2025

by John Zotos Nasher Sculpture Center , Dallas Continuing through January 4, 2026 Antony Gormley, “Quantum Cloud XX (tornado),” 2000, stainless steel, 91 3/4 x 58 5/8 x 47 1/4”. All images courtesy of Antony Gormley and the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. Photos: Kevin Todora. Over the last forty-five years British sculptor Antony Gormley (b. 1950) has remained a consistently major figure on an international level. His work centers on a critical investigation of bodies in sp

by Matthew Kangas Foster/White Gallery , Seattle, Washington Continuing through December 20, 2025 Julie Himel, “Glitch,” 2025, oil on board, 12 x 12”. All images courtesy of the artist and Foster/White Gallery. Canadian artist Julie Himel presents four paintings measuring at around 4 feet in tandem with nine small oil and mixed-media paintings in her current show, “Awe Struck.” The works obliquely tackle the current issues of climate change, but from the safe, time-honored Ca

by Bill Lasarow December 24, 2025 Doris Salcedo, “Installation at 8th International Istanbul Biennial,” 2003, 1,550 wooden chairs. Courtesy of Alexander and Bonin, New York. The Art World is by its very nature unstable, and in that lies much of its value and strength. It thrives on its dual handmaidens, individuality and freedom. If creative originality is a simple ideal, novelty and eccentricity mark its charming failure. It is not consistent with democratic governance, whic

by Matthew Kangas Blackfish Gallery , Portland, Oregon Continuing through December 27, 2025 Matthew Kangas writes regularly for Visual Art Source eNewsletter; Ceramics: Art & Perception (Australia); and Preview (Canada). Besides reviewing for many years at Art in America, American Craft, Art Ltd., Vanguard and Seattle Times, he is the author of numerous catalogs and monographs, the latest being the award-winning Italo Scanga 1932-2001. Four anthologies of his critical essays