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Campus Transformation
What’s happening now
As part of the preparation for constructing the Rothko Pavilion, the first step involves relocating the loading dock from its current location to the south end of campus on Southwest […]
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Campus Transformation
Transforming our campus
The founders of the Portland Art Museum built the Main Building in 1932 during the Great Depression, knowing that our community would benefit from an art museum to inspire, educate, […]
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Discover
Human | Nature: Unveiling the beauty of Japanese landscapes in Portland
Go behind the scenes with assistant curator Helen Swift on her inaugural exhibition at the Portland Art Museum. Human | Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Landscape Prints, currently on display […]
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Campus Transformation
Portland Art Museum prepares for expansion
Relocation of loading dock underway; readies Museum for expansion and renovations designed to make the Museum more accessible, contributing to downtown’s revitalization
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CommunityConnect
Community Update: December 2022
To our friends, neighbors, and community, With 2022 coming to a close, we have much to reflect on and to celebrate, including the Museum’s 130th anniversary, which we marked with […]
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Community
In Memoriam: Jim Winkler
It is with great sadness that the Museum shares the news of the passing of Trustee Jim Winkler. Below is a message from Portland Art Museum Director Brian Ferriso. I first […]
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Podcast
SYMBIOSIS: an interview with Marcel van Brakel and Mark Meeuwenoord
In this interview with Polymorf's Marcel van Brakel and Mark Meeuwenoord, PAM CUT Director Amy Dotson digs deeper into the creative team's past, present, and future.
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Eunice Kim on Shades of Light
“Eunice Kim’s collagraph monoprints are intimate, meticulous constructions. Works in the Tessellations series are created from three-inch square monoprints—each individually inked and printed—which are then assembled to create a composite whole. […]
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CommunityDiscover
PAM CUT announces 2022 Sustainability Labs Fellows
PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow’s unique Sustainability Labs returns this year with a new slate of multi-disciplinary, mid-career artists working at the intersection of art, technology and […]
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Community
Museum awarded major grants for Black Artists of Oregon exhibition
The Portland Art Museum was recently awarded two major grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Meyer Memorial Trust’s Justice Oregon for Black Lives initiative […]
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Community
Community Update August 2022
To our friends, neighbors, and community, We finished the spring season on an incredibly high note as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism closed with record levels of attendance. […]
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Discover
Newly acquired works by Nohemí Pérez on view in special exhibition
Starting July 30, 2022 three powerful artworks by Colombian artist Nohemí Pérez will be on view as part of the new special exhibition Traces, presenting poetic reflections on memory in contemporary […]