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Per Kirkeby, Danish, born 1938. Earthquake, 1983, (detail), oil on canvas
Per Kirkeby, Danish, born 1938. Erdbeben (Earthquake), (detail) 1983, oil on canvas. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.


Exhibitions: Current - Past - Upcoming
Current Exhibitions
Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture
March 26, 2013 - July 14, 2013
Bowdoin Gallery

The exhibition introduces to American audiences Danish artist Per Kirkeby (born 1938), one of Europe's most celebrated contemporary artists. The artist's roles as geologist, filmmaker, architect, writer, and poet are reflected in this survey of approximately 45 works. Kirkeby's paintings and sculptures are constantly in flux, maintaining a dialogue between art and science. Organized by the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., this is Per Kirkeby's first American retrospective. After the Phillips Collection, Bowdoin is the only other venue hosting this important show.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea
June 29, 2013 - October 13, 2013
Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery This is the first exhibition to present the seaside work of the Post-Impressionist painter Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924), whose sophisticated and sensitive renderings of beaches, coves, and bathers were often inspired by his visits to Maine. The exhibition brings together works with identifiable locations in Maine and elsewhere, with paintings whose "place" is not defined by geography but by their context in the grand traditions of western art.

Katherine Bradford ~~~AUGUST~~~
June 29, 2013 - September 01, 2013
Katherine Bradford’s recent paintings can be read as hilarious and catastrophic, decorative and sublime. They are concerned with the ocean, populated by boats and bathers, as a metaphor for the vagaries of modern life.

Imago and Persona: Portraits from Antiquity
Opening August 08, 2013
Walker Gallery This exhibition explores the traditions, styles, and techniques that inform the portrayals of individuals in the ancient world.

more Upcoming Exhibitions
Museum News

June 11, 2013 - NEWS - OTHER

Kirkeby and Gelato

June 3, 2013 - NEWS - PRESS

Bowdoin College Museum of Art Welcomes New Co-Directors

May 27, 2013 - NEWS - OTHER

Summer Road Construction Projects Announced

April 29, 2013 - NEWS - OTHER

Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture in the Press
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Museum Events

Second Friday ArtWalk Brunswick

June 14, 2013 | 5:00 PM
Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea

June 29, 2013 | 10:00 AM
Museum of Art, Bernard & Barbro Osher Gallery

Lecture:Nancy Mowll Mathews discusses "Sea Change: Prendergast, Maine, and the Coastlines of Modern Art"

June 29, 2013 | 5:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium

Open House and Reception for "Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea"

June 29, 2013 | 5:30 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Second Friday ArtWalk Brunswick

July 12, 2013 | 5:00 PM
Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Second Friday ArtWalk Brunswick

August 9, 2013 | 5:00 PM
Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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