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CommunityMuseum 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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CommunityCommunity 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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DiscoverNewly 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 […]
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CommunityDiscoverSwimming Home: Nine objects repatriated to Tlingit tribe
The Museum and tribal leaders held a transfer ceremony in Portland before nine objects of cultural patrimony were repatriated to the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of […]
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CommunityLearnWrite Around PAM: María Izquierdo
Change is truly the only constant in our lives. We are tied to endless cycles: the sun rises and sets, seasons are reflected in the weather, we appease our appetites […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnFrida and Diego Are Here: The Life and Work of IDEAL PDX Mural Artists
Although the exhibition, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism highlights a specific moment in history, many of the artists working in partnership with this show offer dynamic reflections on the current […]
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CommunityCommunity Update April 2022
To our friends, neighbors, and community, Our winter and spring have been brightened by outstanding exhibitions like Queen Nefertari’s Egypt and Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism, the latter […]
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CommunityIn Memoriam: Lee Kelly (American, 1932–2022)
On Monday, artist Lee Kelly passed away at age 89. An artist who helped define Northwest sculpture through his monumental public works, his COR-TEN and hand-polished steel sculptures are focal […]
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LearnWrite Around PAM: Robert Goodnough, Grey Development, 1969
Robert Goodnough was an American abstract expressionist painter and part of the New York School of artists in the 1950s and ‘60s. “Goodnough’s gatherings of floating, overlapping planes fluctuate between […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnCollective Process: The Artists Behind the Metamorphosis Mural
“The focus on the collective within art and art-making has shaped and inspired the community partnership work for this exhibition.” Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques […]
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DiscoverThe Northwest Film Center is now PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow
The Portland Art Museum announced tonight a new name for the Northwest Film Center—PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow. The new name, which was revealed during the third […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Jason Hill
Jason Hill is an artist and educator currently living in Portland, Oregon. He took this photo in winter 2019, during a day in Eugene with the off-Broadway cast of The […]