate Studies in Painting/Printmaking at Yale. Employing a range of media dense with meaningful images and ideas, the show explores the theme of subjugation. Also in Kinderhook, stop by SEPTEMBER for “Of Waves,” a two-person abstraction exhibition featuring London-based Jane Bustin and Hudson Valley-based Anne Lindberg. The two painters investigate the things we can feel but can’t see or touch. Carrie Haddid has an elegant group landscape show called “Vanishing Point.” Also in a landscape mode but perhaps less somber is Mary Breneman’s bold landscapes at D’Arcy Simpson, which recall Marsden Hartley’s paintings of Maine. On view at Pamela Salisbury are Kozloff’s maps and a group show of work inspired by books as well as Robin Hill’s rustic-industrial sculptures.

At LABspace, Julie and Ellen have put together another fine “Holiday” sampler exhibition featuring hundreds of small works by notable artists from the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and beyond. Front Room Gallery and Buster Levi too offer group shows of work that would be perfect for heirloom gift-giving.

In Chatham, at Joyce Goldstein, don’t miss “Horizon Line.” Curated by Susan Jennings and David Humphrey, this will be the last show at the gallery unless someone steps up to take over the lease.

Take a look below, as there is a lot more worth checking out. Note that the Guide now includes selected listings for galleries in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Welcome to the Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide!

October is a special month for Two Coats of Paint because we will be hosting our first annual Hudson Valley Gallery Crawl on October 14 […]

Don’t miss the last few days to see “The Summer Disaster Show,” a big group extravaganza at Private Public Gallery and “Darkening Skies,” a three-person show with Pamela Longobardi, Craig Dogonski, and Susan Knippenberg at Mother-In-Law’s. Both shows close on September 4. Intriguing sculptural and installation-based works by Kelcy Chase Folsom and Jason Reed open at Turley Gallery and Michael McGrath’s “Some Small Threats” at Headstone Gallery open on September 2. A clutch of outstanding painting shows also opens at Pamela Salisbury on September 2. At the end of the month, look for another Susan Carr solo at LABspace and site-specific installations by Judith Braun and Rowan Willigan at The Re Institute. My tent and I were up in the Catskills area at the end of August, basking in the moonlight and enjoying the lack of cellular service. Don’t forget to go outside on the night of the 29th and look up at the full moon. Honestly, it’s breathtaking.

With Upstate Art Weekend in the rear view, now is a good (less hectic) time to head upstate, relax, and see some shows. I’m happy to report that the Two Coats of Paint campsite is already booked. See you up there, under the stars.

This month check out Carrie Moyer’s first outing at Alexander Gray since they announced her representation a few weeks ago. On July 21-24, the big Upstate Art Weekend juggernaut takes place, but keep in mind there is art everywhere, year round, all the time, in this thriving arts community. If you want to find out what’s happening among the local artists (I do), check out “The Hills Have Eyes” at LABspace, which will feature a slew of talented artists (both the longterm locals and the transplants, who live in Hillsdale and the surrounding towns. No one curates a livelier group show than Julie Torres and Ellen Letcher. At some point, when I can tear myself away from the studio, I hope to see everyone up there.

A selected guide to painting-centric art exhibitions in the Hudson Valley, loosely organized by neighborhood.