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Ian Gillingham, Press & Publications Manager
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Current Exhibitions

Anne W. Brigman, Infinitude, 1915

Toughened to Wind and Sun

Aug 10, 2019 – Mar 8, 2020

Unknown artist, Grapevine and squirrels, Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910).

Squirrels, Tigers, and Towering Peaks

Jul 6, 2019 – Oct 27, 2019

Pitseolak Ashoona, Migration towards Our Summer Camp, 1983

CCNA: Akunnittinni: A Kinngait Family Portrait

Jun 22, 2019 – Jan 5, 2020

Assessed valuation of of all taxable property owned by Georgia Negroes, Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), ca. 1900

Color Line: Black Excellence on the World Stage

Jun 15, 2019 – Feb 16, 2020

Georges Roux, Night Party at the Universal Exhibition in 1889, under the Eiffel Tower

Paris 1900

Jun 8, 2019 – Sep 8, 2019

Georges de La Tour, The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, ca. 1635–37.

Masterworks | Portland: Georges de La Tour

Apr 13, 2019 – Oct 13, 2019

Allora & Calzadilla, The Bell, the Digger, and the Tropical Pharmacy, 2014

Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla

Apr 13, 2019 – Sep 22, 2019

Joseph Hirsch, Banquet, 1945

Associated American Artists: Prints for the People

Apr 6, 2019 – Sep 1, 2019

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin in the play A Medley of Tales of Revenge, 1794

Dramatic Impressions

Mar 30, 2019 – Oct 13, 2019

Mickalene Thomas, Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers), 2016.

Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Mar 9, 2019 – Oct 27, 2019

Childe Hassam, Afternoon Sky, Harney Desert, 1908, oil on canvas, Gift of August Berg, Henrietta E. Failing, Winslow B. Ayer, William D. Wheelwright, I.N. Fleischner, and the D.P. Thompson Estate, public domain, 08.1

Picturing Oregon

Aug 19, 2017 – Aug 31, 2019

Upcoming Exhibitions

Laura Fritz, detail of Specimen A038, 2019.

APEX: Laura Fritz

Aug 24, 2019 – Feb 23, 2020

Giulia Orecchia, A teatro con Gianni Rodari, digital collage.

Italian Excellence

Sep 7, 2019 – Nov 10, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas, Branded Head, 2003

Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal…

Oct 12, 2019 – Jan 12, 2020

Image Courtesy of Triple Candie.

Being Present

Nov 16, 2019 – Jun 14, 2020

Henk Pander, Eruption of Saint Helens from Cable Street, 1981.

Volcano!

Feb 8, 2020 – May 24, 2020

Robert Colescott, Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder, 1979.

Art and Race Matters

Feb 15, 2020 – May 17, 2020

Frida Kahlo, Diego on my Mind, 1943.

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism

Jun 13, 2020 – Sep 27, 2020

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