| Exhibitions closing this month | | | This month is your last chance to see two exciting exhibitions on view at the Museum.
Portland Collects: Riches of a City
Closing May 22
Featuring more than 200 objects from private collections, Riches of a City celebrates arts patronage in Portland and offers a rare glimpse behind closed doors. The Museum's curators spent nearly a year exploring local collections of photography, prints, drawings, silver, Asian art, European art, and modern and contemporary art, uncovering exceptional objects including works by Picasso, Lautrec, Miro, and Warhol.
APEX: Geraldine Ondrizek
Closing May 15
Scientific processes are made both visually and aurally articulate in Geraldine Ondrizek's three restrained multi-sensory installation works.
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| | A Deneuve Dozen | | | May 6-15, 2011
This month, the Northwest Film Center presents a selection of 12 films featuring the iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve. In her fifty-year career, Deneuve rose to international stardom through memorable roles in more than 100 films and collaborations with legendary directors such as François Truffaut, Jacques Demy, Luis Buñuel, and many more. Highlights of A Deneuve Dozen include Demy's musical confection The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Roman Polanski's horror classic Repulsion (1965), Buñuel's psychosexual surrealist masterpiece Belle de Jour (1967), Truffaut's acclaimed World War II drama The Last Metro (1980), and François Ozon's rollicking murder mystery 8 Women (2002).
For more information about the series, including a complete schedule of screenings and ticket information, visit nwfilm.org.
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| | Lectures & Programs | | | Start Your Engines! Get Ready for The Allure of the Automobile
Sunday, May 8, 2 p.m.
Keith Martin, publisher and founder of Sports Car Market and Corvette Market magazines and TV host of Discovery Channel's "What's My Car Worth?" will get your engine revving for this display of 16 of the world's most luxurious and rare automobiles.
$5 members, $12 non-members. Advance tickets available online and on-site.
Artist Talk: Brian Libby
Thursday, May 12, 6 p.m.
Explore the Museum's permanent collection through the inspired lens of a local artist. Portland writer Brian Libby will discuss The Forest at Fountainbleu by de la Pena.
$5 members, $12 non-members. Space is limited to the first 45 ticket holders; advance tickets are recommended and available online.
Family Workshop: Learning to Look Together
Saturday, May 14, 10-11:45 a.m.
Learn simple tips and techniques for making art approachable and enjoyable to investigate as a family.
$5 members and children, $12 non-members. Space is limited; preregistration strongly recommended and available online.
Art/Words
Friday, May 27, 6 p.m.
As part of Object Stories, listen to local wordsmiths from the community as they share their stories, poetry, and short fiction in front of art objects that inspired these writings.
Free.
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