Old School

The Portland Art Gallery Where Age Is an Asset

Geezer Gallery (yes, it’s really called that), an exhibition space and arts center, is devoted to showing seniors’ work.

03/22/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Golden Years

Can Third-Act Careers Work Out?

We asked artists, literary agents, career coaches, and gallerists about who succeeds in midlife creative careers.

03/20/2024 By Rachel Saslow Photography by Jason Hill

Till Death

What Separates Tattoo Connoisseurs from Art Collectors?

For many patrons of the extraordinarily tactile medium, tattoos aren't so different from paintings.

03/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Jason Hill

Self Portrait

Painter Jeremy Okai Davis Doesn’t Sleep Much

Graphic designer and father to two preschoolers by day, the celebrated portrait artist rewrites Black history in his backyard by night.

02/23/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Art Review

Artist Pace Taylor’s Emotions Are Unmistakably Visible

In their third solo show at Nationale, the rising star plumbs new depths of desire and anxiety.

02/01/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Real Estate

Property Watch: A Colorful Duplex and Tiny Home with a Flower Mural

This 1909 home in Sunnyside levels up with fine finishes in both units, a design-forward backyard house, and murals from local artists.

01/16/2024 By Melissa Dalton

shop local

A Bazaar Alternative to Black Friday, Prized among Vendors

Makers compete for spots at the Portland Bazaar’s European-inspired holiday market, often their only in-person sales appearance of the year.

11/17/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Cheat Sheet

Where to Go and What to See at the Converge 45 Biennial

Your guide to the free citywide arts biennial, with events across Portland.

08/23/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Animation

A Behind-the-Scenes Pinocchio Exhibit Lands at Portland Art Museum

Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio at PAM takes patrons behind the scenes of the Oscar-winning, Portland-made stop-motion film.

05/31/2023 By Conner Reed

Visual Art

A Texas Art Gallery Is Taking Over an Old Orchard Hardware

Hopscotch, Portland opens this summer in 23,000 square feet with bites from Top Chef’s Sara Hauman and an international cast of installation artists.

03/31/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Profile

Pace Taylor’s Work Is About Slowing Down, But They’re Climbing the Art World Quickly

The artist’s work depicts intimate scenes of autistic and transgender narratives, but the emotions therein pull viewers of all identities.

03/07/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

At the Gallery

Thoroughly Modern Surrealism with a Nod to Tolkien at Chefas Projects

Laura Burke’s still lifes play on outmoded motifs, twisting them with a magical bent. And there are cats.

02/24/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Events

The Portland Winter Light Festival Sets the City Aglow

Discover a 16-foot-tall robot, a glow-in-the-dark community mural, wood-burning sculptures, projection mapping, and more at this year’s nine-day festival.

01/25/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Gallery Openings

Lisa Congdon’s New Show Opens Friday at Chefas Projects

A concurrent group show, curated by Congdon, features 16 local and national artists.

01/12/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Year in Review

The Best Oregon-Made Books, Films, Music, Theater, and Art of 2022

From a Decemberist’s spine-chilling ghost story to a joyful album from an old Portland master, 2022 was the year the arts roared back to life.

12/14/2022 By Conner Reed

Art Openings

On at Nationale: Charlie Salas-Humara Returns to Childhood, and an Almost-Blank Canvas

The artist’s intermittent hearing loss drove him further into his work. Recycling canvases pushed his paintings in a new direction.

12/01/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Visual Art

A New Gallery Examines the Eternal Pull of Flowers

Flowers, in all their shapes and forms, are on view at The Earth Laughs exhibition at the Lobby.

11/04/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Art

A Designer for Kendrick Lamar and Odd Future Just Opened His First Gallery Show in Portland

Chris Burnett’s Colibri is on at Fisk through December 4.

10/19/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Q+A

Reclaiming Beatrice Morrow Cannady’s Home and Legacy

A family of Black women artists are working to purchase and preserve the historic Portland home of the civil rights activist—but they’re not the only ones who have made an offer.

10/19/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Visual Art

The Coolest Gallery Shows in Portland Right Now

Food by way of Warhol and Hockney, a dizzying look at German history, autumnal brushes with the occult, and more

09/27/2022 By Conner Reed