Still from "The Ride," 2015, 3-channel color digital projection; 18:42 min.The Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR) opens "Paige Powell: The Ride" tonight, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., featuring a special performance on the night by Pink Martini in the museum's Kridel Grand Ballroom. Noted Warholite, videographer and former associate publisher at Interview magazine, Powell moved from Oregon to NYC and documented the downtown 80s milieu before returning to Portland in 1997.
This show includes her videos and also works by contemporary artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom Powell dated and photographed, Warhol and a new version of Kenny Scharf's "Cosmic Cavern." On view until February 21, 2016.
Madonna dances at short-lived New York club, "Fresh 14." Photo by Paige Powell.
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring at the Pop Shop. Photo by Paige Powell.
Andy Warhol and 
Beulah Land (162 Avenue A) opening, January 15, 1984. Photo by Paige Powell.
The late, great Anita Sarko at the Beulah Land opening. Photo by Paige Powell.
Andy Warhol and Grace Jones at Nippon restaurant. Photo by Paige Powell.