Contemporary Art

Street artist Heysus's colorful mural transforms a warehouse wall on Water Avenue in Portland's Central Eastside industrial district.
Visitors naturally space themselves while admiring street art in Portland's Pearl District, inadvertently practicing social distancing in this pre-pandemic scene.
A street artist works on a colorful geometric mural in Portland's Central Eastside district, part of a Portland Street Art Alliance project.
Chris Willis's annual Santa Clones display transforms a Portland neighborhood with hundreds of glowing Santa figurines in his ever-growing holiday installation.
Chris Willis's annual Santa Clones installation transforms a Sellwood gallery space into a glowing field of identical holiday figures.
Chris Willis's "Santa Clones" installation illuminates dozens of identical plastic Santa figures in Portland's Sellwood neighborhood.
Chris Willis's annual Santa Clones installation viewed through a mailslot at Portland's Consignment Store transforms familiar holiday imagery into an unsettling commentary on mass production.
Chris Willis's "Santa Clones" installation transforms Portland's Consignment Store into a haunting landscape of mass-produced holiday figures.
A cyclist encounters a graffiti-adorned food truck bathed in warm evening light along Kent Avenue in Brooklyn's Navy Yard district.
A pedestrian walks past elaborate street art murals adorning a brick building wall in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood.
A pedestrian walks past an elaborate blue geometric mural covering the facade of 128 Forrest Street in Brooklyn, New York.
Yue Minjun's 'A-maze-ing Laughter' sculpture installation draws visitors to English Bay Beach in Vancouver's West End, where fourteen bronze figures celebrate eternal joy against the urban skyline.
Yoko Ono's "IMAGINE PEACE" installation transforms the Vancouver Art Gallery's neoclassical facade into a monument to artistic activism.
A person's profile is dramatically lit by red neon lighting in Portland's urban nightscape, creating a cinematic atmosphere.
A moody portrait captures the atmospheric neon-lit nightlife of Portland's Richmond district, with dramatic red and blue lighting creating cinematic effects on the subject's profile.
A portrait captures the vibrant neon atmosphere of a music studio.
A portrait captured in the colorful neon ambiance of a Portland music studio.
The interior of Hopscotch, a contemporary art and entertainment venue in Portland's Central Eastside district, showcases dramatic neon lighting and modern architectural design.
An artist works in his well-lit studio space at Brassworks Annex in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by his paintings and art supplies.
An artist reviews his paintings featuring swimming pool scenes at his studio workspace in Portland's Brassworks Annex.
A pedestrian passes a mural by Portland street artist Uter.
Travelers pass through "The Sky's the Limit" art installation in the underground tunnel at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.