Back in Queens! Upcoming Two Coats of Paint Open Studios, 2027 Residency applications, New Abstraction at Stonington Gallery, Springs Projects, new drawings, cheers to new subscribers, more

It is now apparent that many Americans — probably enough Americans — are determined to live within the truth rather than the lie.

Since 9/11, American conduct and values have become toxic.

The Cycle’s Final 2026 Midterm Forecast

New London, The Velvet Mill, Stonington Gallery, trip to Pond House, a few art field trips, The Canopy Program, Two Coats September Resident and Open Studio, more

The poor, poor president

A conversation on Martha's Vineyard, a mini-residency in New Berlin, new projects for a year-end exhibition, Axis Gallery in Sacramento, last chance for "Twenty x Sixteen" at Morgan Lehman, and more

July: The Strawberry Moon, Morgan Lehman show, Resident artist Corrine Yonce, trip to Canada, Substack news, Celebrating the Declaration of Independence in New London, more

Podcast Episode · The Hell Gate Podcast · June 19 · 35m

Early Edition: Cora Cohen panel discussion; Two Coats Open Studio Jun 3; Twenty by Sixteen at Morgan Lehman; Zombie Formalism 12 years later; Last call for Abstract by Definition; more

The Knicks erased a historic deficit and moved closer to their first NBA championship in decades.

Evergreen Review, the sonnet, poet Erin Redfern, panel discussion on May 9 with Saul Ostrow and Tom McGlynn, reviews in Two Coats of Paint, Two Coats Resident Artist Gyan Shrosbree, more.

Ninety years of knockout art and strong community

Sharon Butler / painting, writing, drawing

Tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on; Green Wall series, Shakespeare; Goethe; Edvard Munch; "Abstract by Definition," curated by Saul Ostrow, American Abstract Artists; Residency news; more

I met Pat back in 2010 when she was doing a site-specific installation at Sue Scott Galllery on Rivington Street. Here's my report, which was originally published in The Brooklyn Rail.

Contributed by Sharon Butler / The Whitney Biennial 2026 has a knack for knocking the human project, wistfully and ruefully examining the past, and planting dread about the future. Curators Marcela…

Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare

Artists Talk, making art during wartime, last chance for exhibitions at 68 Prince Street Gallery and CLEA RSKY, upcoming Resident Artists and Open Studios, "Street Corner Conversation" review, more

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Ariel Hahn, a librarian friend, wrote an essay* about the damage to the climate caused by cloud storage for libraries and archives. She wasn’t giving solutions so much as suggesting it was a proble…