As if it is a Janusian portal between the past and the future of contemporary art, The Frye Art Museum contains a collection offering a rich influence of European art on new works and early American painting. Artdish writer Matthew Kangas surveys the Frye's collection and this celebrated Seattle i... [More]

Arts critic Matthew Kangas offers this new round-up of the Whatcom Museum's Spring-Summer exhibition "Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists 1880-2010" which closed recently in mid-August. "Canon Building and the Difference Between Historians and Art Critics" explores the Whatcom exhibit curated b... [More]

Artdish contributor Matthew Kangas in his essay "Dusting Off the Family Jewels" describes how the Henry Art Gallery is offering the exhibit "Vortexhibition Polyphonica: Opus I and II" featuring the Henry's substantial and varied art collection. In a period of economic pressures where museums and gal... [More]

Works from the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection were on view recently at Seattle's Wright Exhibition Space in the exhibition "Big is Better." Seattle arts writer Matthew Kangas explores the historical context of the featured works in the Collection's exhibit, noting the critical influences and ... [More]

Seattle critic Matthew Kangas offers comment on Tacoma Art Museum's current ongoing exhibition "A Concise History of Northwest Art" and explores the exhibition in context of the museum's ambition to be a regional institution for Northwest Art. The exhibition, organized by Curators Rock Hushka and Ma... [More]