PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT BY K.B. DIXON
The local galleries are closed, the Art Museum is closed, but the streets of Portland are open and there is plenty to see thanks to the guild of talented muralists among us. Using the exterior walls of every sort of building, they have over the years cobbled together a sort of open-air museum—one you can visit today from the contagion-free confines of your car. (All photographs are from 2020)
NORTHWEST TWENTY-FIFTH AVENUE AND LOVEJOY STREET

SOUTHWEST ELEVENTH AVENUE AND HARVEY MILK STREET

SOUTHWEST TWELFTH AVENUE AND HARVEY MILK STREET

SOUTHEAST SECOND AVENUE AND STARK STREET

NORTHWEST NINTH AVENUE AND HOYT STREET

SOUTHWEST MADISON STREET AND BROADWAY

SOUTHWEST TWELFTH AVENUE AND WASHINGTON STREET

SOUTHEAST NINTH AVENUE AND HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD

SOUTHEAST TENTH AVENUE AND WASHINGTON STREET

NORTHEAST TWENTY-NINTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET

NORTHEAST OREGON STREET AND TWENTY-FIRST AVENUE

NORTHEAST FOURTEENTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET

NORTHEAST SEVENTEENTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET

SOUTHEAST TENTH AVENUE AND DIVISION STREET

NORTHEAST TWENTY-NINTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET

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- For additional information on Portland street art, see Portland Street Art Alliance.