Art Focus

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Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Art Focus
Hosted by: 
Joseph Gallivan
Produced by: 
KBOO
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A radio show about visual art. You get it.

 

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Every Tuesday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Art Focus features interviews by host Joseph Gallivan with artists, curators and critics. Lively voices talking about art, how it's made and sometimes even what it means. Page back through KBOO's schedule to find all the recordings, some of which were made on magnetic tape.   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Topic tags: 
Arts/Culture
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Arts and Culture
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KBOO Stream 1
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Helen Frankenthaler

Airs at: Tue, 12/05/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Bruce Guenther about Helen Frankenthaler, a show of her prints which is on now at the Oregon Jewish Museum through March 23, 2024. Guenther talks about the famous painter’s approach to printing, her u... Read more

ILY2

Airs at: Tue, 11/21/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday Nov. 21, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews gallerist Jeanine Jablonski about the new show I am a City of Bones at ILY2 Gallery on now through Jan. 13, 2024. Jablonski talks about several different artists’ work, her freedom to curate the show, and the way... Read more

James Lavadour

Airs at: Tue, 11/14/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews gallerist Jane Beebe about painter James Lavadour’s new show Planet Waves which is on now at PDX Contemporary Art through Nov. 28. Beebe talks about Lavadour’s use of color, the role of landscape in his abstract ... Read more

Heather Watkins

Airs at: Tue, 11/07/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Heather Watkins about her show Elemental Things which is on now at PDX Contemporary Art through Nov. 28. Watkins talks about turning line drawings into sculptures, her method of pouring ink on paper then cu... Read more

Philip Krohn High Water

Airs at: Tue, 10/31/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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photo credit, courtesy of AUXART   On Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Philip Krohn about the installation called High Water which is in Building 5, 2516 NW 29th Ave, Portland, on weekends through November 12. High Water is made from salva... Read more

Art Focus on 10/17/23

Airs at: Tue, 10/17/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Art Focus on 10/10/23

Airs at: Tue, 10/10/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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We Are The Revolution

Airs at: Tue, 10/03/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews art collector Jordan Schnitzer about the show We Are The Revolution, which is on now through December 1, at The Schnitzer Collection at 3033 N.W. Yeon Ave. Schnitzer talks about works from big names such as Kehind... Read more

Comic Con 2023

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews three comic book artists at Rose City Comic Con. He talks to Nicola Scott from Australia who does Wonder Woman and other comics for DC; Jack Kent who draws interesting-looking people on the street in Portland for t... Read more

Hung Liu

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Derek Franklin about “A Question of Hu: The Narrative Art of Hung Liu” [PRONOUNCED LEE-oo]. The show is on now through December 2, 2023.  Franklin talks about Liu’s textural paintings, her use of symbolism... Read more