The 29 Can’t-Miss Portland Art Events This Spring

Frida Kahlo, the author who coined “mansplaining” and Portland’s favorite drag clown.

Whenever Gum Ends Up on a Work at the Portland Art Museum the Museum, Samantha Springer Is the One to Very, Very Carefully Remove It

Soul Legend Ural Thomas Has a Practice Room That’s Full of Vintage Instruments and Art Donated After Divine Intervention

“He said, ‘The spirit told me to give these to you. I’ve been trying to get them to you for years.'”

In Eyrst’s Studio, Local Rappers Pull All-Nighters, and There’s Artwork by the Nirvana Baby

Often, Von Tally and Eyrst’s MCs are in the studio for more than 24 hours straight.

Hollywood Theatre’s Archive is Home to a Kung Fu Film Collection Coveted by the Likes of Quentin Tarantino and RZA

What makes it so valuable and unique is not the quantity of the films but the quality. Some of the reels found in the cardboard boxes lining the room’s metal shelves are the only known prints in existence, including a few that are foundational to the Wu-Tang universe: The Mystery of Chessboxing, 7 Grand Masters and Shaolin vs. Wu Tang, which he scored for $25 from a film vault in L.A. that didn’t know what it had.

We Explored the Hidden Portland Art Spaces the Public Never Gets to See

We visited five of the city’s hidden creative spaces, where some of the most dedicated people in Portland’s art world put in hours of labor before the public ever gets to see the result.

What Is Your Greatest Artistic Achievement?

Our favorite Portland looks this week.

Entrails, Drug Deals, a Human Wolf and the Other Riskiest Art Shows of the Season

Spring is when the arts scene brings out the big guns. There is a lot to see—and we’re here to help.