778 paintings in collections. Up to 600 hours per canvas. A motorised easel he built himself. And a broken glass series that began when a gust of wind shattered 12 wine glasses on his driveway. Steve Mills is one of the most technically committed painters alive — and his solo show at Gallery Henoch is four years in the making.

How boring, her work suggests, to have perfect skin. Katarina Riesing paints with dye on silk — and then embroiders it, by hand, for up to four months — rendering acne, scars, and blemishes the way other artists render flowers. The spots of pigment are gorgeous and gross at once, which is also, of course, what bodies are. We talked to her about process, the quiet productivity of rural New York, and why she really should have been a fashion designer.

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