April 11, 2014 - NEWS - LECTURE
Susan Wegner and Nathaniel Wheelwright speak on "The Object Show" on April 17April 1, 2014 - NEWS - LECTURE
Fred Albertson to lecture on "The Bowdoin Portrait of Antoninus Pius" on April 3March 14, 2014 - NEWS - PRESS
New York Times, Boston Globe Put Museum of Art In FocusFebruary 27, 2014 - NEWS - LECTURE
"Strange Passion: Frederick Sommer's Wartime Surrealism" and Open House on February 28Multiple Perspectives in "The Object Show: Discoveries in Bowdoin Collections"
April 17, 201412:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Susan Wegner, associate professor of art history, and Nathaniel Wheelwright, professor of natural sciences, lead an interdisciplinary discussion of select works in The Object Show: Discoveries in Bowdoin Collections. Third in a series of three gallery talks during the Spring 2014 semester.
RSVPs are kindly requested, but not required. Contact Christine Piontek: cpiontek@bowdoin.edu.
Thursday Night Salon at the Museum of Art: "Spring Flowers: Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist"
April 24, 20147:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow Sarah Montross and Curator Joachim Homann moderate a conversation about flowers in Pop Art, exemplified by a silkscreen by Andy Warhol, recently donated to Bowdoin by the Andy Warhol Foundation, and a monumental painting by James Rosenquist on loan to the Museum of Art.
RSVPs are kindly requested, but not required. Contact Christine Piontek: cpiontek@bowdoin.edu.
Illustration: Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1970, screenprint. Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects
April 30, 20144:30 PM – 6:15 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, at the Smithsonian Institution will discuss objects in the Smithsonian's collections, such as the Star-Spangled Banner, Lincoln's hat, Bell's telephone, Armstrong's trumpet, Warhol's Marilyn Monroe, and even the National Zoo's pandas to weave an engaging history of our nation.
RSVPs are kindly requested, but not required. Contact Christine Piontek: cpiontek@bowdoin.edu.
Illustration: Dr. Richard Kurin
Gallery Talk on the exhibition, "Under the Surface: Surrealist Photography"
May 1, 20144:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Jessica May, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of Art and curator of the 2013 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, will join Andrea Rosen, curatorial assistant and curator of Under the Surface: Surrealist Photography, for an informal gallery talk.
RSVPs are kindly requested but not required. Contact Christine Piontek: cpiontek@bowdoin.edu
Illustration: George Platt Lynes, Portrait of Thomas Bacon, 1939, gelatin silver print. Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund.
Family Saturday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
May 3, 201410:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Bowdoin College students lead a program of activities and fun for children working with the exhibitions on view. Feel free to bring your friends!
RSVPs are kindly requested, but not required. Contact Christine Piontek: cpiontek@bowdoin.edu.
Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 a.m.- 8:30 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Closed on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014
Closed on Mondays and national holidays.
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge, although donations are welcome. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the Pavilion entrance. Bowdoin College Museum of Art is a member of The Maine Art Museum Trail