Hubu Mountain is outside of the South Gate of the ancient city Xuzhou, my hometown. Today it is part of the downtown core with 900,000 people. To call it a mountain is an overstatement. It is more like a hill, although you will break a sweat climbing up. Its commanding view has a perk – … Continue reading Tao Bao – Antiquing in Xuzho, China; A Personal Experience
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.
The picturesqueness of the Pacific Northwest shorelines is not just for summer. During winter, when dark rolling clouds loom low, it sends endless energy to the sea. Storm-watching is a well-kept secret among locals. The sense of being wet, cold, isolated, and overwhelmed accentuates the raw power from the giant waves crashing against rocky cliffs. … Continue reading Fragments of the Sea II by David Haughton
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
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