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Exhibitions
Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm
Comprised of recently rediscovered photographs from Paul McCartney’s personal archive, more than 250 pictures invite visitors to intimately experience The Beatles’ meteoric rise from British sensation to international stardom.
1219 SW Park Ave
Sep 14, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025
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ExhibitionsThroughlines: Connections in the Collection
Throughlines embraces wonder and curiosity, bringing together artworks from across the Museum’s collections to explore the range of artistic innovation.
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ExhibitionsPsychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s
Overview Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s reveals the passion and creativity of the era through the iconic rock posters of San Francisco and beyond. The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood […]
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Exhibitions Partner events2024 Venice Biennale—Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me
Please note, that this exhibition takes place in Venice, Italy. Visit the official website. Overview The Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of […]
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Upcoming
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Member events132nd Annual Members Meeting
Oct 16, 2024
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Screenings & experiences Tomorrow TheaterAmerican Psycho // “Unexpected Interiors”
Oct 17, 2024
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Lectures & talks Screenings & experiences Tomorrow TheaterJulio Torres // CARTE BLANCHE
Oct 18, 2024
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Oct 19, 2024 – Mar 30, 2025
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Oct 19, 2024
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Screenings & experiences Tomorrow TheaterThe Prestige // The Magic of ‘The Prestige’ w/Robin Washburn
Oct 19, 2024
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Campus TransformationTransformed Portland Art Museum campus to open late 2025 with refreshed galleries
Expanded and renovated Museum to feature complete reinstallation of permanent collection, Including nearly 300 new acquisitions by artists such as Simone Leigh, Ugo Rondinone, Marie Watt, and Carrie Mae Weems, […]
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Campus TransformationMark Rothko Pavilion reaches major construction milestone
The Portland Art Museum (PAM), in collaboration with leading developer and builder Mortenson, hosted a “topping out” ceremony yesterday to celebrate the completion of the steel structure for the Museum’s […]
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DiscoverPortland Art Museum receives Bank of America funding for restoration of Monet’s Waterlilies
Conservation treatment will focus on the removal of a synthetic varnish, helping restore painter Claude Monet’s intended appearance to his masterpiece “Waterlilies.” The Portland Art Museum (PAM) has been named […]
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Instagram, 🎉 Happy birthday to Lillian Pitt, who celebrated yesterday (October 14)!
Lillian Pitt is a Yakama/Warm Springs/Wasco Native born and raised on the Warm Springs Reservation who moved to Portland in the early '60s. She is primarily known for her sculpting and mixed media artistry, which focuses on 12,000 years of Native American history and tradition of the Columbia River region. She is also known for her iconography in which she works to identify ancestral Columbia River petroglyphs in order to affirm the Indigenous presence in the region.
📷 @Portland_Art_Documentation
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Lillian Pitt (American, Wasco, Yakama, and Warm Springs, born 1944), “She Who Watches,” 2009. New Zealand lead crystal and copper; 12 × 6 × 4 3/4 in. Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Native American Art Council, 2015.165.1a,b © Lillian L. Pitt
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Instagram, Today marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
This poignant portrait depicts a young Native girl whose unevenly cut hair reminds us of the cultural genocide inflicted through the Indian boarding school system. She faces us, forcing us to acknowledge her pain, represented by the red streaks of paint that pour down her face.
—Kathleen Ash-Milby, Curator of Native American Art
📍 Look for it on view in “Throughlines: Connections in the Collection”
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Ka'ila Farrell-Smith (Klamath, Modoc, and American, born 1982), “After Boarding School: In Mourning,” 2011. Oil on canvas; 36 × 24 in. Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Native American Art Council, 2012.100.1 © 2011 @kailafarrellsmith
[ID: Vertical color painting of young girl with red streaks on face.]
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Instagram, ☮️ 1 week until “Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s”!
The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco was an incubator for ideas, expression, social thought, and, above all, music.
This new exhibition reveals the passion and creativity of the era, showcased through 200 rock posters and 20 eclectic vintage styles. Opening Saturday, October 19. ✌️
✍️ Do you have a photo & story to share from that time? Submit it online for a chance to be published in a community collection of memories on our blog. Learn more and submit by November 1 → link in bio
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Instagram, ✨ Recent acquisition! Visitors can experience this work by Adriene Cruz as part of our reimagined collection galleries, reopening next fall with the completion of our campus transformation project.
“ ‘Power Prayer for the Community’ was a publicly engaged project we hosted on February 24 as part of the exhibition “Black Artists of Oregon” where Black artists were invited to contribute a talisman or amulet to adhere to various pieces of fabric. Cruz created an open-studio format in the galleries which allowed her to work collaboratively with artists, engage with the public, and offer viewers a glimpse of her studio life.
The result of this collective work is featured in the spirit of an egungun ‘prayer flag.’ Egungun is a Yoruba word for a masquerade or any masked figure representing a visual manifestation of the spirits of departed ancestors who appear to offer blessings. As in all of @thedreamerswindow’s work, the threaded rituals in bringing materials together take on a resonance of ancestral power, healing, and blessing.
Another additive material to this assemblage-type textile form are pouches of dried lemongrass that was also made communally at the Museum. Lemongrass not only has a pleasant fragrance, but the natural herb also helps in spiritual protection and cleansing.”
–Teena Wilder (@communitythem), Art Bridges Curatorial & Community Partnerships Fellow, and Grace Kook-Anderson, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of NW Art
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Adriene Cruz (American, born 1953), “Power Prayer for the Community,” 2024. Textiles; mixed media; beads; shells; dried lemongrass sachets; 73 × 43 × 24 in. Museum Purchase: Funds provided by The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowment for Northwest Art, 2024.22.1a,b
📷 @Portland_Art_Documentation
[ID: 1. Overall view of embroidered and dyed orange, purple, red textile work draped onto form. 2. Detail view of embroidered and red, purple textile work. 3. Detail view of round mirrors.]
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Instagram, ✨ We’re excited to announce the largest-ever international exhibition of Indigenous Australian art coming to the Portland Art Museum in fall 2026.
“The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art” is a rich display of iconic masterpieces, including many that have never before left Australia, that charts watershed moments in Indigenous art from the late 19th century to the present, revealing a rich history of creativity that predates the arrival of the British.
Curated by the National Gallery of Victoria (@ngvmelbourne) especially for North American audiences and drawn exclusively from their world-leading collection in Melbourne, the exhibition features over 200 works by more than 130 artists.
“The Stars We Do Not See” introduces audiences to customary forms and styles in Indigenous Australian art, including the conceptual map paintings of the Central and Western Deserts, ochre bark paintings, cultural objects, and ambitious experimental weavings, as well as the work of new-media artists who both challenge and build upon tradition with groundbreaking works in neon, video, photography, sound, and much more.
Highlighting the diverse and distinct visual iconographies of Indigenous Australia, which is made up of more than 250 Indigenous nations, the works featured span the Australian continent, including the Tiwi Islands, Arnhem Land, Far North Queensland, the Torres Strait, the Central Desert, Southwestern Australia, the Kimberley, the Southeast, and more.
Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (@ngadc) and the National Gallery of Victoria, it will also travel to the @DenverArtMuseum, @PeabodyEssex Museum, and Royal Ontario Museum (@romtoronto) in Canada from 2025–27. @BankofAmerica is the North America Tour Sponsor for the exhibition.
Continue reading → link in bio
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Instagram, 🖼️ 🤍 A picture-perfect engagement framed by art that inspires.
Congratulations to Megan and Mitchell on their engagement! We’re honored to be a part of your journey.
📷 @heyitszotti
[ID: 3 color photos of couple in multimedia art galleries: 1. Standing in front of oversized b&w contact sheet. 2. Standing in front of ocean photograph. 3. Seated facing wall of framed art.]
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Instagram, 🐱 On a scale of 1–10 cat faces, how are you feeling on #Caturday?
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Inagaki Tomoo (Japanese, 1902–1980), “Cat Faces,” 1951/1980. Color woodblock print; 21 1/16 × 15 3/4 in. The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, 92.94.115
[ID: Color print of 10 gray and brown cats looking in different directions.]
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Instagram, This Sunday → Two films by Sam Hamilton at the Tomorrow Theater!
Fresh off the Portland Art Museum / @PICApdx / @BoomArtsPdx -supported project "Te Moana Meridian: How the Prime Meridian Shapes the World and the Case for Relocating It," Sam Hamilton/@Sam.Tam.Ham presents two early film projects.
Sun, October 6, 7 p.m. | Tickets → link in bio
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🎥 "Apple Pie" trailer courtesy the artist