Gareth James and David Joselit bring Late Night Legal Formalities. Society has a strong interest in word-based art.
"2026 marks the 20th anniversary of Late Night Legal Formalities, originally produced for the Elizabeth Dee Gallery in New York. LNLF was devised by James as a way of negotiating Dee’s request for him to join her commercial gallery. Prior to his first exhibition, Dee agreed to hire an art historian or critic to attend every exhibition during 2005 and to write an essay, for a fee of $1 a word, over which the gallery would have no editorial control, and which James would subsequently present in the September exhibition of the following year as his first exhibition.
David Joselit lobbed a strikingly candid response back to James who incorporated it into the work on view."
At https://societysocietysociety.com/ 711 SE Grand upstairs above Mother Foucault’s. 7PM-9 Free
The thesis show season commences.
PNCA Visual Studies and Print Media launch theirs tonight. Two locations.
At at Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 NW 8th 5PM-8 Free
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 5PM-8 Free
One Grand Gallery has several audiences. They are a member of PADA. They have also opened their attic to events. Tonight is the Fuck ICE show benefitting the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition. The upstairs shows are very popular social art, DJ, and beer events.
At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-10 Free
Noa Ver, one half of electronic duo Sea Moss, curates an afternoon listening session. Sea Moss is an aggressive sound electronic duo, the opposite of Moss Wand.
At Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
