by Matthew Kangas Arte Noir Gallery , Seattle, Washington Continuing through February 22, 2026 Sasa Aakil, “Joy is a Revolution,” fired and unglazed terra cotta, various dimensions. All images courtesy of Arte Noir Gallery and the artist. The twenty-five artists  in the “Black Clay” ceramics invitational hail from Washington, Texas, District of Columbia, California, Illinois, Tennessee and elsewhere, but trace their heritages to Nigeria, Ghana, the Philippines, and other land

by Liz Goldner Hilbert Museum of California Art , Orange, California Continuing through May 30, 2026 Emigdio Vasquez, “John the Prophet,” 1985, oil on canvas 24 x 36”. All images courtesy of the Hilbert Museum of California Art, Orange, CA. This largest ever retrospective of 50 paintings by Emigdio Vasquez (1939-2014) is long past due. The Orange County artist’s works from 1967 to 2007 feature compassionate portraits of OC barrio residents and their neighborhoods. These day l

by David S. Rubin The Broad , Los Angeles, California Continuing through April 5, 2026 Robert Therrien, “This Is a Story,” installation view showing late 1970s/early 1980s keystone and coffin-shaped sculptures. Courtesy of The Broad Foundation, Los Angeles. All photos: David S. Rubin. Although the early paintings and sculptures by Robert Therrien (1947-2019) are simple and elemental in form and have at times been associated with Minimalism, this forty-year retrospective revea