Conrad Vogel grew up in Briarcliff Manor, New York, graduated from Sarah Lawrence in 1977, traveled in Italy, and then moved to New York City where he lived as an artist for more than forty years.
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Jan Dickey: Bold events
Contributed by Lucas Moran / Painting has died a thousand ersatz deaths, but artists are not immune to despair. Many of us are wondering what it’s all for. Nobody is buying art and we’re all grappling with media addiction. Through a haze of distress and distraction over political and cultural collapse, it’s tempting to dismiss traditional arguments for the importance of art even as a refuge from crisis. But that’s the attitude the billionaires and robots want us to adopt, wresting us so completely from joy and beauty that we remain glued to our tiny screens, held captive by reminders and notifications. Some of us keep trying to show anyone willing to look up that the world is a much bigger place. Rauschenberg achieved that kind of jolt in the 1950s with Monogram – a taxidermized Angora goat with a tire around its midsection, standing on a painted and collaged canvas laid horizontally on a platform. Perhaps to be an effective painter in the current existential mess, you need to show us your goat In his solo show “Compression” at D.D.D.D. gallery, Jan Dickey valiantly tries. His new large-scale works made me want to yell about painting what Dr. Frankenstein yelled about his monster: “It’s alive!”
Kick-off: The Two Coats 2026 Year-end Fundraising Campaign
What a night we had last night! I’m operating on very little sleep, but today I wanted to let you know that we are launching the 2026 Two Coats of Paint Year-End Fundraising Campaign. Because you are a Two Coats of Paint reader, I hope you’ll take the opportunity to invest in independent art writing and publishing for 2027.
NYC Selected Gallery Guide, November 2026
Contributed by Sharon Butler / November settles in with the season’s full roster, and I’m looking forward to gettingt out and about. In Tribeca, Klaus von Nichtssagend presents Tamara Gonzales, Bortolami has Rebecca Morris, and CANADA shows Xylor Jane. Down on the Lower East Side, Shrine is showing Loren Erdrich, and Post Times has Fergus Feehily. In Chelsea, Petzel presents Tschabalala Self, Nicola Vassell Gallery has Pam Glick, Gagosian shows Julie Curtiss, and Skarstedt has Eric Fischl. Jason Stopa is at Morgan Lehman, and Sherrie Levine is at Galerie Buchholz. also have shows on view this month. If you find yourself in DUMBO, please stop by Springs Projects, 20 Jay Street, Suite 311B, to see “On Certain Grounds,” my show with Cate Holt. The opening is Thursday, Novembe 5, 6 – 8 pm.