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    View of the Portland Art Museum’s Mark Rothko Pavilion, Tim and Mary Boyle West Plaza. Featured artwork: the sun by Ugo Rondinone. Photo by Jeremy Bittermann, 2025.

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    View of the Whitsell Family Gallery in the Mark Rothko Pavilion of the Portland Art Museum, looking Northwest. Photo by Jeremy Bittermann, 2025.

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    View of the new Eugene and Bonnie Skourtes Gallery at the Portland Art Museum, facing South. Photo by Jeremy Bittermann, 2025.

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Exhibitions

Yoshida Chizuko

The first major retrospective to focus on the groundbreaking 20th-century painter and printmaker Yoshida Chizuko (1924–2017), a pioneering woman modernist in Japan.

1219 SW Park Ave

Sep 27, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026

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Pipilotti Rist: 4th Floor to Mildness

Pipilotti Rist dissolves exhibition spaces through luminous color, moving imagery, and melodic sound. 4th Floor to Mildness immerses us in a soft, aquatically inspired environment, where a film shot underwater plays across two biomorphic-shaped screens hanging from the ceiling.

1219 SW Park Ave

Nov 20, 2025 – Jan 29, 2027

PAM CUT @ The Whitsell

A new destination for PAM CUT programming in film, new media, and visual storytelling.

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  • Three artwork images: one of the Mona Lisa holding a blue org; one an abstract colorful wall sculpture with striped, triangles, and concentric circles; and one of a Black woman wearing a cheetah print coast, a red shirt, and a yellow skirt against a pink background.
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    Global Icons, Local Spotlight: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer  

    Global Icons, Local Spotlight is an exhibition that shares works by some of today’s leading artists with local Portland audiences.

    1219 SW Park Ave

    Sep 6, 2025 – Jan 11, 2026

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    The Art of Mark Rothko

    This exhibition features a concise, chronological display of works by the renowned American artist Mark Rothko. The Museum’s new entrance pavilion is named in honor of the artist.

    1219 SW Park Ave

    Nov 20, 2025 – Feb 28, 2027

  • Mixed media sculpture of a dog.
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    Rick Bartow: Storyteller

    Bartow’s gift as a visual storyteller takes us on a narrative journey: his self-portraits tell stories of pain, memory, and self-discovery; others reflect on his Wiyot identity, Native history and culture; and his portrayals of beings who walk on four legs, swim, or fly deftly capture their essence.

    1219 SW Park Ave

    Nov 20, 2025 – May 23, 2026

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