Posted inFall Arts 2026
Portland’s Fall Gallery Shows Get an A+
Many of the season’s most exciting exhibitions are going up at colleges, universities, and libraries around town.
Martha Daghlian
Martha Daghlian is an artist and writer based in Portland. Her past/future projects include Grapefruits Art Space, athousandcirclets.garden, and the High-Tech Luddites Anti-Smartphone Club. She is an admirer of all things artsy, ephemeral, and handmade, and she loves cartoons.
Posted inVisual Art
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Converge 45
Portland’s massive triennial art show brings artists from around the world to show challenging, large-scale work.
Posted inBooks
God and Sex and Trees
A new novel from prolific screenwriter and Kelly Reichardt-collaborator Jon Raymond links the existential and the erotic.
Posted inQueer Guide 2025
On the Cover: Pastel Artist Pace Taylor Paints Their Way Toward Paradise
Last Call at the Rainbow Cafe incorporates shreds of Americana into a decidedly queer aesthetic.
Posted inSpring Arts 2025
Gallery Round-Up: Abstract Artists in Cahoots
Portland art spaces holding openings, having lunch, and otherwise welcoming in this spring.
Posted inHoliday Guide 2024 🎅
Fantastic Holiday Treats (and Where to Find Them)
A roundup of the best holiday sweets and snacks for your festivities.
Posted inFall Arts 2024
The Mercury’s 2024 Time-Based Art Festival Picks
Don’t miss the dance parties, itty bitty music collages, and complete cacophonies—planning your itinerary is an art form in itself.
Posted inVisual Art
The Mercury’s Time-Based Art Festival Picks
Don’t miss the dance parties, itty bitty music collages, and complete cacophonies—planning your TBA 2024 itinerary is an art form in itself.
Posted inTBA
Portland’s Favorite Experimental, Time Based Art Festival Bounces Back
On the TBA 2024 schedule: weird music, Black horror, and an opera about the prime meridian.
Posted inFall Arts 2023
PICA’s New Arts Festival Takes Its Time
Stepping in for the Time-Based Art festival, Time-Released promises chaotic good performance art in bursts.