. Eirik Johnson: Abandoned Shack H, Mushroom Camp Near Sisters, Oregon, 2011 – featured in Eirik Johnson: Camps and Cabins at G. Gibson Gallery in Seattle through May 26.
. .Klughaus Gallery, Duggal, and LRG presentTwo Of A Kind, an exhibition of photographs by Tom Gould and Anna Delany. Opening this Saturday, April 21, 6–10PM (47 Monroe Street NYC. 21+ email rsvp[at]klughaus.net)
. Romaine Brooks: Self-Portrait, 1923 (Oil on canvas, 46 1/4 x 26 7/8 inches) – on view in Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, at the Tacoma Art Museum through June 10th.
Trailer for Damsels in Distress – the first movie by Whit Stillman since The Last Days of Disco. I don't mind admitting that I took Metropolitan (Stillman's first film), as some kind of twisted instruction manual when it came out. I was a freshman in college.
Metropolitan (1990)
If you happen to be in London right now, Damsels in Distress is playing at Aubin & Wills Cinema. Everyone else can read this article on Whit Stillman in the New York Times Magazine and wait patiently.
. Kelli Connell: Convertible Kiss, 2002/2011 (Archival inkjet collage, 5.5 x 7 inches, edition of 15, from the collection of John Jenkins and Stephen Lyons). On view at Greg Kucera Gallery through June 2 as a part of Under the Rainbow, a four-gallerist show in support of the Tacoma Art Museum's current exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture.
Blouse "Shadow" (live version at le Consortium, Dijon). The song was released last year as a 7" on Sub Pop and much more is available from Captured Tracks.
Pacific Standard issue no.1 covers: top, Abby Brothers by Michael Donovan; bottom, Alexis Schuster by Charlie Schuck. Select image above for more information.