Portland Art Museum

Landscape painting has always had a unique place in the history of American Art.

The glorious saints and archangels in this gallery were made in the Americas but far from the United States.

Conversations in Clay presents a glimpse of the diverse range of directions in contemporary ceramics in Japan.

Portraiture is about truth and honesty, both in how we choose to have ourselves portrayed and in how artists present their subjects.

In 1874, a group of French artists organized the first exhibition of sketch-like avant-garde paintings at a private gallery in Paris.

In 1952, the Portland Art Museum was given a spectacular selection of European art by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York.

A display of ephemera and an extended documentary trailer foregrounding the history of the Black visual arts community in Northeast Portland.

Heaven and Earth spotlights powerful works of art in the Museum’s collections, spanning creative practices in China across several millennia.

The ancient Greeks loved wall murals and small portable paintings, but most of these have been lost over time.

Mount Hood’s iconic form, isolated presence on the horizon, and impressive height all serve to mark the natural monument as home for Portlanders.

Shifting the Narrative: 21st Century Acquisitions highlights Native American art gifts and purchases since the year 2000 at the Portland Art Museum.

Lisa Jarrett weaves together her interest in migration and tracing lost familial histories to Beauty Supply stores and salons—critical intersections of Black life.

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.

This exhibition highlights the Museum’s small collection of Buddhist art, most of which originates from East Asia.

Pipilotti Rist dissolves exhibition spaces through luminous color, moving imagery, and melodic sound.

Silver has had special status in European and world art for thousands of years.

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.

Mary Henry (American, 1913–2009) embraced geometry as relational to the structures and environments around us.

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 community.

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.

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.

This exhibition features a concise, chronological display of works by the renowned American artist Mark Rothko.

Makers illuminates the virtuosity of maker and material in Japan. Looking across time periods, this exhibition explores the porous boundaries between art, craft, and design.

From the 1960s onward, artists engaged in a vibrant expansion of stylistic approaches, idea-driven practices, and material exploration.

This exhibition celebrates the incredible contribution of Inkling Studio and its members to the vibrant art scene of Portland.

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.

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.

A lavish and satirical take on the silver-screen spectacle of Hollywood dreams and excesses.

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.

Drawing from the Museum’s collection, this exhibition is co-curated by Lisa Jarrett, an artist, and the Harriet Tubman Center for Expanded Curatorial Practice at MLK School.

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.

Drawn from the permanent collection, this exhibition explores an expansive concept of work, from manual labor to art creation and childcare.

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.

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.

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.

This exhibition introduces the artistry of Watanabe Sadao (1913–1996), who developed a unique stencil printing process based on traditional Japanese textile dyeing techniques.

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

Landscape painting has always had a unique place in the history of American Art.

The glorious saints and archangels in this gallery were made in the Americas but far from the United States.

Conversations in Clay presents a glimpse of the diverse range of directions in contemporary ceramics in Japan.

Portraiture is about truth and honesty, both in how we choose to have ourselves portrayed and in how artists present their subjects.

In 1874, a group of French artists organized the first exhibition of sketch-like avant-garde paintings at a private gallery in Paris.

In 1952, the Portland Art Museum was given a spectacular selection of European art by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York.

A display of ephemera and an extended documentary trailer foregrounding the history of the Black visual arts community in Northeast Portland.

Heaven and Earth spotlights powerful works of art in the Museum’s collections, spanning creative practices in China across several millennia.

The ancient Greeks loved wall murals and small portable paintings, but most of these have been lost over time.

Mount Hood’s iconic form, isolated presence on the horizon, and impressive height all serve to mark the natural monument as home for Portlanders.

Shifting the Narrative: 21st Century Acquisitions highlights Native American art gifts and purchases since the year 2000 at the Portland Art Museum.

Lisa Jarrett weaves together her interest in migration and tracing lost familial histories to Beauty Supply stores and salons—critical intersections of Black life.

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.

This exhibition highlights the Museum’s small collection of Buddhist art, most of which originates from East Asia.

Pipilotti Rist dissolves exhibition spaces through luminous color, moving imagery, and melodic sound.

Silver has had special status in European and world art for thousands of years.

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.

Mary Henry (American, 1913–2009) embraced geometry as relational to the structures and environments around us.

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 community.

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.

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.

This exhibition features a concise, chronological display of works by the renowned American artist Mark Rothko.

Makers illuminates the virtuosity of maker and material in Japan. Looking across time periods, this exhibition explores the porous boundaries between art, craft, and design.

From the 1960s onward, artists engaged in a vibrant expansion of stylistic approaches, idea-driven practices, and material exploration.

This exhibition celebrates the incredible contribution of Inkling Studio and its members to the vibrant art scene of Portland.

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.

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.

A lavish and satirical take on the silver-screen spectacle of Hollywood dreams and excesses.

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.

Drawing from the Museum’s collection, this exhibition is co-curated by Lisa Jarrett, an artist, and the Harriet Tubman Center for Expanded Curatorial Practice at MLK School.

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.

Drawn from the permanent collection, this exhibition explores an expansive concept of work, from manual labor to art creation and childcare.

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.

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.

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.

This exhibition introduces the artistry of Watanabe Sadao (1913–1996), who developed a unique stencil printing process based on traditional Japanese textile dyeing techniques.

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