Portland Art Museum

Portland Art Museum to unveil $116m transformation with Mark Rothko at its heart

After more than a decade of planning, the US state’s largest ever capital investment in the arts opens with a new pavilion named for Rothko and a gallery devoted to Black artists

Hilarie M. Sheets

Museums & Heritagenews

Dallas Museum of Art picks director wrapping up another institutional expansion to guide it through campus overhaul

Brian Ferriso will inaugurate the expansion of the Portland Art Museum on 20 November and start his new job in Dallas on 1 December

Benjamin Sutton

Building projectsnews

Portland Art Museum’s $111m expansion will open in late 2025

The institution is more than 86% of the way towards its capital campaign’s fundraising goal

Benjamin Sutton

Coronavirusnews

Portland Art Museum joins wave of institutions to cut back on staff costs

Nearly 75% of staff will be placed on unpaid leave and senior leadership at the Oregon museum will take salary cuts

Nancy Kenney

Exhibitionsinterview

From the archive | ‘Public art is propaganda, frankly’: Hank Willis Thomas discusses gun violence and the urgent need for alternative memorials

A host of the artist’s exhibitions and public projects open in various locations across the US open this year

Charmaine Picard