Art 2020 Preview

Los Angeles

Assemblage artist Timothy Washington is a contemporary of David Hammons and Betye Saar. He combines sculpture, painting, and drawing to create striking abstractions of human figures.
Protest Art Takes a Quiet Stand in L.A.
Art and politics have long been a noisy pair, but a spate of exhibitions across Los Angeles prove that artists can speak softly while c…
Big artwork from even bigger names graces the walls of the Jeffrey Deitch gallery in Los Angeles.
Southern California’s Must-Visit Galleries
Creative juices are flowing in Southern California. These galleries will quench your thirst for everything from lowbrow street art to w…
Graciela Iturbide’s Cayó del Cielo, Chalma, México.
SoCal Art Shows Push Boundaries and Borders

These upcoming Southern California art shows breach borders and get cheeky with color.

Bettina Korek is the executive director of Frieze Los Angeles.
Frieze Fair Warms to L.A.
The international art fair Frieze Los Angeles makes its triumphant return to Paramount Pictures Studios in L.A. for a second year of ga…
Two visitors snap a selfie in the glow of Bruce Munro’s sparkling installation.
Wine Country Gets Lit

Wine countries the world over are becoming canvases for artists’ most Instagrammable works.

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San Francisco

Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco has been in business for four decades.
Northern California’s Must-Visit Galleries

Venture beyond the big-name museums to find unexpected art in the Bay Area.

Viewers can send texts to Martine Syms’s Mythiccbeing (my-thicc-being), and she’ll respond.
Putting the Art in Artificial Intelligence

The robots have come for our art. A pair of shows explore what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence.

Vincent Callebaut evolves skyscrapers into eco-friendly “farmscrapers.”
San Francisco Art Shows Reveal a Future
Two exhibitions in San Francisco ponder what’s on tap for the human race, from eco-friendly architecture and floating cities to interga…
Art collective HYBYCOZO has displayed its oversize lanterns in Black Rock City.
Burning Man, Black Power, and American Style

American style takes many forms—from black power to blue jeans—in these upcoming Bay Area art shows.

Portland

Chess fans should make their move to the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem.
Portland’s Must-Visit Galleries

Oregon shows its fair share of masterpieces. Here’s where to find them.

Photographer Donna Gottschalk poses for a self-portrait.
Queer Art in Portland’s Spotlight

In two Portland exhibitions, LGBTQ artists and their work are out of the margins and shaking the center.

Portland on the Pulse

There’s no shortage of great art in Portland. Make sure you catch these three show before they’re gone for good.

PICA’s Victoria Frey is used to ruffling feathers.
Portland’s Trailblazer
For 25 years, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art has been a home to trailblazing visual and performance artists. Executive dir…
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