Portland, Oregon. Founded 1892, the oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest, anchored on the South Park Blocks downtown. Holdings span Native American art, Asian art, and modern and contemporary painting; Mark Rothko, who spent his childhood in Portland, has a dedicated gallery.
Grows from
My own growth, not where Namjoon pointed. A museum I visited on my own.
Why it matters
(fill in: the June 2026 visit, the Hockney show, the Rothko room.)
Encountered here
- David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer (2026-02-14 → 2026-07-26), seen 2026-06.
- The Art of Mark Rothko - the Rothko Gallery, opened 2025-11-20, seen 2026-06.
- Early Spring (Peeling Bark in Rain) - Laura McPhee, 2008.
- Ban: Kaikei (Platter: Seascape) - Fukami Sueharu, 1999.
- Kitchen Opera - Kikuo Saito, 1985.
- Beta Omicron - Morris Louis, 1959.
- Pink Shrapnel - John Torreano, 1985.
- Untitled (5 March) - Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 1991.
- Untitled - Robert Irwin, 1966.
Collection, June 2026 visit
Permanent-collection works that caught my eye on the June 2026 visit, here as a carousel rather than each its own note.
Patti Warashina, Morton Salt Kiln, 1972.
Frank Okada, Consanguineous, 1969.
Marilyn Levine, Handbag, 1988.
Chaim Soutine, The Little Pastry Cook, 1921.
Albert Bierstadt, Mount Hood, 1869.
De Scott Evans, Peanuts, 1890.