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Visual Art
All articles tagged "Visual Art"
Visual Art
Thu
2:00 PM
Carson Ellis Draws a Snapshot of Old Portland in Her New Diary Memoir,
One Week in January
Taylor Griggs
Visual Art
Sep 3
3:00 PM
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.
Martha Daghlian
TBA
Aug 7
10:30 AM
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.
Martha Daghlian
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Theater & Performance
Jun 24
1:00 PM
Portland Drag Clown Carla Rossi Climbed Jeffery Gibson's Installation at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Artist Jeffery Gibson invited Carla Rossi to climb his installation on the US pavilion.
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Mar 27
11:00 AM
Future Now
at Portland Art Museum Unboxes the Future of Sneakers
Corbin Smith
Visual Art
Mar 25
11:00 AM
Spring 2024 Gallery Shows in Portland: A Chorus of Art About Work
Ashley Gifford Peterson
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Visual Art
Mar 12
12:00 PM
Father Fannie's Funhouse Is Constantly Changing
The latest ILY2 Too Lloyd Mall resident curates artworks and workshops focused on community and Black joy.
Kye Grant
Design
Mar 8
2:52 PM
Do You Remember Content? The Hotel Room Takeover Art Installation Event Returns
Artists at this unique Portland showcase include eco-friendlies Making Earth Cool and local music supporters Friends of Noise.
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Nov 10
11:00 AM
At Portland Fall Art Shows: Flemish Snack Bags, Sculptures of Daily Detritus, and Other Wonders
Find a visual feast at Portland art galleries like SE Cooper Contemporary and Japanese American Museum of Oregon.
Ashley Gifford Peterson
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Movies & TV
Oct 6
8:00 AM
David Byrne Takes Over Tomorrow Theater's Opening Weekend
A look inside the renovated former adult movie house that Portland Art Museum turned into a 250-seat movie and performance venue.
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Sep 14
12:00 PM
Fall 2023 Visual Art Picks: Converge 45 and Other Portland Art Shows That Look Good
Ashley Gifford Peterson
Visual Art
Sep 8
7:00 AM
How Is It Possible That "Black Artists of Oregon" Is the First of Its Kind?
Jenni Moore
Comics
Aug 23
10:20 AM
An LA Comics Fest Comes to Create Permanent Damage in Portland
Floating World hosts the grimy indie comics fair in Lloyd Center's old Ulta Beauty salon.
Ben Coleman
Visual Art
Jun 22
2:22 PM
Crafting Pinocchio
Spotlights the Stop-Motion Animation That Made the Movie Come Alive
Portland Art Museum presents an up-close view of Guillermo del Toro's unique vision and ShadowMachine's masterful craft.
Cameron Hawkey
Theater & Performance
May 12
7:30 AM
Q&A With PICA's Outgoing and Incoming Executive Directors
After 20 years, Victoria Frey passes the torch to Reuben Roqueñi —who has been involved with PICA for over a decade.
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
May 9
1:00 PM
Meet the
Mercury
's Cover Artist of the Week: Femke Hiemstra
Flora, fauna, surrealist fables... and other examples of Hiemstra's Neo Fabulism.
Corianton Hale
Visual Art
Apr 6
2:29 PM
Making Earth Cool: Partying to Save the Planet
On First Thursday, the art collective kicks off a two-month residency at Parallax Art Center.
Martha Daghlian
Visual Art
Mar 28
10:01 AM
This Week’s
Mercury
Cover Artist: Sam Geballe’s Beautiful Darkness
Body dysphoria is only part of this remarkable photography exhibit running through this Saturday, April 1, at Blue Sky Gallery.
Corianton Hale
Visual Art
Mar 8
11:00 AM
ILY2 (or I Love You Too) Takes Root
Portland's newest contemporary art venue previously existed as an emotional-support hotline and a pop-up "glamshot" photo studio at the Lloyd Center.
Martha Daghlian
Visual Art
Mar 6
12:00 PM
Mercury
Cover Artist of the Week: Justin “Scrappers” Morrison’s Sincere Celebrations
Making earnest art about how strange and beautiful it is to be alive right now.
Corianton Hale
Visual Art
Mar 2
10:00 AM
Hot Take at Portland State: Looms Are Computers
At
Weaving Data
, nine artists explore the shared history of textiles and tech.
Martha Daghlian
Visual Art
Feb 22
2:00 PM
The Future Past: Artists in Conversation
New exhibits at the Portland Art Museum showcase the conversation between Dakota modernist Oscar Howe's work and contemporary Choctaw and Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson.
Jarrette Werk, Underscore News
Visual Art
Dec 1
12:20 PM
Two Portland Galleries Make Their Move
Both Blackfish Gallery and Chefas Projects are expanding, showing off the local arts community's resilient side.
Martha Daghlian
Visual Art
Nov 8
1:37 PM
The Fluorescent and Ungovernable Ocean of
Like Liquid, Cut Loose
Paper-focused visual artist Morgan Rosskopf and electronic musician Ashlin Aronin transport Well Well Projects to a chaotic blacklight grotto.
Martha Daghlian
Visual Art
Nov 3
11:00 AM
Photographer Luke Misclevitz's Wild Time Capsules
Misclevitz chronicles Portland’s underground—it's music, fashion, and nightlife.
Corianton Hale
Visual Art
Oct 31
1:00 PM
Humaira Abid Confronts the World
Meet the
Mercury
Cover Artist of the Week!
Corianton Hale
Visual Art
Oct 12
10:28 AM
Meet the
Mercury
's Cover Artist of the Week!
Witchcraft, death, and tigers with visible skeletons... it's all part of this week's
Mercury
cover artist Mx. Morgan Robles' fearless divination.
Corianton Hale
TBA
Sep 16
1:00 PM
TBA Review:
They Can Never Burn the Stars
Is TBA at Its Best
Standing in certain locations turned viewers’ bodies into conduits for deep vibrating bass lines.
Martha Daghlian
Fall Arts 2022
Sep 12
8:03 AM
Portland Art Galleries, a Reintroduction
Fall visual art shows, and the galleries that love them.
Ashley Gifford Peterson
Visual Art
Aug 11
10:07 AM
This Week's
Mercury
Cover: Steven Miller’s Spiritual Skinny Dipping
An Interview with the Photographer About His Collection of Underwater Nudes,
Subsumed
Corianton Hale
Visual Art
Mar 10
2:00 PM
Performance Artists and More, Super Futures Haunt Qollective Are Ghosts of Love and Social Justice
Ann Guo
Movies & TV
Mar 10
10:53 AM
Northwest Film Center Takes On a New Name, Vision, and Very Mysterious Future
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Mar 8
11:21 AM
The Bold, Vibrant Colors of Portland’s Spring Gallery Shows Are a Reprieve from Our Hibernal Wintertime Grays
Ashley Gifford
Theater & Performance
Mar 5
3:00 PM
What’s Coming up Soon from Our List of 30 Arts Events to Check Out in Portland This Spring?
EverOut Staff
Visual Art
Mar 1
11:00 AM
Portland Art Museum Scores a Rare View, Not Just of Frida Kahlo, but the Interconnected History of Mexican Modernism
Cameron Hawkey
News
Feb 18
10:54 AM
City Considers New Placement for Cleaned and Buffed Downtown Elk Statue
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Feb 18
9:55 AM
Comic of the Week: Why Are You Wearing a Face Mask?
Ben Horak
Visual Art
Dec 15
2:01 PM
Brett and Moon Westfall See Hope for Humanity in
Signs of Life
Art & Fashion Exhibition
Andrew Jankowski
Visual Art
Dec 1
11:57 AM
Portland Winter Is Coming. Brighten Your Days With These Vibrant Visual Art Experiences
Ashley Gifford
TBA
Oct 1
11:53 AM
Arts Festival TBA Ends This Sunday—Don’t Miss These Two Stand-Out Experiences
Ashley Gifford
TBA
Sep 21
1:01 PM
Our Favorite Virtual Events at the Time-Based Art Festival, Happening Now
Ashley Gifford
Feature
Jul 16
10:58 AM
St. Johns Camera Shop Blue Moon Keeps Analog Photography Alive in Portland
Ann Guo
Visual Art
May 26
10:02 AM
PAM’s Ansel Adams Exhibit Honors, and Challenges, Photographer's Legacy Through a Contemporary Lens
Sean Bascom
Visual Art
May 21
11:06 AM
Portland Photographer Showcases Black Cowboys in the Rodeo Capital of the World
Blair Stenvick
Visual Art
Apr 15
4:12 PM
Portland Art Museum Reopens With Upcoming Ansel Adams Exhibit, Kahlo and Rivera in 2022, and More
Blair Stenvick
Visual Art
Apr 14
2:29 PM
Q&A: After 18 Years, Matt Bors Is Retiring His Weekly Political Cartoons
Blair Stenvick
Theater & Performance
Sep 11
10:20 AM
TBA:20 Begins This Weekend to Make Note of a Time We'll Never Forget
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Aug 26
2:30 PM
Black, Very Black, and Also Very Beautiful
Jasmyne Keimig
News
Jul 17
10:00 AM
Portland's Yale Union Arts Center Gives Its Building and Land to a Native Organization
Christopher Frizzelle
Cops
Jun 18
1:00 PM
The Hard Gaze: A Photo Essay Documenting Portland Protests
Hannah Dugan
News
May 27
11:29 AM
With No Immediate Plans to Reopen, Portland's Art Galleries Get Creative
Alex Zielinski
Visual Art
May 22
9:23 AM
RACC and Nat Turner Project Offer a Lifeline to Regional Artists
Robert Ham
Books
May 14
8:30 AM
The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Thurs May 14
Mercury Staff
Video Games
May 12
8:30 AM
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues May 12
Mercury Staff
Visual Art
Mar 13
11:54 AM
Body Worlds & the Cycle of Life
Is Dead Bodies, Be Cool
Suzette Smith
Arts
Mar 12
4:00 AM
Body Worlds & the Cycle of Life
at OMSI: A Look at the Body as It Ages, With Dicks
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Dec 23
1:39 PM
How Do You Take an Uninteresting Photo?
Jasmyne Keimig
Visual Art
Oct 24
2:00 PM
Portland Art Museum’s Hank Willis Thomas Retrospective Invokes Black Joy: The Strongest Force In the Universe
Cameron Hawkey
Arts
Oct 24
4:00 AM
Portland Art Museum’s Hank Willis Thomas Retrospective Invokes Black Joy: The Strongest Force In the Universe
Cameron Hawkey
Music
Oct 2
3:43 PM
Beacon Sound Is Opening Its Own Store, While Planned Partner Nationale Continues with East Burnside Location
Ned Lannamann
Visual Art
Sep 3
11:33 AM
Introducing Try Harder PDX: Portland’s Only Serious Art Blog?
Cameron Hawkey
Feature
Aug 29
4:00 AM
Introducing Try Harder PDX: Portland’s Only Serious Art Blog?
Cameron Hawkey
Visual Art
Aug 22
11:33 AM
Disjecta’s Portland 2019 Biennial: Where to Start
Robert Ham
Arts
Aug 15
4:00 AM
Disjecta’s Portland 2019 Biennial: North Interstate Love Song
Robert Ham
Music
Aug 7
11:24 AM
Pickathon Comics Day 3: Jenny Vu's Comic "Pickathon as a First Timer"
Pickathon Comics Series
Pickathon
Aug 6
10:56 AM
Pickathon Comics Day 2: Cameron Hawkey Draws Pickathon Scenes
Pickathon Comics Series
Visual Art
Jul 25
11:02 AM
Warren Kanders
Finally
Resigns From Board of the Whitney Museum
Robert Ham
Books
Jun 28
10:44 AM
Meet Portland's New Comics Festival: Portland Indie Con
Suzette Smith
Music
Apr 25
11:00 AM
Portland Sound Artist Marcus Fischer Describes His Road to the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Robert Ham
Arts
Apr 25
4:00 AM
Meet Marcus Fischer, the Portland Sound Artist Invited to the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Robert Ham
Visual Art
Apr 3
10:46 AM
The Associated American Artists Exhibit: Not Just Farms! Sometimes “Sultry” Farmers!
Kjerstin Johnson
Visual Art
Mar 28
3:29 PM
the map is not the territory
at the Portland Art Museum: Location, Origin, and the Threats of Climate Change
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Mar 28
4:00 AM
Portland Art Museum’s
the map is not the territory
: Location, Origin, and the Threats of Climate Change
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Mar 23
11:58 AM
Unearthing Portland’s Spring Arts SECRETS
Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Mar 20
1:23 PM
RACC Equity Shake Up: The City Decides to Spread the Grant Fund Wealth
Alex Zielinski
Visual Art
Mar 7
11:42 AM
The Embroidered Violence of Martha Daghlian’s
Ceremonial Vestments
Robert Ham
Visual Art
Feb 28
2:22 PM
Eight Black Artists Worth Following (and Supporting) On Etsy
Jenni Moore
Arts
Feb 28
4:00 AM
The Embroidered Violence of Martha Daghlian’s
Ceremonial Vestments
Robert Ham
Visual Art
Nov 29
1:42 PM
McIntyre Parker Installation Resonates With Yale Union’s Recent Loss
Robert Ham
Visual Art
Nov 27
1:40 PM
Much Like Sun Ra, the Portland Art Museum’s
We. Construct. Marvels. Between. Monuments.
Can Never Die
Robert Ham
Arts
Nov 22
4:00 AM
McIntyre Parker Resonates With Yale Union’s Recent Loss
Robert Ham
Robert Ham
Nov 22
4:00 AM
Much Like Sun Ra, the Portland Art Museum’s
We. Construct. Marvels. Between. Monuments.
Can Never Die
Robert Ham
Movies & TV
Nov 2
6:00 PM
Glitch Artist ariella tai Screens Their 2018 Film Retrospective At Portland’s Boathouse Microcinema
Andrew Jankowski
Visual Art
Oct 23
3:00 PM
Yale Union's Executive Director Yoko Ott Has Died
Suzette Smith
Tech
Sep 11
1:35 PM
Snapshots of the Coolest Things at XOXO Fest 2018
Andrea Damewood
Tech
Sep 8
2:13 PM
XOXO Fest, Day 2: Lisa Hanawalt, Demi Adejuyigbe, Is This Las Vegas For Nerds?
Andrea Damewood
Tech
Sep 7
5:15 PM
XOXO Fest, Day 1: FREE Carly Rae Jepsen Soda, the Albina Vision Project, Cameron Esposito's
Rape Jokes
Suzette Smith
TBA
Sep 7
2:31 PM
TBA: Ann Hamilton's
Habitus
Is an Interactive Installation of Dwelling, Shelter, and Sanctuary
Megan Grace Harned
Theater & Performance
Sep 3
1:30 PM
TBA on the Cheap: Five Affordable, Approachable TBA Picks!
Andrew Jankowski
Performance
Aug 29
4:00 AM
Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic Designer, Comedy Writer, Fake Wedding Facilitator Jenny Vu
An Introduction
Suzette Smith
Books
Aug 17
9:29 AM
New Graphic Novels: The McElroy Brothers'
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
,
Sanpaku
and
Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Jul 25
10:00 AM
Pieces From Yale Union’s Cathy Wilkes Show Will Be in Next Year’s Venice Biennale
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Jul 25
4:00 AM
The Silent, Shuttered Works of Cathy Wilkes
Pieces From Yale Union’s Current Show Will Be in Next Year’s Venice Biennale
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Jul 18
2:30 PM
Xander Marrow and Rocket Are Perfectly Paired for
Germination
Luc Hoekstra
Visual Art
Jul 18
4:00 AM
Xander Marrow and Rocket Are Perfectly Paired for
Germination
The Two-Person Photography Show Explores Intimate History and Artistic Development
Luc Hoekstra
Video Games
Jun 28
5:19 PM
XOXO's New Look: Changes to the Fest and Expanding to Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Jun 15
1:19 PM
Art Review: Consu Tolosa at Guardino Gallery
Allison Strauss
?!?!?
Jun 15
11:36 AM
Owen Wilson Visits the Portland Art Museum's
The Shape of Speed
Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Jun 13
4:00 AM
Art Review: Consu Tolosa at Guardino Gallery
Pleasures + Perils
Continues Tolosa’s Shift Toward Abstract Painting
Allison Strauss
Music
Jun 7
10:12 AM
S1’s Fourth-Anniversary is This Weekend!
Suzette Smith
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