Two Coats of Paint

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer Untitled, 2026, oil on canvas, 52 x 42 inches Contributed by Margaret McCann / Celeste Dupuy-Spencer (1979–2026) left too soon, but her candid, cynical expressions of Americana, angst, and injustice leave a powerful legacy.

Lois Dickson, Tough Guy, 2015, oil on linen, 72 x 72 inches Contributed by Bill Arning / Years before Hudson became an international art destination, there was Time & Space Limited, a cavernous space on Columbia Street, a block from the main gallery drag…

Taryn Simon, You have to backfill it, 2026 (video still) Photograph: Taryn Simon Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / It’s the contrast between the stately simplicity of On Kawara’s plangently arrayed dates and the complexity of the days on earth they mark…

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Tim Kent, Passy, 2026, oil on canvas, 56 x 60 inches Contributed by William Corwin / “Sojourn,” Tim Kent’s latest series of paintings, at Hollis Taggart, falls into the tradition of the interior paintings, of Fragonard, Vermeer, Boucher, and de Hooch, whe…

Claire Lieberman, “Funny Ball,” Martin Art Gallery,at Muhlenberg College, installation view, 2022.

Giorgio Griffa, Canone Aureo 958 (Agnes Martin) (Golden Ratio 958) [Agnes Martin]), 2016, acrylic on canvas Contributed by Franklin Einspruch / If there’s a unifying characteristic of worldwide modernisms, it is the challenge they present to the necessity…

Grace Graupe-Pillard, Gaza City, 2007, oil on canvas, 65 x 96 inches Contributed by P.

Jim Sullivan, Ocean Warming, 2006, oil on panel, 4 x 48 inches Contributed by Elizabeth Johnson / As the British Museum celebrates the 230-foot-long by 20-inch Bayeux Tapestry, Ki Smith Gallery features “Places That Never Were,” Jim Sullivan’s extremely n…

Lincoln Glenn Gallery: Sherron Francis, Beyond the Stain, 2026, installation view Contributed by Alex Grimley / One of the main currents of abstract painting in the 1970s – much discussed then, not so much now – was the resurgence of painterliness that fo…

Rebecca Morgan, Andy After Sylvia Sleigh, 2026 oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches Contributed by Bill Arning / Rebecca Morgan has mounted her sixth solo show at Asya Geisberg’s Tribeca gallery, and one could be forgiven for assuming we already know what it will

WAAM: Z Behl, Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 24 inches Contributed by Karlyn Benson / In addition to the usual gallery openings, there are a number of festivals and special events in October including O+ in Kingston, Soon is Now in Beacon, Hudson Valley