David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Spanning six decades of creativity, this expansive showcase invites visitors into Hockney’s colorful, topsy-turvy world through an array of prints, photographs, and digital drawings and paintings.
1219 SW Park Ave
Feb 14, 2026 – Jul 26, 2026
Harriet Tubman Center Museum
Curated by Harriet Tubman Center for Expanded Curatorial Practice at MLK School and Lisa Jarrett Overview Drawing from the Museum’s collection, this exhibition is co-curated by Lisa Jarrett, an artist, […]
1219 SW Park Ave
May 30, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
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, 2027
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ExhibitionsMirror Mirror: Silver in the 20th Century
Silver has had special status in European and world art for thousands of years. Besides coins and jewelry, silver was used for objects of practical use, and families often held […]
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ExhibitionsMystic Mountain: Mount Hood in Art
Mount Hood’s iconic form, isolated presence on the horizon, and impressive height all serve to mark the natural monument as home for Portlanders. It has inspired generations of artists, from […]
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ExhibitionsMyth and Memory: Mediterranean Antiquity and its Revivals
The ancient Greeks loved wall murals and small portable paintings, but most of these have been lost over time. Instead, their art is best known from objects such as ceramic […]
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ExhibitionsTogether
To celebrate the reopening of the Portland Art Museum and a return to community gatherings within its many spaces, Together features photographs of people in community with one another. Drawn […]
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ExhibitionsA Brief History of Photography: The Landscape
This selection of photographs from the Museum’s collection features landscapes dating from the earliest years of the medium to the present, demonstrating some of the many ways that people have produced pictures over the years.
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Exhibitions2026 HeART of Portland: A Portland Public Schools K-12 Arts Showcase Visual Art Exhibition
Overview Come see the extraordinary work of student artists in the HeART of Portland Visual Art Exhibition! This exhibition features over 100 works that highlight the diversity of arts offerings […]
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ExhibitionsInkling Studio: Community and Printmaking in Portland, 1981–2009
This exhibition celebrates the incredible contribution of Inkling Studio and its members to the vibrant art scene of Portland.
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ExhibitionsMickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
The Portland Art Museum is pleased to present the recently acquired two-channel video installation, Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers), by internationally renowned artist Mickalene Thomas. Thomas’s […]
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ExhibitionsAbstraction Since Mark Rothko
A companion to The Art of Mark Rothko, this exhibition presents the vitality of abstract painting in American art from Rothko’s time to the present. Rothko created abstract paintings with rich […]
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ExhibitionsFacing Ourselves
Portraiture is about truth and honesty, both in how we choose to have ourselves portrayed and in how artists present their subjects. During the Renaissance, portraiture was tied to humanism, […]
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ExhibitionsMarco Brambilla: Maximalist Dreamscapes
A lavish and satirical take on the silver-screen spectacle of Hollywood dreams and excesses.
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ExhibitionsKenji Nakahashi: Between Things
Japanese photographer Kenji Nakahashi (1947–2017) moved to New York City in 1973, finding in the city the creative inspiration that would sustain his practice for the rest of his life. […]
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ExhibitionsFor the Enjoyment of All: Celebrating the Kress Gift
In 1952, the Portland Art Museum was given a spectacular selection of European art by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York. The department store magnate Samuel Kress, who […]
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ExhibitionsBlack Arts PDX at the CREATE SPACE
A display of ephemera and an extended documentary trailer foregrounding the history of the Black visual arts community in Northeast Portland.
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ExhibitionsHeaven and Earth: Chinese Art from the Collections
Heaven and Earth spotlights powerful works of art in the Museum’s collections, spanning creative practices in China across several millennia. Historic objects and more recent works are brought into conversation, offering […]
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ExhibitionsCloud Dream of the Nine: Stories of a Painting
This exhibition focuses on a newly conserved Korean screen painting of Guunmong, or The Cloud Dream of the Nine, a popular late seventeenth-century novel. One of the best extant examples […]
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ExhibitionsAmerican Land
Landscape painting has always had a unique place in the history of American Art. Earlier settlers and colonists especially celebrated the American landscape – one that has been shaped by […]
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ExhibitionsShifting the Narrative: 21st Century Acquisitions
Shifting the Narrative: 21st Century Acquisitions highlights Native American art gifts and purchases since the year 2000 at the Portland Art Museum. This broad selection showcases the diversity of the collection […]
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ExhibitionsLisa Jarrett: Tenderhead
Lisa Jarrett weaves together her interest in migration and tracing lost familial histories to Beauty Supply stores and salons—critical intersections of Black life.
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ExhibitionsForming Nature, Nature Formed
The inaugural exhibition in the heart of the Rothko Pavilion speaks to the strong sense of place experienced through our connection to our natural environment. Drawn from the Asian, Native […]
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ExhibitionsPipilotti 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.
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ExhibitionsTodd McGrain: Debut of York
Overview Todd McGrain’s original bust of York, the enslaved man who was the only African American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was secretly installed on Mount Tabor in […]
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ExhibitionsMary Henry: A Long Unbroken Line
Mary Henry (American, 1913–2009) embraced geometry as relational to the structures and environments around us. Despite critical recognition of her work and a steady presence in exhibitions that began in […]
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ExhibitionsTo Gather Your Leaving: Themes of Diasporic Experiences in the Northwest
Covering a span of a hundred years, the Portland Art Museum’s Northwest collection represents a rich tapestry of work created from the experiences of movement, migration, displacement, hope, home, memory, […]
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ExhibitionsHere we are
Here we are surveys contemporary art from the Portland Art Museum’s collection. Featuring work across a range of media, the exhibition showcases recent acquisitions alongside signature works and reflects on the […]
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ExhibitionsThe 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.
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ExhibitionsMAKERS: The Culture of Craft
Makers illuminates the virtuosity of maker and material in Japan. Looking across time periods, this exhibition explores the porous boundaries between art, craft, design, and labor. Works on display range from […]
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ExhibitionsConversations in Clay
Conversations in Clay presents a glimpse of the diverse range of directions in contemporary ceramics in Japan. Emphasizing natural ash glazes, sculptural forms, and meticulous surface treatments, it explores the shared […]
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ExhibitionsHighest Heaven
The glorious saints and archangels in this gallery were made in the Americas but far from the United States. Elvin A. Duerst’s gift of works from the Spanish viceregal or […]
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ExhibitionsBlack Art and Experiences
The Black Art and Experiences (B.A.E.) Galleries are a gallery floor dedicated to celebrating the breadth, depth, and vitality of Black artistic expression. They are intended to be a living, […]
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ExhibitionsWord in Flower: Arts of Buddhism
This exhibition highlights the Museum’s small collection of Buddhist art, most of which originates from East Asia. Featuring sculpture, calligraphy, painting, photography, and more, the exhibition explores diverse expressions of […]
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ExhibitionsGlobal Impressionism
In 1874, a group of French artists organized the first exhibition of sketch-like avant-garde paintings at a private gallery in Paris. Critics gave them the unflattering label “Impressionist” because of […]
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ExhibitionsIm/Material
From the 1960s onward, artists engaged in a vibrant expansion of stylistic approaches, idea-driven practices, and material exploration. In some circles, they embraced the value of concepts as the foundation […]
Upcoming exhibitions
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ExhibitionsNine Women Artists
Inspired by Katherine Ace’s 9 Portraits as the foundational starting point for the exhibition, Nine Women Artists will feature the work of the artists shown in Ace’s portrait painting.
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ExhibitionsA Brief History of Photography: The Portrait
This mini-history of photography demonstrates the importance of the photographic portrait, beginning with the medium’s commercial inception in the mid-19th century and through to the present day.
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ExhibitionsAn Honest Day’s Work: Photographs of Labor
Drawn from the permanent collection, this exhibition explores an expansive concept of work, from manual labor to art creation and childcare–forms of work that often go unrecognized in contemporary society.
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ExhibitionsYinka Ilori: Mountains Full of Blessings
Internationally acclaimed British-Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori, MBE, known for his colorful, “joy-led” design philosophy, has designed a monumental work of asphalt art to fill the street.
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ExhibitionsThe Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art
This eye-opening exhibition introduces North American audiences to the diverse and distinct visual iconographies of Indigenous Australia, which is made up of more than 250 distinct Indigenous nations.
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ExhibitionsGerman Expressionism in Art and Film
German Expressionism in Art and Film immerses visitors in the dramatic world of German art and film that developed during the turbulent years between the end of World War I […]
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ExhibitionsM. C. Escher: Infinite Variations
Overview M.C. Escher’s internationally known and fantastical prints are coming to Portland. Located at the nexus of art, mathematics, and science, his work playfully explores multidimensional realities, visual puzzles, and […]
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Support for the inaugural year exhibitions provided by:
Presenting: Mary and Tim Boyle; Lead: William G. Gilmore Foundation, Mary and Pete Mark Family Foundation, Meier Family Fund, Anonymous; Major sponsor: Greg and Cathy Tibbles, Pat and Trudy Ritz; Sponsor: Cooper DuBois, Alix and Tom Goodman, Grace Serbu and Ivan Gold, The Smidt Foundation, Darci and Charlie Swindells, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Whitsell, Janet Macomber Williamson; Supporter: Allen Trust Company, Lakecia Gunter, KeyBank, Elizabeth Leach, Bert Berney, and the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Bruce and Jeanette Morrison, NetX, Northern Trust, PDX Contemporary Art, The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club, Robert Trotman Interior Design; Media sponsor: KGW; Friend: Heidi and Doug Kirkpatrick, Zachary Franks, Froelick Gallery, Lucinda Parker, Phyllis A. Yes, Wyss Foundation
Support for our exhibitions is also provided by the Sharon and Keith Barnes Endowment, Maribeth Collins Exhibition Endowment, Ritz Family Exhibition Endowment, and the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowment for Exhibition.