Interview
Tschabalala Self’s Avatars of Black Womanhood
Tschabalala Self explores the iconography, interiority, and subject status of Black women in her multimedia portraits.
Seattle
Art
Confronting Homelessness Close to Home, with Help from Martha Rosler
SEATTLE — “Home Prices Bring Smiles, Tears.” “Anti-Homeless Attacks Won’t Solve Problem.” When I saw these headlines running across the Seattle Times and Seattle Weekly newspapers earlier this month, a single sentence flashed through my mind, on repeat: “Housing is a human right.”
Art
Printing a Poem on an Orchard’s Apples
The apples in Seattle's Piper's Orchard will ripen this summer and fall with words from a 26-section poem printed on their skin.
Art
At Seattle’s First Art Fair, Dealers Chase Elusive Tech Money
SEATTLE — Seattle has never been a destination for art collectors.
Art
Ann Hamilton's Distorted Scans of Natural History
Tails, feathers, claws, paws, and slender toes peak out from blurred scans of natural history specimens included in Ann Hamilton's new exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.
News
Popular Seattle Graffiti Spot Demolished
TUBS, a longtime graffiti spot in Seattle, was demolished yesterday, MyNorthwest.com reported.
Art
Seattle Injects Some Excitement into Public Installation Art
Mad Homes is a fascinating lo-fi community approach to public installation. A local nonprofit, Mad Art, invited 14 artists to create interventions in homes that are soon to be demolished in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The result is a mixture of installations that consume, infiltrate and sur
Opinion
Starbucks Logo Goes Meh
Global coffee retailer Starbucks is turning 40 this year and they've announced a new logo to coincide with the occasion. Looking at the sweep of logos from the original topless two-tailed mermaid — though the company often calls it a siren — that appeared on cups at their first store in Seattle's Pi