Joseph Beuys, Blitzschlag mit Lichtschein auf Hirsch (Lightning with Stag in its Glare), 1958–85. Cast Bronze, Iron, and Aluminium, Overall dimensions variable, Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa GBM2001.2. (c) 2011 Artis

Joe Thurston's Nothing Leading Anywhere Any More Except to Nothing (photo Jeff Jahn) Joe Thurston unveils a completely new body of work, Nothing Leading Anywhere Any More Except to

Mike Kelly Sad news, conceptual provocateur Mike Kelly has passed away due to an

Aerial Tram on its first day of public operation (photo Jeff Jahn) Brian Libby has an

Tomorrow, catch the latest of OCAC's interdisciplinary Connection lecture series with, Ligorano/Reese who will discuss, "50 Different Minds: Art and Design in the Age of Crowdsourcing," pre

Matt Connors' studio PSU's MFA Studio Lecture Series starts up again for 2012 with Matt Connors, who also has a related exhibition Dark Room

Bill Armstrong, Mandala #450, 2003 Cameras are more common now than in any time in history, which should = more experimentation right? So what happens when the subje

Bruce Nauman's Wall-Floor Positions, 1968, 60 min., B & W, sound, 16 mm film transferred to digital video displayed on monitor. (c) 2012 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS) In 1968, while living in Nor

"Animal", Judy Cooke, 2011 There are just three short days left to see the exhibition Interior Margins at the Lumber Room. Granted, t

It's crazy world with architects who think they are artists, artists who think they are critics, critics who think they are curators and curators who think they are architects. Yes there is a

OHSU has gotten approval for it's latest South Waterfront expansion by CO Architects and SERA. Interesting, it reminds me a bit of Thom Mayne on the south e

Catch a special screening of !Women Art Revolution a film by Lynn Hershman Leeson at the NW Film Center on Sunday with a special introduction by Reed College's Stephanie Snyder. Screen

Interior Margins (1st guided conversation last December) photo Jeff Jahn Like a dinner party with a theme (which did in fact instigate this project)... the predominantly whi

former YU Director, Sandra Percival Last Fall I raised questions about Sandra Percival's role a

It is an even numbered year and like clockwork 2012 is predictably a giant survey show year. The first of them, the 10th Northwest Biennial at the Tacoma Art Museum opens Saturday and explores the multinational region from Oregon, Idaho, Mont

Christina Olson It would be sad news if it weren't something we hadn't seen coming the moment she took the Director of Education job at PAM but

I've made no secret that I'm a little tired of the curatorial crutch of installing grayscale work (photography exempt of course) but two shows this month, titled Memory and Anonymous explore both the reasons for my antipathy and a secret love for the aesthetic. These conflicted feelings are interesting as less colorful sho

Nice article on seminal Light and Space artistDoug Wheeler in the New York Times. Should a

Archer Gallery presents Lupification, or the Divide, works by Bonnie Fortune, Julia Oldham, and Ryan Pierce. The artists in this exhibition approach humanity through its connection to or separation from

Here's my Op Ed in the Portland Tribune. I've mentioned these things time and again... most recently in my 2011 year end wrap-up and a loo

Appendix presents Jasper Spicero's Interiors. "In his rendered images, Spicero presents chambers optimized for status signaling and contemplation, a fantasy of aesthetically integrated

Jenny Holzer (L) and Nancy Spero (R) in Body Gesture For the concluding month of the Elizabeth Leach Gallery's

You saw it here first, the Portland Art Museum has finally gone live with a new website after undergoing a comprehensive identity makeover last September. Once again

California (detail), oil on canvas (in Timothy Scott Dalbow’s studio) You cant kill painting, because it is like an undead zombie medium... it just gets up again and again, eithe

Robert Frank's Unitled from Painkiller "Painkiller is an original exhibition of 48 Polaroid images by groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank taken from the 1970s through the prese

Kyle Thompson, I Hate The Sound of Guitars A: No Survivors at Recess (photo Jeff Jahn) 2011 was an interesting year that saw a lot of strong shows in the numerous university

David Eckard's Deployment at The Art Gym I regret that I made the trek to Portland galleries and museums a little more than a dozen times this year due to the untimely death

John Buchanan, former and crucial director of the Portland Art Museum has died at age 58 of cancer. Here is

Roberta Smith gives some more context regarding the loss

Well it is that time of the year (PORT's will come out on the 31st)... and because the world doesn't revolve around just one city here is are 2 lists that are not New York or Portland centric. Christopher Knight's