Lindsay Costello
Pacific Northwest art writer/editor
I'm currently the full-time arts calendar editor for EverOut, the events section of two legacy alt-weeklies: the Portland Mercury and Seattle's The Stranger.
lalomaprojects.com
A Place Between: Nationale / La Loma Projects Press Release
In the mottled light of early summer, a new collaboration emerges: May Barruel, owner and director of the Portland art gallery Nationale, will present a curated selection of paintings by Portland- and Los Angeles-based artists at La Loma Projects’ airy Annex space. Aiming to facilitate fruitful conversations between artists, curators, and collectors in the two cities, A Place Between will unveil fresh works by new Los Angeles dweller Shiela Laufer, Los Angeles-based artist Sherise Lee, and Portlanders Anya Roberts-Toney and Amy Bay.
The Portland Mercury
An Interview with the Most Fascinating Man in New York—and His Puppet Frog Dr. Love—Ahead of His Show in Portland.
If you’re acquainted with avant-garde music history, you might already know the story. One day in 1979, Brian Eno happened upon Laraaji meditatively busking with an electric zither in Washington Square Park and scrawled a short note inviting him to collaborate. Equally present in the online sphere is the counterpoint that Laraaji “discovered” Eno that day, a sentiment I tend to agree with. Although their partnership resulted in the shimmery album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, Laraaji had alread...
Oregon ArtsWatch
Faith in nature and one another: Hannah Krafcik and Emily Jones at TBA
In apogee, trust is everything.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Invitation To Being A Future Being
Invitation..., part of TBA Festival 2021, Portland, OR
artandaboutpdx.com
Kinke Kooi, "The Grotesk of Raising"
On view at Adams and Ollman until September 4, Kinke Kooi’s The Grotesk of Raising marks the Dutch artist’s first solo exhibition on the West Coast.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Facing the sun (tunnels)
Review of a Thunderstruck Collective exhibition at Carnation Contemporary.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Spring and other cycles: Thesis exhibitions from PNCA’s Low-Residency Visual Studies
2021 thesis exhibitions from PNCA’s Low-Residency Visual Studies MFA candidates.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Bitter Cherry, Bleeding Heart
If you’ve ever fantasized about your dream home, you might have conjured up a place like the Courtyard House.
artandaboutpdx.com
Rachel Avallone: Permission/Pleasure
Rachel Avallone's Permission/Pleasure at Neverlab, Portland, OR.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Abundance under blacklights
Morgan Rosskopf and Manu Torres’s Color Burn at Well Well Projects, Portland, OR.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Howard Fonda: Birds, cages, and flying away
Howard Fonda at Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books, Portland, OR.
artandaboutpdx.com
Emily Counts: Souvenir
Emily Counts's Souvenir is on view at Nationale, Portland, OR from April 22 - July 8, 2021.
artandaboutpdx.com
Yuyang Zhang: "umm no"
"umm no" by Yuyang Zhang was on view at Fuller Rosen Gallery April 15 - May 30, 2021.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Balancing Acts: Dawn Cerny at Melanie Flood Projects
On Dawn Cerny at Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR.
Oregon ArtsWatch
Weaving the future: Jovencio de la Paz at Holding Contemporary
Jovencio de la Paz at Holding Contemporary in Portland, OR.