It's been a busy week in local art news with the Biennial announcement, and both the Oregonian and WWEEK have chimed in ... even Artnet took notice. Expectations are high and there is a lot of pressure on Gately (welcome to Portland). Hmmmm might she have more room to work with than just the Collins gallery too, hmmmmm? (that will help with 34 artists) Also, it is nice that the WWEEK has decided to start regularly publishing art content again. It's bad for everyone in Portland when the WWEEK cedes the main cultural discussion in town to the O and it is good they are back in the game.

Elsewhere, it has seemed like blogs vs dead tree crit fest with Jerry Saltz blasting the New Yorker on MAN and Art.Blogging.LA educating Art on Paper about the nature of blogs. Also, chiming in on the Saltzflattening of the New Yorker, Todd Gibson makes a very nuanced case. This is all in addition to the PORT/ArtForum debate here on Red 76.

Even more elsewhere and much longer ago, scientists have reconstructed a much brighter hued picture of the Parthenon. Also, since we are getting all oldschool here you should check out Edward Winkleman's Michelangelo quiz, I'm guessing #4 is is the real deal.

Last but not least the Oregonian has a story on the proposed I-5 bridge. This is hugely important (not just because I love bridges) because the Portland-Vancouver metro area is experiencing booming population growth and the bridge is a major pragmatic and aesthetic statement about the negotiated directions that growth will take.