Q & A Being in your 30s is weird. You have more responsibilities than you had in your 20s but less money and self-assurance than you’ll (hopefully) have in your 40s. That’s kind of what artist S ... More
Sean Healy
An art wunderkind speaks on finally growing up, making aluminum tigers and turning fear into art.
Q & A Being in your 30s is weird. You have more responsibilities than you had in your 20s but less money and self-assurance than you’ll (hopefully) have in your 40s. That’s kind of what artist S ... More
Walk Art
Hot design is everywhere. Here’s 11 places to spot it.
Featured Stories Admit it: You’re a design whore. Your wedding registry was at Design Within Reach. Your mantra is “In Eames we trust.” When you watch TV or DVDs—even pornos—you’re ... More
History Versus Nostalgia
Two shows offer differing takes on the swingin’ ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s.
Visual Arts Our endless fascination with celebrity and nostalgia takes center stage in two very different shows this month. First, at Augen’s DeSoto location, Bande à part: New York Underground time- ... More
Something To Believe In
With Immaterialized, Disjecta scores a direct hit.
Visual Arts At the end of the Revolutionary War, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, it’s said that the Redcoats pulled out their fifes and cornets and played a song called &l ... More
From Seattle, with Gusto
Kinga Czerska and John Dempcy show Portlanders how it’s done.
Visual Arts Kinga Czerska’s acrylic paintings look flat in reproduction. But in person they’re surprisingly present, owing to the knifepoint precision of their contours. The pieces, shown this month a ... More
A Summer Serenade
At New American Art Union, Jacqueline Ehlis shines in one of the year’s best shows.
Visual Arts It takes a certain worldliness to be droll and dead serious at the same time. Jacqueline Ehlis’ Serenade at New American Art Union excels at such cosmopolitan paradoxes, mixing minimalist and po ... More
Disjecta Returns—Again
News
The multimedia arts center known as Disjecta has had more lives than most cats—and now it has another. Founder/director Bryan Suereth (pictured) has announced the opening of a new venue where Disjecta will mount visual arts programming as well as music events, dance, a... More
Heart Of Glass
Henry Hillman Jr. explores Relationships—in art and life.
Visual Arts Henry Hillman Jr.’s show, Relationships, at Elizabeth Leach is aptly titled, because so many of the artist’s glass sculptures are made up of two or more components, placed in precise relat ... More
Lowbrow Writ Large
The Contemporary Northwest Art Awards capture the zeitgeist—too well.
Visual Arts The highbrow Portland Art Museum has gone lowbrow in its Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, which replaced the museum’s Oregon Biennial this year. For what it is and how it does it, CNAA is a su ... More
EXCLUSIVE: Rake Gallery may close after July show
News
After three years in business, Rake Art Gallery (325 NW 6th Ave.) will probably close its doors after its July show comes down. Gallery director Jeremy Tucker says it will be "a miracle" if the gallery is able to continue ... More
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Grass Hut wants to do bad things with you. The Fuzz That Was
Beaver or Brazilian? The latest Bush War has Portlanders tearing their hair out. Fall Arts Guide 2011: Bring On the Rain
Dayglo landscapes, feral children, killer choruses and more art to keep you sane this fall. Brad Carlile/Rio Wrenn
Confronting the myth of the great American road. Road Trip
Matt McCormick takes a look in Oregon’s rear-view mirror. Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
Portland Art Museum scores a hit with this showcase of thought-provoking Northwest art. Stage Sets
Three local shows ask where art ends and architecture begins. Best Portland Art of the Year 2012
Favorite shows and pieces from 2012. Christine Clark/Jay Steensma @ Nine Gallery/Pulliam Gallery
Two Portlanders confront impermanence. 10 Favorite Visual Arts Shows of 2011
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