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Impressionist painting of waterlilies with pink and blue flowers floating on water.
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Monet’s Floating Worlds at Giverny: Portland’s Waterlilies Resurfaces

The monumental canvas Waterlilies by Claude Monet is perhaps the most treasured painting in the Portland Art Museum’s collection. Now, after over 65 years, it will finally look much as the artist intended—without varnish.

1219 SW Park Ave

Mar 1, 2025 – Aug 10, 2025

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Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s

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.

1219 SW Park Ave

Oct 19, 2024 – Jun 15, 2025

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    Exhibitions

    Throughlines: 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.

    1219 SW Park Ave

    Jun 7, 2024 – May 4, 2025

  • 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: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer 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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    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

Impressionist style painting of waterlilies with pink and blue flowers floating on water.

Unveiling Monet’s Waterlilies:
Conserving a PAM Masterwork

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