Tyler Green discussed one of my favorite artists, Fred Sandback, as a recent acquisition at the NGA.

Any large scale naval reenactment gets my thumbs up and this project in Queens is no exception

Brian Libby's excellent post on Portland's bid for the 1968 Olympics is extremely interesting.

Gallery Homeland was on OPB's Morning edition at 6:50 Am today discussing their upcoming East/West exchange exhibitions in Berlin and the importance of import/export for the visual art scene (pssst update the GH website with an East/West page). Analysis: showing outside Portland, even Berlin isn't a new thing for Portland artists... but an entire exhibition series in Berlin is cool. Artists are always taken for granted in their home cities and it is important to stir things up by showing outside of town... there really isn't a "locals only" art scene anywhere anymore. Group shows like the East/West project are hardly ever definitive but they do open up new contacts and connections and that's the thing about Portland's new (but decade old) scene... we just aren't limited to the immediate environs anymore. We don't think or act in isolated ways... nice hustle Gallery Homeland.