George Keyes, former chief curator of the Detroit Institute of Arts, discusses paintings from the Netherlands that are currently on view in the exhibition To Instruct and Delight: European and American Art, 1500-1800.

Free and open to the public.

Gabriel Perez-Barreiro delivers a keynote lecture exploring the ways in which various artists from Latin America used science and space travel as metaphors for expressing present day realities and imagined futures.

Perez-Barreiro is Director of the Coleccin Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York. From 2002 to 2008 he was Curator of Latin American Art at the Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin. In 2007, he was chief curator of the Sixth Mercosur Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil. From 2000 to 2002 he was Director of Visual Arts at The Americas Society, New York. Prior to that he was Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator at the Casa de America, Madrid. From 1993 to 1998 he was the founding curator of the University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art. He holds a PhD in Art History and Theory from the University of Essex.

Join us for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Spring Open House immediately following the lecture at 5:30pm.

RSVPs are requested but not required. You many RSVP here: https://latitude008791.eventbrite.com or contact Christine Piontek at artmuseumevents@bowdoin.edu.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas.

Photo: Gabriel Perez Barreiro

Celebratespring and new exhibitions at the Museum of Art, especially Past Futures: Science Fiction,Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Spring Open House.

Free and open to the public.

Inthis enthralling and award-winning documentary, Chilean master directorPatricio Guzmán explores how astronomical observations of distant galaxies, thedeep past of pre-Columbian archaeology, and the remnants of Chile?s painfulpolitical history converge in the Atacama desert, the world?s driest region.

Followed by a panel discussion with Allen Wells, Roger Howell, Jr. professor of history,Sarah Childress, visiting assistant professor of cinema studies, and SarahMontross, Andrew W. Mellon post-doctoral curatorial fellow.

Museum members are invited to join Laura Sprague, consulting curator, decorative arts; Andrea Rosen, curatorial assistant; and Joachim Homann, curator, for a discussion and tour of the new installations of art from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Find out how James Bowdoin's legacy continues to shape the Museum.

RSVPs are requested but not required. You may RSVP here: https://curatorsperspectives.eventbrite.com or contact Christine Piontek at artmuseumevents@bowdoin.edu.

Arielle Saiber, associate professor, romance languages and Sarah Montross, Andrew W. Mellon post-doctoral curatorial fellow discuss various aspects of the exhibition, Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas.

Free and open to the public.

Ford W. Bell, President of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), will speak on the state and role of museums in contemporary American society. He will also reflect upon his experiences and observations as the leader of AAM.

RSVPs are requested but not required.  You may RSVP here: https://21centurymuseum.eventbrite.com or contact Christine Piontek at artmuseumevents@bowdoin.edu.