I'll have several things for PORT from my recent trip to New York (monday). Till then, here are some links:

Roberta Smith is excited about Kandinsky in the Times... (overall there is a renewed interest in the mysteries of abstraction in NYC these days and the big K is a good place to start)

The Memorial Coliseum has been granted a spot on the historical register. How about a real arts and entertainment renovating that isn't driven by corporate sameness. Let's see, the TBA festival will need a home some day and something akin to Gehry's Walt Disney Concert hall with Redcat gallery and and other active and large scale cultural space for this city are sorely needed.

One of Sol LeWitt's last commission has been completed in the subway system.

The pathetically sub par design for the I-5 bridge is about to lose Mayor Sam Adams' support, KGW has the developing story here. I've said this repeatedly but the design requires a very good world class architect to justify itself, something that has not been present and if Portland (via its mayor) doesn't supportthe project it's dead. Message to Oregon and Washington governors, design competition. Mayor Adams is right to oppose this badly needed project if it is going to be some half-assed monstrosity. Here is Adams' statement, this is an opportunity to stop wasting money on bad design and restart this project (with tolls) so it can be done right.

Eugene's Josh Faught just won the 31st annual Betty Bowen Award. You can see his work in MoCC's Call and Response show reviewed by Amy last week.