Mavi Contemporary Art is Tacoma's newest gallery. They opened last week (in the beautifully remodeled building that was for so long home to Two Vaults Gallery) with an outstanding exhibition of paintings and sculptures by William Quinn.

Little known in Tacoma, Quinn has long been successful nationally and even internationally. He has lived and worked in Europe, taught at Washington University in St. Louis and has shown his work in such prestigious institutions as the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, St. Louis Museum and the High Museum in Atlanta.

Such major recognition doesn't necessarily mean an artist is good, but believe me, this guy can paint.

Read the full review here.

European Odyssey

Through Sept. 12, 1-8 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday
Mavi Contemporary Art, 502 Sixth Ave., Tacoma
253.759.6233