Downtown Portland: Michelangelo v. dinosaurs
July 15, 2022
“Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: the Exhibition” is currently on view in 28 cities around the globe, including Portland. What’s the draw and rationale?
“Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: the Exhibition” is currently on view in 28 cities around the globe, including Portland. What’s the draw and rationale?
The artist continues his “Conflux” series with his signature Gansai dots and gilded clouds in this June show at Froelick Gallery.
All of the works in the mini retrospective “Judy Chicago, Turning Inward” now open at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education come from the collections of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.
The best part of “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism” is in the museum’s Schnitzer Sculpture Court, before you enter the exhibition.
“Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris 1889-1900” highlights the early careers of four artists.
Immersive Van Gogh exhibits are all the rage in 2021. What do they offer viewers?
The painter’s show “Carnival of the Animals” features dinosaurs, pigs, butterflies, and a revised outlook.
The virtual-reality extravaganza has bright moments, but is often brought down by … technology.
The virtual reality competition of the Venice International Film Festival will be on view in Portland in September.
Laurel Reed Pavic reviews “Ansel Adams in Our Time” on view at the Portland Art Museum.
The Portland Art Museum has had a European collection since its founding. What does it mean to exhibit European art in Portland in 2021?
After 8 years, Dawson Carr retires as Portland Art Museum’s curator of European art. A look at his impact here.
An arts education nonprofit set out to film demonstrations in grade-school classrooms. Then came the pandemic.
A monument on Mt. Tabor to pioneering editor Harvey Scott was toppled. Is it worth putting back up?
At least 5 sculptures have been pulled down or removed in Portland in recent months. What should we do with them?
Laurel Reed Pavic hits the First Thursday gallery shows and breaks out of the the post-twinkle winter slump.
Longtime patron Arlene Schnitzer makes a major donation to help fund the Rothko Pavilion.
Arvie Smith: 2 Up and 2 Back at Disjecta and ‘The Absence of Myth’ at Upfor Gallery dazzle then invite deeper, darker reflections.
A promising curator makes her mark. Her job disappears. She rolls up her sleeves and makes her mark again.
“This IS Kalapuyan Land” at the newly renamed Five Oaks Museum makes an emphatic case for a reclaimed history.
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