Art Focus

On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer

Robin Friend about his show “Bastard Countryside”, which is on now at

Blue Sky Gallery through May 27.  Friend talks about hunting disused and

overgrown industrial and military sites in his homeland...

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Carolyn

Supinka, the head of exhibitions at Portland Japanese Garden. Supinka talks

about glass artist Rui Sasaki’s new exhibit in the garden “Subtle

Intimacy: Here and There” which is on now through June 12....

My guest this week is Sara Krajewski [PRONOUNCED kra-JESS-ki], the Senior

Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Portland Art Museum. Krajewski is

talking about Hito Steyerl’s [PRONOUNCED HEE-to STY-rol] video installation

called “This is the Future” which critiques arti...

On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews curator

Jeanine Jablonski about the show “Bonnie Lucas 1978-2023” which is at

the ILY2 Gallery through May 29. Jablonski talks about how Lucas’s

assemblages have changed over the decades, how the founding Gue...

On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Jaleesa

Johnston of the Portland Art Museum about the five-day show Conductions Black

Imaginings, which shows the work of Black artists ariella tai, Ella Ray and

Sharyll Burroughs. Runs March 22-26 in vari...

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews filmmakers

Daniela Repas and Simone Fischer about the work-in-progress animated

documentary “Pour the Water as I Leave”. It is the story of seven Bosnian

refugees who left during the Bosnian war 25 years ago a...

On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews artist

and Portland State University art professor Taravat Talepasand (PRONOUNCED

TA-ra-vat TOL-a-pas-AND) about her career review show called TARAVAT, and the

controversy it caused when some Muslim studen...

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews artist

Heléna Dupre (PRONOUNCED he-LAY-na doo-PREE) Thompson about her

photography show called Unintentional Spectacles, which is on now at  LAURA

VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY until February 25. Thompson takes...