The 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.
1219 SW Park Ave
Sep 5, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
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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)
Thomas’s work addresses themes of beauty and identity expressed through the myriad subjectivities of African-American women. Her multidisciplinary practice reconsiders Black womanhood and desire through a queer lens.
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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.
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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, which values the individual.
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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.
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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.
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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 the stewardship of Native peoples through the ages.
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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 their wealth in a collection of silver spoons, teapots and other items.
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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 pots and vessels, excavated from rubbish heaps and graves.
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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.
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ExhibitionsHarriet Tubman Center Museum
Drawing from the Museum’s collection, this exhibition is co-curated by Lisa Jarrett, an artist, educator, and curator, and the Harriet Tubman Center for Expanded Curatorial Practice at MLK Elementary
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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.
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ExhibitionsTodd McGrain: Debut of York
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 2021. It was placed on the pedestal where a statue of Oregonian editor Harvey Scott (1830-1910), a known racist, once stood.
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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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ExhibitionsMarco Brambilla: Maximalist Dreamscapes
A lavish and satirical take on the silver-screen spectacle of Hollywood dreams and excesses.
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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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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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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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ExhibitionsImagine Monuments: A Partnership with Arts in Education of the Gorge
What is the purpose of a public monument? To whom does it belong? How does a monument remind us of what we care about and who we are as a community
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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, and loss.
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ExhibitionsHere we are
Featuring work across a range of media, the exhibition showcases recent acquisitions alongside signature works and reflects on the constant change and shifting narratives that mark our contemporary world and networked lives.
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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
Galleries 106, 107 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 […]
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ExhibitionsConversations in Clay
Gallery 109 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 […]
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ExhibitionsHighest Heaven
Elvin A. Duerst’s gift of works from the Spanish viceregal or colonial period in Central and South America from 1521 until the revolutions led by Simon Bolivar liberated these areas from Spanish control in 1821.
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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.
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ExhibitionsWord in Flower: Arts of Buddhism
Featuring sculpture, calligraphy, painting, photography, and more, the exhibition explores diverse expressions of Buddhist visual culture in this region from the 6th to 21st centuries.
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ExhibitionsWatanabe Sadao
This exhibition introduces the artistry of Watanabe Sadao (1913–1996), who developed a unique stencil printing process based on traditional Japanese textile dyeing techniques.
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ExhibitionsMary Henry: A Long Unbroken Line
Mary Henry embraced geometry as relational to the structures and environments around us.
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ExhibitionsRick 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.
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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.
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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.
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ExhibitionsIm/Material
This exhibition features works by women artists, queer artists, and artists of color, many of whom emphasized physicality and expressiveness as both a counterpoint and a resonant gesture to the conceptual art of the same years, as similarities arose between the seemingly opposite artistic forms.
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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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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, Barbara and Phil Silver in honor of Cyndy Maletis, Anonymous; Major: Pat and Trudy Ritz, Darci and Charlie Swindells; Sponsor: Cooper DuBois, Alix and Tom Goodman, The Smidt Foundation, The Standard; Supporter: Allen Trust Company, Bruce and Jeanette Morrison, NetX, Northern Trust, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Robert Trotman Interior Design, Anonymous; Program support: Art Bridges Foundation, Clark Foundation, Clemente Foundation, April Knapp, Lamb-Baldwin Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The Reser Family Foundation, Barbara and Phil Silver in honor of Cyndy Maletis, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation of the Oregon Community Foundation, Janet Macomber Williamson, Anonymous; Museum Fund support: Blue Balloon Fund, City of Portland, The Collins Foundation, Dorothy Lemelson Foundation, William G. Gilmore Foundation, The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, McGraw Family Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, Dorothy Piacentini, Anonymous;
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.