Art Focus

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Dylan Russo Lawrence

about legendary Portland sculptor Michihiro Kosuge [PRONOUNCED

MEECH-ee-HEE-ro  ko-SOO-gay] and his Memorial Exhibition at Russo Lee

Gallery through July 30, 2022. Kosuge was the life partner of gall...

On Tuesday, July 19, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Kelli

Connell about her show “Double Life, 20 Years” which is on now at Blue

Sky Gallery through July 30. “Double Life” shows a relationship as a

domestic drama shot over 20 years with one model playing two ...

On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Nina Olsson about

“Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, The Exhibition”, which runs at Pioneer

Place Mall through August 21. Olsson is a painting conservator who has

studied in Italy, and she talks about Michelangelo’s mastery...

On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Kelsey Birsa about her

show Living Room which is on through July 2 at Blackfish Gallery in the Pearl

District. Birsa talks about painting from photos and screen grabs during the

pandemic, her rediscovery of camping, and ...

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Bruce Guenther

about Turning Inward: Judy Chicago, a new show at the Oregon Jewish Museum

through September 23.  Guenther talks about Chicago’s Lifesaver paintings,

her colored smoke atmospheres, her sketch journa...

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sarah Kate Nomura,

Assistant Director of Exhibitions at Portland Japanese Garden, about the new

botanical art show Gifts From Japan.

Nomura talks about the importance of flowers in Japanese culture, the styles

of bota...