In the recently reimagined American Galleries at the Seattle Art Museum, we're presented with a monumental early 20th-century work by Thomas Eakins, hung beside a contemporary painting by Kehinde Wiley. William Smith Forbes is a long way from home and seems a bit out of place. Meanwhile, Anthony of Padua seems at ease. Forbes was … Continue reading Eakins and Wiley at the Seattle Art Museum
Portland-based artists Sean McGonigal and Joanne Radmilovich Kollman made the New York Times recently. As former occupants in the Troy Laundry Building, they once had working space in what has now become a Portland branch of the exclusive Soho House. According to the article, Soho House positions itself as a creative space and features work … Continue reading Art Log, March 17, 2024: Fancy clubs, vinyl records, new museums and absurd ones.
Spring is in the air. On Thursday, the night was dry and warm, a welcome change to greet visitors of the First Thursday Art Walk in the Pearl. It couldn’t be better for a group of young girls, most still in their team jerseys and shorts, coming from a winning match, jumping into Laura Vincent … Continue reading Portland Art Openings, March 2024
The signs on the airport luggage carts read "Welcome to friendly Los Angeles." For sure, the City of Angels is its own kind of place with some degree of "friendly." With warm sunlight and palm trees, what's not to like? Yet navigating LAX and seeing traffic crawl over the concrete freeways, you realize life here … Continue reading Eyes on the LA Art Show
This year the Portland Fine Print Fair at the Portland Art Museum was a little more familiar. With the same venue, location, and largely the same select group of dealers, there wasn't much of a learning curve. We went through the same pattern as the previous year of coming across stand-out items, or things that … Continue reading Full Circle at the Portland Fine Print Fair
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