Art and Museums
An Art Installation: Concepts of "Paradise," Sublime Landscape, and the Greater Northwest
The artist collaborative Fallen Fruit explored Oregon's paradisiacal backyard through the lens of Portland Art Museum's permanent collection. Based in Los Angeles, artists David Allen Burns and Austin Young create site-specific projects using fruit to examine concepts of place, history, and issues of representation often addressing questions of public space. more »
The Breuguet Exhibition of Great Technical Developments: The Self-winding Watch, First Wristwatch, Repeating Mechanism and the Tourbillon
From his earliest days as a watchmaker, Breguet set out to streamline not only the internal mechanisms but also the external forms of his watches. As the hands are an essential part of the watch, both functionally and aesthetically, it is not surprising that this is another area in which Abraham-Louis Breguet left his indelible mark. more »
Has Hillary An Eye On a Rival? Wonder Woman and Friends Take New York
A drawing of Wonder Woman in an early version of her patriotic costume by H.G. Peter (ca. 1941) is shown alongside a "Wonder Woman for President" issue (No. 7, Winter 1943). Two of Steve Ditko’s original drawings of Spider-Man’s first appearance in Amazing Fantasy are displayed. During World War II, many superhero stories channeled American concerns about the conflict. more »
Class Distinctions: Is the Sitter's Dress Made of Silk or Coarse Wool? Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
Princes, regents and milkmaids figure in the exhibition's thematic groupings within the classes, reflecting the social status of people and the importance their class had in the new Dutch Republic. The fine detail in the pictures will encourage close looking, inspiring the viewer to differentiate between a mistress and a maid or to distinguish a noble from a social-climbing merchant.
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