A "PaintOut" tradition with friends, begun by artist Nelson Sandgren in 1978 and carried forward by his son Erik, gets a lively retrospective at Oregon State University's Giustina Gallery.
May 4, 2024Friderike Heuer
As a Vancouver show tells multiple tales, an inspiring exhibit at California's Huntington Library concentrates on a single artist: the chronicler of Black life Sargent Claude Johnson.
April 13, 2024Friderike Heuer
"We might not be interested in war, but war will be interested in us": An expansive Los Angeles exhibit on propaganda and art during World War I has parallels to the war-torn world of today.
November 24, 2023Friderike Heuer
Art on the Road: In Los Angeles, links to past and present, peace and war in the art of William Blake and Arthur Tress
November 9, 2023Friderike Heuer
In a Southern California museum dedicated to the work of Latin American artists, a trio of exhibitions offer food for thought and a feast for the eyes.
October 21, 2023Friderike Heuer
A bold exhibition at the Hammer Museum reveals the City of Angels from street level, basking in the textures of the city's past and its roiling, often overlooked contemporary realities.
April 18, 2023Friderike Heuer
Along the San Fernando Valley's "Mural Mile," art and history intertwine to tell the tales of a place's people and cultures.
April 4, 2023Friderike Heuer
Art and politics square off in a pair of print shows from the Los Angeles County Art Museum and a trip through the city's sprawling streets.
March 17, 2023Friderike Heuer
A grand Southern California camellia garden is built on stock bought dirt cheap from Japanese American farmers during World War II. The whole story is rarely told.
March 14, 2023Friderike Heuer
The Portland-raised tycoon's eye for art and acquisition helped build a highly personal collection in Southern California.
July 21, 2022Friderike Heuer
Sitting in on one of Erik Sandgren's painting-from-nature group adventures in Depoe Bay. A photo essay by Friderike Heuer.
June 27, 2022Friderike Heuer
At the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers, the artist's seven "Story Circles" tell a tale of past and present culture from ground level.
March 11, 2022Friderike Heuer
On a path from Germany to Southern Oregon, sculptor Christian Burchard goes with the grain as he collects, cuts, turns, and dreams the surprises in the wood.
