Pacific Northwest Art Tour: Seattle, Portland, Vancouver Galleries and Museums
In August 2015, a tour of art venues across the Pacific Northwest highlighted a variety of exhibitions in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. The Seattle Art Fair showcased prominent galleries such as Gagosian and David Zwirner. At the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Martin Creed's 'Work No. 360' featured silver balloons, complemented by retrospectives of Ilse Bing and works from Allan McCollum, Karen Carson, and Michelle Handelman. The Portland Art Museum presented Ai Weiwei's 'Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold' and 'Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris,' which included Dürer's 'The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks.' Vancouver displayed Geoffrey Farmer's retrospective and 'Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting.' This tour coincided with the Seattle Art Fair and Vancouver's Pride weekend.
Key facts
- The Seattle Art Fair took place in early August 2015 with booths from Gagosian, David Zwirner, Pace, Zürcher, and James Cohan.
- Martin Creed's 'Work No. 360: About half the air in a given space' (2015) was on view at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.
- Ai Weiwei's 'Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold' (2010) was displayed at the Portland Art Museum.
- The Portland Art Museum hosted 'Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris' with over 140 works from the 15th to 19th centuries.
- Seattle Art Museum presented 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Currents' and 'The Duchamp Effect' exhibitions.
- Vancouver Art Gallery mounted a retrospective of Geoffrey Farmer titled 'How Do I Fit This Ghost in My Mouth?'
- The Bill Reid Gallery in Vancouver features a permanent display of work by First Nations artist Bill Reid.
- Seattle's First Thursday art walk in Pioneer Square included Greg Kucera Gallery's show of self-taught artists like Gregory Blackstock.
Entities
Artists
- Martin Creed
- Ilse Bing
- Allan McCollum
- Karen Carson
- Michelle Handelman
- Ai Weiwei
- Albrecht Dürer
- Robert Mangold
- Dorothea Rockburne
- Judy Chicago
- John McCracken
- Ansel Adams
- Paul Strand
- Edward Weston
- Brett Weston
- Minor White
- David Hockney
- William Hogarth
- Louise Lawler
- Jasper Johns
- James Rosenquist
- Geoffrey Farmer
- Catherine Opie
- Geoffrey James
- Bill Reid
- Sean Whonnock
- Henry Darger
- James Castle
- Bill Traylor
- Gregory Blackstock
- Paul Maziar
- Marcel Duchamp
- Keith Sonnier
- Daniel Mihalyo
- Annie Han
Institutions
- Seattle Art Fair
- Gagosian
- David Zwirner
- Pace
- Zürcher
- James Cohan
- Henry Art Gallery
- University of Washington
- Portland Art Museum
- École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
- Seattle Art Museum
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Bill Reid Gallery
- Greg Kucera Gallery
- Glasgow Museums
- National Geographic
- HBO
Locations
- Seattle
- United States
- Portland
- Vancouver
- Canada
- Pacific Northwest
- U district
- New York
- Paris
- France
- Beijing
- China
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Salish Sea
- Peace Arch border-crossing park
- Kingston Penitentiary
- Pioneer Square