Rembrandt in Portland
Here’s your once in a lifetime chance to see a batch of top of the line paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn without leaving Oregon. From Saturday until Sept. 16, the Portland Art Museum is showing “Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art.”
The 90 paintings, prints and other works in the show are borrowed from Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum while it undergoes extensive remodeling; summering in Portland are six Rembrandt paintings, including his famous late career “Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul,” shown above at a preview this morning.
It’s a great show, and would be even without those Rembrandts. But a major celebrity dead white Euro male artist, whose name you’ve actually heard of, makes any art show even sexier.
Tickets are $15, with timed admission. Check pam.org for details.