Arts and Letters

Mother Foucault’s, the Lifeblood of Portland Literary Bohemia

“Hey, this is a real way to live,” says owner Craig Florence, who’s formalizing the community around his bookshop as a nonprofit.

10/29/2025 By Jaydra Johnson Photography by Michael Novak

I♥NY

What Portland’s First New York Art Gallery Means for the City

Is ILY2’s Manhattan outpost a local pipeline to the international art world?

08/01/2025 By Justin Duyao

fit to print

A Magazine Shop Brings Portlanders Offline and Into Chinatown

Focused on global art and design publications, Chess Club fills a hole in Portland’s print-loving heart.

01/14/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Dancing With Myself

Which Music Festival's Returning? Billy Idol, T-Pain, and Big Thief to Headline.

After a seven-year hiatus, Project Pabst is back like it never left.

03/05/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Fit to Print

How Helen Frankenthaler Turned Prints into Art

At the Oregon Jewish Museum, a retrospective catalogs the artist’s allergy to doing what was expected of her—mainly, making traditional art.

01/12/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

In the Galleries

In Defense of Holiday Group Shows, and 4 You Shouldn't Miss This Season

Group shows get a bad rap. At these four Portland galleries, the end of the year brings a host of talent onto the walls, side by side.

11/29/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

It's Madness

Why Are Portland Fall Arts Festivals So Unusual This Year?

This year's programming looks very different—yet the city is slated for its biggest arts autumn ever. We dove in to untangle the chaos.

08/25/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Workshop

Studio Visit: Inside Peter Gronquist’s Geological Self-Portraits

The artist talks drawing automatons, introspection, and recording fleeting moments.

08/08/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Trolling

Don't Be an Internet Troll. Help Build One Instead

Want to help build an enormous wooden troll? This is your moment, as Danish artist Thomas Dambo brings his 30-foot-tall creations to the Pacific Northwest.

07/21/2023 By Dalila Brent

Visual Art

A Texas Art Gallery Is Taking Over an Old Orchard Hardware

Hopscotch, Portland opens this summer in 23,000 square feet with bites from Top Chef’s Sara Hauman and an international cast of installation artists.

03/31/2023 By Matthew Trueherz