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Highlights include the Museum\u2019s Han dynasty money tree, made of delicately filigreed bronze branches and leaves, and the Warring States period antlered tomb guardian (Zhenmushou), unique to the Chu culture. Among the highlights of more recent work by living artists is the monumental ink painting\u00a0<em>Heaven and Earth<\/em>, by contemporary artist Hung Hsien, from which the exhibition takes its title.\u00a0 A rare, fine-line landscape by Shen Zhou (1427\u20131509), one of the most famous painters of the Ming dynasty, will be displayed in sections, allowing viewers to experience this exceptional, ambitious handscroll in its entirety over successive rotations.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"heaven-and-earth-chinese-art-from-the-collections","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-scaled.jpg","id":16141,"extension":"jpg","width":2195,"height":2560,"filesize":284913,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":600,"height":700,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":34890,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-600x700.jpg"},"large":{"width":1121,"height":1308,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":98910,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-1121x1308.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":8669,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-270x270.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":896,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":52318,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-768x896.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"width":1317,"height":1536,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":128547,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-1317x1536.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"width":1756,"height":2048,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":202180,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-1756x2048.jpg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":19255,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-375x500.jpg"},"medium-large":{"width":772,"height":900,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":53062,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-772x900.jpg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":36069,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-904x565.jpg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":33575,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-975x500.jpg"},"hero":{"width":1894,"height":1080,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":105512,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zhenmushou-1894x1080.jpg"}},"original_image":"Zhenmushou.jpg"},"all_day":true,"start_date":"2025-11-20 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"11","day":"20","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-11-20 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"20","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2025-11-20 08:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"11","day":"20","hour":"08","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-11-21 07:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"21","hour":"07","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":true,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"<p>The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. 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This lot accepts credit card or the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/reef-mobile-parking-made-easy\/id1502843483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trimet.org\/#\/planner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trimet.org\/bus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bus map and schedule<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trimet.org\/max\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAX Light Rail map and schedule<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portlandstreetcar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portland Streetcar map and schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Transportation assistance is available through TriMet\u2019s network of fully <a href=\"https:\/\/trimet.org\/access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accessible bus and MAX lines<\/a> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/trimet.org\/lift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LIFT service<\/a>, which is available for trips where a disability prevents the use of bus or MAX.<\/p>","slug":"portland-art-museum","address":"1219 SW Park Ave","city":"Portland","province":"OR","state":"OR","zip":"97205","phone":"(503) 226-2811","stateprovince":"OR","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Portland Art Museum","description":"&lt;p&gt;The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. 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