Art

Now 30 years old, Spencer Elden, the naked baby on Nirvana's iconic cover, is suing the band, the photographer and the record labels that he says profited from the image.

His publicist said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.”

Two Portland artists use street art to celebrate the work of the iconic late French filmmaker, Agnes Varda. Inspired by their project, the Clinton Street Theater is now hosting a festival running until the end of August that's showcasing Varda’s films.

Portland will take down the bust of York, in part because it won't weather well. There'll be meetings to discuss what to replace it with.

Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe moved to Portland from Ghana in 2017. His years of rigorous study and disciplined studio practice have recently paid off: Last year he landed a high-profile solo show at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles.

An associate professor of art at Portland State University, Lisa Jarrett makes socially engaged work within the African Diaspora. In her studio-based practice, she creates objects often related to and about the Black fem experience in relation to beauty and hair care.

Beat poet Allen Ginsberg first read his famous poem "Howl" in 1955 in San Francisco, but he was first recorded reading it on Valentine's Day 1956 in a dorm hall at Portland's Reed College. The recording was discovered in a box at Reed in 2007, and now it's been restored and released by Omnivore Recordings.

With nominations set and just over a month until showtime, details are trickling out about the 93rd Oscars and neither sweatshirts nor Zoom have made the cut

Studio Signs Co. is a family-run business that has created some of Portland's most memorable signs, including those for McMenamin's. The current owner, Nick Lee, took over the company after his father, Melvin, company's previous owner, retired. For Nick, it's a great opportunity to create long-lasting and meaningful art, while building upon the company's deep history and legacy.

Through the ancient art of hot wax painting, Jef Gunn creates complex, modern paintings with pigments in beeswax.