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For Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship, the third iteration of the Converge 45 Biennial, curator Christian Viveros-Fauné sought out art that engages with the pressing questions of its time and that might intervene, somehow, in a reimagining of Portland and other places. Many of the biennial artists seek to give a place form and direction, either as a witness to devastation and change or a conjurer of sometimes hopeful visions.

From a cooperative space that's been around since the 1970s to a newcomer with a bookstore, the city has a thriving gallery scene.

We paid a visit to Gronquist's art space to learn about his "geology period," now on view at Portland's Elizabeth Leach Gallery, where you too can "draw" with boulders.

a href= https://www.elizabethleach.com/ target= _blank Elizabeth Leach Gallery /a celebrates its 40th anniversary with the publication of an offic

Time to gawk at art in Lumen Field Event Center 🖼️ This fair's programmatic focus is overwhelmingly on Seattle-based artists and art.

Gregory Gourdet sets magical scene with Haitian dishes served in yurts at Kann Winter Village (review) Updated Mar 04, 2021; We ride through the cold night, gray snow lingering in the bike lanes, toward a private yurt nestled next to a sprawling Southeast Portland warehouse and our first proper date night in nearly a year. As we lock up our bikes, a masked figure emerges from a dark doorway, digital thermometer in hand: The dreaded temperature check, a process that seemed like pure sci-fi a ye...