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Review: Chris Fraser's "In Passing" at Disjecta
Chris Fraser’s In Passing closes this weekend, so let’s cut to the chase: if you haven’t seen it, you need to load the family in the car, grab your Max pass, or hop on your rain-slicked bicycle and...
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March First Thursday Picks
It’s a gorgeous day. Head out to see some art. Here’re our picks:Blue Sky GalleryArthur Tress: Selections from San Francisco 1964, Dream Collector, and Theater of the MindVadim Gushchin: Inventory of a...
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Critical Art Ensemble Likes Helicopters, Hazmat Suits, and Beer
Consisting of five multivalent artists, thinkers, renegades, and rabble rousers, the Critical Art Ensemble works at the fiery intersection of technology, art, political activism, and critical theory....
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Preview: PICA's “New Arrangements”
Michihiro Kosuge, "Bones." Photo by Aaron Johanson.A 70-year-old sculptor raised in post-World War II Japan who has refined himself into a regional fixture by channeling Oregon’s calmer spirit into...
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Breaking News: Meet Disjecta's New Curator-In-Residence
Image: Courtesy Summer Guthery Disjecta's new curator-in-residence, Summer GutheryDisjecta is just about to announce the selection of its second curator-in-residence, who will take over the reins of...
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PICA's “New Arrangements”
Michihiro Kosuge, "Bones." Photo by Aaron Johanson.A 70-year-old sculptor raised in post-World War II Japan who has refined himself into a regional fixture by channeling Oregon’s calmer spirit into...
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First Thursday: May Picks
Augen GalleryRomare Bearden: PrintsJim Niedhardt: LuxeA giant of contemporary art, Bearden is best known as a collagist—the New York Times called him the nation’s foremost. But with one collaged...
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Disjecta Announces the Portland2014 Biennial Curator
Image: Disjecta Portland2014 Biennial Curator Amanda HuntDisjecta just announced the curator for the Portland2014 Biennial: Amanda Hunt. She hails from Los Angeles, where she is a curator at the...
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PICA Symposium: 'How Do You Mean? Culture in Translation'
Image: Cameron Wittig Emily Johnson with troutTranslation isn't just a matter of language and interpretors on the floor of the UN—or in California, as the case may be this weekend, when President Obama...
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Review: ‘Cyclepedia,’ ‘Man/Woman,’ and a Thousand Naked Cyclists
Image: Marc Kochanski For individual's privacy, privates have been blurred. The art museum has never had a crowd like last Saturday’s. Hundreds of merry revelers packed the courtyard and sculpture...
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MOCC's Object Focus: The Bowl
Image: Courtesy Museum of Contemporary CraftLet us pause for a moment to reflect on the humble bowl—something we use almost daily but seldom acknowledge. Or we can just savor the more than 200 on view...
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First Thursday/Wednesday: July Picks
Since the Fourth of July falls on Thursday this year, all First Thursday events have been moved to Wednesday. And, as we're sure you've noticed, it's gorgeous. So launch your Independence Day early...
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Breaking: New Gallery to Open in Pearl
When you hear the name Le Guin, you almost certainly think of Ursula K. Le Guin, the famed Portland speculative-fiction writer best known for her gender-bending 1969 science-fiction classic The Left...
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Review: Lucy Skaer at Yale Union (YU)
Image: YU ContemporaryThere’s much to like in Lucy Skaer’s show at the Yale Union center for contemporary art, starting with her highly intellectual process of choosing her materials and manipulating...
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Portland's International Mural Festival
Image: Stuart MullenbergUrban murals often just appear, like mushrooms: seemingly overnight, with little warning. This month, a festival imported from Hawaii will transform the mural process—and,...
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August First Thursday Gallery Guide
Image: June Yong Lee From June Yong Lee's "Torso Series" As we head into what is often the best month of the year, now is the time to soak up the sun and art while strolling downtown’s gallery district...
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Q&A: Paintallica + Rocksbox = Rockin’ Art
Image: Paintallica Paintallica's show at Barney's NYC in 2011 Paintallica is every bit as rock’n’roll as it sounds. Started as an all-night beer-fueled art bender by a group of friends in Iowa City,...
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Visionary Photographer Robert Adams Turns His Lens on Oregon
Image: © Robert Adams, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Fransisco, and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York Portrait of Robert Adams by Kerstin Adams, 2004On September 7, the Portland Art Museum opens an...
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Sept. First Thursday Gallery Guide
Image: Frances Stark From Frances Stark’s “My Best Thing”Upfor Frances Stark: My Best ThingGet ready for a new Pearl District gallery (not just for tourists), founded by former Rand Corporation...
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Disjecta Announces 2014 Biennial Artists
Ralph Pugay's "Work & Leisure"Contemporary-art center Disjecta announced this week the artists selected for the Portland2014 Biennial, a major survey of local contemporary art taking place next...
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