Boston Globe art critic Sebastian Smee recently visited the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and its 'This is a Portrait If I Say So' exhibition, writing that it is "richly stimulating" in his review "Questions of Identity at Bowdoin."
Peter Jaszi - Workshop: "Fair Use in the Visual Arts and Beyond"
September 25, 201611:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Visual Arts Center, Beam Classroom
A three-part workshop addressing copyright and fair use in museums and on academic campuses.
L.J. Roberts: "Queer Strategies, Queer Tactics"
October 5, 20164:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Award-winning L.J. Roberts speaks about the expression of LGBT identity through the visual arts.
Richard Saunders '70: "Some Additional Observations on Identity in American Art"
October 12, 20164:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Richard Saunders '70 discusses the emergence of portrait abstraction in the context of the broader history of American portraiture.
Music at the Museum with George Lopez
October 13, 20165:00 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.
Museum of Art, Rotunda
George Lopez performs an evening of music associated with the exhibitions on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Performance: Music at the Museum with George Lopez
October 13, 20167:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Museum of Art, Rotunda
George Lopez performs an evening of music associated with the exhibitions on view.
Tour, Discussion, and Reception: "Echoes of Ancient Religions in Bowdoin Collections"
October 14, 20165:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Museum of Art, Pavilion
How do art and material culture reflect religious beliefs and practices in the ancient world? What do objects contribute to our understanding of the meaning and history of the term 'religion'?
The New Normal
October 19, 20164:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Artist Hasan Elahi discusses his practice and the larger question of visual documentation and the representation of identity in the post-9/11 era.
Laura Sprague and Joachim Homann - Gallery Conversation: "Adornment, Authority, and Alterity in Nineteenth-Century Art"
October 25, 201612:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Curators Laura Sprague and Joachim Homann discuss a newly-installed selection of works from the Museum of Art's collection.
Film screening and discussion: "The Films of Robert Frank"
October 27, 20167:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Sills Hall, Smith Auditorium
An evening of short films by photographer Robert Frank , who is also a distinguished filmmaker.
Family Saturday at the Museum of Art
October 29, 201610:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Museum of Art, Pavilion
A special program of family activities related to the exhibitions on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Gallery Conversation: "The Senses of Performance"
November 1, 201612:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Honor Wilkinson leads a discussion of artistic engagement with the visual, tactile, and auditory senses in works of art created between 1350 and 1500.
Film screening and Conversation: "Foreigners Out: Schlingensief's Container," 2001
November 10, 20167:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Sills Hall, Smith Auditorium
"Foreigners Out: Schlingensief's Container," 2001, chronicles a theatrical project realized by the German filmmaker and theater director Christoph Schlingensief in Vienna in 2000 in response to xenophobia and the rise of right-wing populism as a political force.
Spindel Lecture - Adi Nes: "Issues of Identity"
November 15, 20167:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Adi Nes, one of Israel's most prominent photographers, will discuss his personal artistic language, accompanied by images of his work. He will touch upon issues related to hidden layers in his photographs, the use of canonical icons and social ideas ascribed to them, staged photography which creates reality as opposed to photography which usually reflects reality, and the various faces of Israeli identity.
Gallery Conversation with Artist Adi Nes
November 16, 20164:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Adi Nes, an internationally renowned Israeli photographer, discusses the art historical references in his large-format color photographs from the 2012 series "The Village."
