Since 2000 Gary Faigin has been the art critic for NPR radio station, KUOW FM (94.9) in Seattle. His reviews are broadcast on the third Thursday of every month at 2:40 pm on the show KUOW Presents, produced by Megan Sukys.

Mr. Faigin also leads lively art tours to destinations like Madrid, Amsterdam, and Paris, highlighted by the same enthusiasm and insight he shares with his radio audience.

Review transcripts which include links to the broadcast version of the review are marked with an *.  Listen to a recent review here.

2010
	January Amir Zaki at James Harris Gallery & Katya Marritz at Zeitgeist*		July Review of Issac Layman at Lawrimore Project*
	February Review of Euan Macdonald at Western Bridge*		August Review of Juan Alonso at Francine Seders Gallery*
	March Review of Michael Schall at Platform Gallery*		September Review of John Grade at Davidson Gallery*
	April Review of Jennifer Campbell at Gallery4Culture*		October Masterworks from the Musee National Picasso at the Seattle Art Museum*
	May Review of Patty Warashina at Howard House Gallery*		November Review of Ethan Murrow at Winston Wachter Gallery*
	June Review of Whiting Tennis at Greg Kucera*		December Review of Chris Engman at Greg Kucera Gallery*
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2009
	January Site Unseen at Kirkland Arts Center		July West Coast Drawings at Davidson Gallery
	February Lucinda Parker at Linda Hodges		August Link Light Rail station and system art
	March Munich Secession and America at the Frye		September Mark Calderon at Greg Kucera
	April Flight at G. Gibson Gallery		October Chris Jordan at Pacific Science Center
	May Campbell and Zervas at James Harris		November Ross Sawyers at Platform, Bill Finger at Punch
	June Paintings from the Rijksmuseum at the Vancouver Art Gallery*		December SuttonBeresCuller at Lawrimore Project
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2008   January James Martin at Foster White Gallery   July Albala, Boyden, and Satushek   February Kurt Weiser at the Bellevue Art Museum   August Leo Saul Berk at Seattle University and Geoff McFetridge at Olympic Sculpture Park   March Kim Kopp Pathways and Echos at Fetherston Gallery   September Sean Johnson and Mark Takamichi Miller at Howard House   April Pirjo Berg at Gallery 6311   October Iole Alessandrini and Josh Keyes at OKOK Gallery   May Nine Spaces, Nine Trees at University of Washington   November Edward Hopper Women at the Seattle Art Museum   June MetaphorM at Suyama Space   December Linda Davidson at Catherine Person Gallery   Return to top

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2006
	January Brian Murphy and Susan Dory at Winston Wachter Gallery		July Double Take at the Experience Music Project
	February Lauren Grossman at Howard House		August Junctions at James Harris
	March Swallow Harder — Selections from the Ben and Aileen Krohn Collection at the Frye Art Museum		September Jaq Chartier at Platform Gallery
	April Lois Silver at Lisa Harris Gallery		October Dave Kennedy at Gallery 110
	May Rembrandt/Caravaggio at the Van Gogh Museum		November Bo Bartlett at Winston Wachter
	June Juliana Heyne at Francine Seders Gallery		December Taylor, Trimble, & Miller/Watanabe
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2005
	January Joe Max Emminger at Grover/Thurston Gallery		July The River Styx at Western Bridge
	February Michael Fajans at the Seattle Federal Courthouse		August Equal and Opposite Reaction by Sara Sze at McCaw Hall
	March The Gates in Central Park, New York by Christo and Jeanne-Claude		September Art Installations by Donald Fels and George Legrady at the Seattle Public Library
	April Shows by Margie Livingston at Greg Kucera and Patricia Hagen at Byran Ohno		October Jeffrey Simmons at Greg Kucera Gallery
	June Rich Lehl and Matt Sellars at Priceless Works Gallery		November Brian Novatny and Fay Jones
			December The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy at the Tacoma Art Museum
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2004
	January Patrick Holderfield at James Harris Gallery		July John Buck at Greg Kucera
	February Paintings by Emily Wood at Lisa Harris Gallery		August Philip McCracken at the Museum of Northwest Art
	March Ben Darby at Bryan Ohno		September Galleries Opening in the Toshiro Kaplan Building
	April The Figure in Contemporary Art, The Wright Collection		October Spain in the Age of Exploration at Seattle Art Museum
	May Damien Hirst at Tate Britain		November Rebecca Kardong and Eric Bashor at Pacini Lubel Gallery
	June Gaylen Hansen at Linda Hodges Gallery		December Mark Ryden at Frye Art Museum
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2003
	January Gerhard Richter at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art		July Inaugural Shows at the Tacoma Art Museum
	February Paintings by Michael Stasinos and Christopher Hoff		September Marion Peck at Roq la Rue
	March Darren Waterston at the Bellevue Art Museum		October Kurt Solmssen at Foster-White Gallery, Pioneer Square
	April James Turrell at the Henry Art Gallery		November John Powers at Solomon Fine Art
	May Ed Ruscha at the Wright Exhibition Space		December Baja to Vancouver at the Seattle Art Museum
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2002
	January Iridescent Light at the Museum of NW Art		July Perception and Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary Figure Drawing at the Frye Art Museum
	February Thomas Wood at Lisa Harris Gallery		August Paintings of Donnabelle Casis at Howard House Gallery
	March Sweet and Wild — Animals in Contemporary Art at Greg Kucera		September Exhibits by Michelle Haglund, Robert Helm, Christopher Reilly, and Ben Darby
	April Francesca Sundsten at Davidson Galleries		October Neil Meitzler at Martin-Zambito Gallery
	May Genesis: Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics at Henry Art Gallery		December Jacques and Natasha Gelman Exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum
	June Corot to Picasso at the Seattle Museum of Art
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2001
	January Deborah Barrett and Sherrie Wolf at Linda Hodges		July Fred Stonehouse at Erye-Moore Gallery
	February Grand Reopening of the Bellevue Art Museum		August Henry Art Gallery Summer 2001 exhibits
	March Karen Ganz Exhibition at Grover-Thurston Gallery		September Paul Havas at Woodside-Braseth Gallery
	April Jon Haddock at Howard House Gallery		October Roy De Forest at Linda Hodges and Marcel Dzama at Greg Kucera
	May Osamu Saito at Bryan Ohno Gallery and Mark Meyer at Davidson		November Witness and Legacy at the Frye Museum
	June 2001 Neddy Artist Fellowship Exhibition at Bank of America Gallery		December George Shimomura at the Bellevue Art Museum
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2000
	October Tony Foster Paintings at the Frye Museum
	November Robert McNown at Francine Seders Gallery
	December John Singer Sargent at the Seattle Art Museum
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