Despite the chaos caused by last year’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) funding cuts, The Price of the Ticket—Oregon Contemporary Artists’ Biennial exhibition—opened on schedule. Crowds of art lovers—spectators, neighborhood residents, and working artists, et al.—cycled through the Kenton gallery’s three room layout to see how Oregon-tied artists responded to curator TK Smith’s prompt about the United States’ 250th anniversary. The bi…