Howard Hodgkin, “Listening-2003-2005,” oil on wood, 53-7/8 x 61-1/2″ Howard Hodgkin, “Home, Home on the Range,” 2001-2007, oil on wood, 80 1/4 x 105 1/8.” Images courtesy Gagosian Gallery. At The Observer, Howard Hodgkin, who has a show at Modern Art Oxford through September 5, discusses painting, memory and fear […]

In an earlier post, I objected to the absence of women in �Process/Abstraction,� a group show at Paul Kasmin that mixes younger artists with old-timers like Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Kenneth Noland. Why does it matter?  First of all, group exhibitions that lack gender diversity are so rare these […]

Frank Stella, “K.51,” 2008, protogen RPT with stainless steel tubing, 75 x 63 x 57″ Simon Hanta�, “Meun,” 1968, oil on canvas, 96 7/8 x 87″  Ian Davenport, “Puddle Painting: Anthracite Black,” 2009, acrylic paint on stainless steel, mounted on aluminum panel, 98 1/2 x 98 1/2″  Nathan Hylden, “Untitled,” […]

After a meeting at Hyperallergic HQ in Williamsburg the other day, I stopped by Pierogi 2000, one of the pioneer galleries in this once humble, now rather chic neighborhood. Pierogi, begun in 1994 by artist Joe Amrhein, is especially well-known for its huge flatfile, containing affordable work on paper by […]

Clint Jukkala, “Loop,” 2008, oil on linen, 60 x 52″  Clint Jukkala, “Mismatch,” 2009, oil on linen, 20×16″ Mia Rosenthal, “Cannes,” two-sided postcard drawing, 4� x 5-3/4�  Mia Rosenthal, “Antoinette�s Stamp Collection: 100 Queen Stamps,” ink  and gouache on paper, 9-3/4″ x 9-3/4″ Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia is a […]

Here are some recent items cut and pasted from the Two Coats Twitter Feed. For readers unfamiliar with Twitter, “RT” indicates the item has been repeated, or “retweeted,” from someone else’s Twitter feed. Regina Hackett on how to paint: http://bit.ly/9LPs1O (Image above illustrates Hackett’s Imperative #9: Like a thermos, contain […]

UPDATE: (July 18): Farrell Brickhouse is the winner of the Two Coats contest. UPDATE (July 10): Finalists include Farrell Brickhouse, Kim Neudorf, Mira Gerard, and Timm Mettler. The winner to be announced soon.   Inspired by the new Bravo reality show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, Two Coats […]

 Polke’s studio in 2007.  Photo credit: Albrecht Fuchs for NY Times From the obituary written by Roberta Smith: Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often ravishing pictorial jest, whose sarcastic and vibrant layering of found images and maverick, chaos-provoking painting processes left an indelible mark on the last four decades […]