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Public art in Portland, Oregon, is administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Fallen Statues[edit]

Many statues were officially de-accessioned after the George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, during which many were toppled in direct actions by protestors. Among them:

The Promised Land (sculpture) was removed by the city.

Thompson Elk Fountain

Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider

An Alternate Aesthetic Strategy and Public Policy[edit]

The city has several abstract sculptures by Larry Kirkland, examples of different aesthetic strategy.

Draft:Vita Mensae Living Mind (sculpture) is the

Art collection of Oregon Health & Science University

See also[edit]