Contributed by�Dian Parker�/ Vermont artist�Laurie Sverdlove has been painting for�four�decades. In high school�she�took classes at the Art Students League in New York City�and earned�her�MFA from […]
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Art and film: Billboard as political provocation
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / During the pre-Mad Men golden age of roadside America, advertising billboards set a tone of warm and friendly commercialism. Perhaps […]
Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 grants: Artist Images and links
The Joan Mitchell Foundation has recently named the�recipients of their 2017 Painters and Sculptors Grant Program. The grant program, consideration by nomination only, awards 25 […]
Quick study
Things we�ve been reading (besides the horrific news about our shrinking healthcare, the tax�overhaul, sexual assault allegations, and the ongoing shit show�known as the Trump […]
Year-End Fundraising 2017: How you can help
Dear Readers, Two Coats of Paint�began publishing�in 2007, and this past year,�thanks to your generous �tax-deductible contributions,�ongoing�support from advertisers, and subsidized rent from the Two […]
Warte f�r Kunst (Waiting for Art) in Kassel, Germany
Contributed by Loren Britton / When artist�Melanie Vogel opened Warte f�r Kunst (Waiting for Art) in 2010 in Kassel, Germany, Vogel�wanted�to�challenge the notion of what […]
Email: Stop the sale, save the art at the Berkshire Museum
Peter Dudek, a sculptor who divides his time between Brooklyn and the Berkshires,�sent an urgent note this week�asking for Two Coats readers to help stop�the […]
Of Latino descent: “Radical Women” in LA
Contributed by Katarina Wong /�The Getty recently launched�Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA,�a highly ambitious and rewarding initiative that explores Latin American and Latino art �in dialogue� […]
Art and Film: Ruben Ostlund’s bloated indignation
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / The art world and the bourgeoisie are taking a cinematic beating this year. Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and […]
Fernanda Fragateiro: Commemorative abstraction
Contributed by Marjorie Welish / The clearest innovation of Portuguese artist Fernanda Fragateiro�s poignant�exhibition, on view at Jos�e Bienvenu through November 4, is the enlistment […]
Invitation: Print project in Bushwick this weekend
Drawing has become an increasingly important part of my art practice, and this weekend, four etching editions produced during a stimulating�residency at Counterproof Press�(located on […]
Dragged paintings: ?Studio visit with?? Margie ??Livingston
Contributed by�Debbi Kenote /�Staring at a large pin board in Margie Livingston�s Seattle studio, artist�Til Will and I observe a collage of quotes, photos and […]
Sahana Ramakrishnan, Atlas Discussion #179
Contributed by Jeff Bergman�/ I find myself absorbed in detail and affected by the stories that unfold in�Sahana Ramakrishnan‘s exotic imagery. Ramakrishnan’s work, on view�at […]
Pierre Coupey: Beyond the borders
Contributed by Dion Kliner / Over the course of more than five decades as a non-representational painter Pierre Coupey has deliberately avoided settling into a […]
Skulptur Projekte orbits M�nster
Contributed by Loren Britton / When Skulptur�M�nster�began in 1977, no one�expected it to continue beyond its first iteration. In the early 1970�s, artist George Rickey […]
