Legendary art dealer
Virginia Dwan gives 250 works (Smithson, Heizer, Andre etc.) to the National Gallery.
Mass MOCA and the Hall art foundation open
a 10,000 sq ft space dedicated to Anselm Kiefer.
Carrie Mae Weems (who grew up in Portland and had a great retrospective at PAM this last Spring) gives her current hometown Syracuse NY
an indication of what winning a MacArthur will mean to her. A while back I participated in an article discussing why
no Portlander had ever won a MacArthur? Technically this might not count but it is a moot point since nobody worthy of the award ever actually aims for winning it (keeping it from the political intrigues of practically all other awards).
Portland Architecture discusses
the minor miracle of saving a historic Portland home.
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