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New Curator Announced

Two Recommended Films on Ai Weiwei

Recommended: Seattle Art Fair

New at the Museum

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CAC Board of Directors 2015- 2016 Sara Krajewski, the Portland Art Museum's new President Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Pam Berg Contemporary Art.

Vice President Daniel Peabody SARA KRAJEWSKI APPOINTED CURATOR OF MODERN AND Treasurer Jeff Miller CONTEMPORARY ART

Secretary Linda Mantel This past week, Brian Ferriso, the Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Director of the Portland Art Membership Museum, announced the appointment of Sara Richard Testut Krajewski as the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Travel Christopher Perry Krajewski was most recently the director of the Program Chair & INOVA (Institute of Visual Arts) galleries at University Immediate Past of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she had served since President 2012. Previously, she was curator at the Henry Art James Minden Gallery in Seattle, Wash., and she held curatorial Hospitality Chair positions at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Tamara English and Harvard University Art Museum. She earned her

Board Members At- undergraduate degree in art history at University of Large Wisconsin-Madison, and her master's degree in art Kathy Abraham history at Williams College. Her research on David Adams transdisciplinary art and performance has been Michael Greicus supported by an Andy Warhol Foundation for the Glenda Goldwater Richard Helmick Visual Arts Curatorial Fellowship. Bruce Morrison Krajewski assumes her position at the Portland Art The Robert and Museum on Monday, August 31, and will be Mercedes Eichholz responsible for the Museum's growing contemporary Curator of Modern and art collection. She replaces longtime curator Bruce Contemporary Art Guenther, who retired in October 2014 after 14 years Sara Krajewski at the Portland Art Museum.

Council Coordinator Jan Quivey 503-276-4242 [email protected] TWO RECOMMENDED FILMS

July 12th, 3 - 4:30 pm

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum

Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. To muzzle his provocations, Chinese authorities have curtailed his internet access, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention. Journalist Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai for the 2012 documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, the inside story of a defiant, digital-age dissident who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics.

Ai Weiwei films are free for Portland Art Museum members. Just come to the show and sign in at the door! Non members must reserve tickets at the Museum box office.

July 19th, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum

Andreas Johnsen's 2013 documentary Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case reveals the artist after his parole and battle with a thwarting suit for tax evasion: a lawsuit that he dubs "the Fake Case." But the troubles with his enemies only continue to provide inspiration for making new art, the only outlet to vent his frustration.

Ai Weiwei films are free for Portland Art Museum members. Just come to the show and sign in at the door! Non members must reserve tickets at the Museum box office.

Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is on view in the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Sculpture Court of the Portland Art Museum through September 13th. RECOMMENDED

July 30th to August 2nd

Seattle Art Fair CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle

The inaugural Seattle Art Fair, featuring 50 leading regional, national and international art galleries gets underway at Seattle's CenturyLink Field Event Center on July 30. The four-day fair, presented by co- producers Art Market Productions and Vulcan Inc., will showcase top-tier modern and contemporary art at the fair venue as well as site-specific installations created for the fair by artists from around the world that will be placed in select locations throughout the city.

The list of exhibitors include names such as PACE, Paul Kasmin Gallery, James Cohan Gallery, Nancy Hoffman Gallery (all New York), G. Gibson Gallery, Greg Kucera Gallery, James Harris Gallery (all Seattle), Winston Wachter Fine Art (New York/ Seattle), Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (New Orleans), Gallery Jones, Monte Clark Gallery (Vancouver), Elizabeth Leach Gallery, PDX Contemporary, Platform Gallery (Portland), Kaikai Kiki (Tokyo) and Gana Art (Seoul) among many other prominent names from around the world.

For more information, visit seattleartfair.com.

New at the Museum

This section of the CAC newsletter is designed to demonstrate the activity and vitality of the contemporary art galleries at the Portland Art Museum. It lists modern and contemporary artworks on display at the museum for a limited time. Don't wait too long to visit the museum galleries or you may miss seeing these artworks.

Ai Weiwei (Chinese, born 1957) Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads: Gold, 2010 Bronze with gold patina Private Collection Belluschi Building, Schnitzer Sculpture Court, 1st floor.

John Grade (American, born 1970) Toll, 2012 Wood and cast iron Museum Purchase: The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowment for Northwest Art and Davidson Galleries Belluschi Building, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Northwest Art, 4th floor

Julie Mehretu (American, born Ethiopia 1970) Myriads, Only by Dark, 2014 Aquatint and spitbite Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer Belluschi Building, Sammons Gallery, Lower level.

Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965) Reclining Female, 1963 Oil on canvas Private Collection Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Ann Hogle (American, born 1927) Nude with Cup, 1965 Oil on canvas Gift of the Artist in memory of Dr. Francis J. Newton, former Director of the Portland Art Museum Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) Nymphea, 1897-99 Oil on canvas Private Collection Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor

Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983) Femme, 1981 Bronze Private Collection Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944) Kleine Flächen (Small Planes), 1936 Gouache on card upon board Lent by Loren J. Schlachet Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Neptune, 1947 Gouache, pencil, brush and ink and wash on paper Lent by Loren J. Schlachet Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active France, 1881-1973) Téte appuyée sur les mains (Head Resting on hands), 1962 Wax crayon on paper Lent by Loren J. Schlachet Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) Otahi, 1893 Oil on canvas Private Collection Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Edouard Manet (French, 1832-1883) Amazone de profil (Profile of an Equestrienne), 1882 Oil on canvas Lent by Loren J. Schlachet Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor.

Fabio Mauri (Italian, 1926-2009) Schermo The End, 1970 Wood and varnish on canvas Lent by Audrey Irmas Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 2nd floor

Lucio Fontana (Italian, born Argentina, 1899-1968) Concetto Spaziale, Attesa, 1964-65 (Spatial Concept, Waiting) Waterpaint on canvas Private Collection Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 2nd floor.

Julian Schnabel (American, born 1951) Portrait of Hope Makler, 1989 Paint and Bondo on plywood Lent by the Makler Family Collection Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 2nd floor.

Richard Prince (American, born 1949) Untitled (Are You Kidding), 1989 Acrylic, silkscreen inks, charcoal and ink on canvas Private Collection Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 4th floor

Ed Ruscha (American, born 1937) Smash, 1963 Oil on canvas Anonymous loan Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 4th floor.

Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977) Likunt Daniel Ailin (The World Stage: Israel), 2013 Bronze, Edition of 3, 2 AP Museum Purchase: Funds provided by patrons of the 2014 NEW for the WALL evening Mark Building, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 4th floor.

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