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An exhibition in Santa Monica highlights artists with diverse backgrounds – illustrating the central relationship between the humans and the land.

Hot dads are art, and Johan Bävman is here to prove it! This much-displayed project (it’s been shown in more than 60 countries since Bävman completed it in 2014) examines Scandinavian gender dynamics, using Sweden’s generous paid family leave allowance as a springboard. Despite the fact that the Swedish government offers new parents 16 months of parental leave, only a tiny fraction of fathers take more than six months, and virtually none split their leave evenly with their partners. Bävman followed 45 men who  did take significant advantage of the policy, and ph...

Portland exhibitions reveal complex legacy of landscape photography Posted May 10, 2021 Facebook Share Landscape photography has become the most ubiquitous art form of our time, thanks to smartphone technology and social media. Yet lost in the deluge of National Park selfies is an essential dilemma about our love of these natural places, and how we choose to represent them. That dilemma is brought to light at two photography exhibitions in downtown Portland this spring, both of which challenge the legacy of Ansel Adams, the vanguard of modern landscape photography. At the Portland Art Museum...