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New voices on West Coast art: exhibition reviews, artist interviews, and more

See you in 2023
by Variable West
December 22, 2022
A note from our founder about what Variable West has planned for 2023.
Exit interview with PICA’s Executive Director Victoria Frey
by Variable West
December 7, 2022
We talked to the Portland-based trailblazing director about her time at PICA and what the institute is looking for in it's next Executive Director.
Deconstructive Acts—from Oregon to Connecticut
by Laurel V. McLaughlin
November 22, 2022
Stelo + Variable West Art Writing Resident Laurel V. McLaughlin examines how artists deconstruct nationalist acts.
Leveraging Strengths, Moving Forward: Elena Gross and Kimberley Acebo Arteche Interviewed
by Roula Seikaly
November 17, 2022
Roula Seikaly talks to the two co-directors of Berkeley Art Center about how they approach collaboration, creating meaningful life-work balance, and how BAC welcomes diverse audiences.
Q&A with Ellen Garvens
by Variable West
October 13, 2022
Sponsored: We talked to the Seattle-based artist about her work in the exhibition Holding Unsteady at Koplin Del Rio in Seattle.
Introducing our next Cliff Notes columnists
by Variable West
October 3, 2022
We're thrilled to introduce you to our next four columnists! Meet Gabrielle Lawrence in Southern California, Christopher Alam in Northern California, Demian DinéYahzi' in Oregon, and Sharon Arnold in Washington.
Emily Yong Beck: Spoonful of Sugar at New Image Art, Los Angeles
by Sharmin Rahman
September 14, 2022
In Spoonful of Sugar, Emily Yong Beck asks: What is beneath the veil of beauty that we buy into?
One Map Stapled Together
by Calllum Angus
September 7, 2022
"One Map Stapled Together" is excerpted from Sex Weather Climate Death, a longer work of fragmented art and climate writing by Callum Angus.
SURVEY
by Variable West
August 29, 2022
Love Letter to Ben Cuevas
by Jaelynn Walls
August 11, 2022
Fiber sculptures explore gendered constructs, feminist ideologies, and the restraints of the body.
VW Sticker Contest!
by Variable West
August 8, 2022
We're making stickers and want your art!
The Casual Intimacy of Women Caring for Women: Anne Buckwalter at Friends Indeed and Rebecca Camacho Presents
by Danica Sachs
August 4, 2022
In the two-venue exhibition, Buckwalter’s domestic scenes have a revolutionary proposition: what would a world of care and support for the needs of all women look like?
The Power of Discrete Things: Ricki Dwyer at Anglim/Trimble in San Francisco
by Maddie Klett
July 29, 2022
Ricki Dwyer's vast textiles and small sculptures examine the gravity of human relationships.
An Invitation Into Intimacy
by Luiza Lukova
July 26, 2022
Stelo + Variable West Art Writing Resident Lusi Lukova considers the radical potential for care in text-based art.
Traveling West: Art and Cars in the 2022 Whitney Biennial
by Brandon Sward
July 19, 2022
LA-based artists bring West Coast car culture to New York City.
John Baldessari and Bad Photography
by Natalie Krick
July 14, 2022
Seattle-based photographer Natalie Krick on making her own rules about good photography.
Flirting With the Uncontrollable: Peter Gronquist at Winston Wächter Fine Art in Seattle
by Sharon Arnold
July 7, 2022
Felted wool, steel, river rocks, and sound combine to illustrate the vulnerability of all life.
An Endless Pursuit to Describe the World in Watercolor
by Alexa Grambush
June 29, 2022
Artist Alexa Grambush uses painting to understand the world and its complexities.
We Vessels of Existence: Jesse Mockrin at Night Gallery
by Jaushua Rombaoa
June 23, 2022
Religious images question the multifaceted nature of human lives.
Who Do I Think I Am? Lynn Hershman Leeson at Altman Siegel
by Max Blue
June 7, 2022
A multi-media artist on the West Coast gets up close and personal with their viewers, unsettling the notion of a fixed identity.

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