Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Exhibitions: Current - Past - Upcoming

Current Exhibitions

Letters and Shadows: African American Art and Literature Since the Harlem Renaissance

January 22, 2015 - March 15, 2015
Becker Gallery

This exhibition features dialogues and collaborations among seminal African-American artists and writers of the twentieth century

Rocks, Waves, and Skies: Maine Landscapes, 1900-1950

January 15, 2015 - June 28, 2015
Markell Gallery

At the turn of the twentieth century, artists from urban centers such as Boston and New York City made Maine one of their favorite summer destinations.

To Instruct and Delight: European and American Art, 1500-1800

Opened January 15, 2015
Bowdoin Gallery

This exhibition brings together works from Bowdoin’s collection with important recent acquisitions that offer new perspectives on the art of Europe and the transatlantic colonies.

Fifty Years Later: The Portrayal of the Negro in American Painting - A Digital Exhibition

Opened November 11, 2014

This innovative website revisits the seminal exhibition, "The Portrayal of the Negro in American Painting," organized by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 1964.

Collaborations and Collusions: Artists’ Networks from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

November 06, 2014 - February 08, 2015
Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery

Featuring loaned works reflecting the importance of Marcel Duchamp’s relationship to his family, this installation, drawn largely from the permanent collection of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, challenges the myth of artistic isolation.

Upcoming Exhibitions

PAST FUTURES: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas

March 05, 2015 - June 07, 2015
Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery The first exhibition to feature arts related to space travel, futurism, and science fiction from across the American hemisphere.

A Gift of Knowing: The Art of Dorothea Rockburne

March 14, 2015 - April 26, 2015
Shaw Ruddock Gallery This selection of works since the 1970s includes one of Rockburne’s most recent drawings, "The Mathematical Edges of Maine," a response to her travel to the state this past summer.

Star Charts and Celestial Scenes from Bowdoin Collections

March 19, 2015 - June 07, 2015
Becker Gallery A display of astronomical photographs and lunar diagrams explores methods for mapping the cosmos.

Peasants and Patricians: Landscapes and Portraits of the Nineteenth Century

Opening March 26, 2015
Boyd Gallery European and American art in the nineteenth century was full of startling contrasts: grand vistas of ancient ruins versus small landscapes celebrating the specificity of local haunts; portraits of noblemen and women alongside depictions of peasants, farmers, and rogues.

Contest! Challenge, Competition, and Combat in Ancient Art

Opening April 16, 2015
Walker Gallery This exhibition considers the representation of contests in ancient art.

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Museum News

Announcements

Museum of Art Closed on Tuesday, January 27 due to weather conditions.

Museum staff members Sarah Montross and Anne Collins Goodyear have completed books recently

Museum of Art staff contribute to two new books. "Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas" accompanies an exhibition opening in March 2015; and "aka Marcel Duchamp: Meditations on the Identities of an Artist" was published in fall 2014.

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Museum Events

Upcoming Events

Thursday Night Salon with Anne Collins Goodyear: "Collaborations, Collusions, and Duchamp"

January 29, 2015 | 7:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Thursday Night Salon with Frank Goodyear: "Rocks, Waves, and Skies: Maine Landscapes, 1900-1950"

February 5, 2015 | 7:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Music at the Museum: Rebel Baroque Ensemble

February 7, 2015 | 10:30 AM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Gallery Conversation. "Le dernier cri: Cupid and Psyche in Paris

February 11, 2015 | 12:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

"We Love our Members" Double Discount Day at the Museum Shop

February 14, 2015 | 10:00 AM
Museum of Art Shop

Thursday Night Salon: "Translating Cupid and Pysche: Apuleius's Absurdity"

February 19, 2015 | 7:00 PM
Museum of Art, Boyd Gallery

Gallery Conversation: "'Now You Cookin' With Gas': Word and Image in African American Art"

February 24, 2015 | 4:30 PM
Museum of Art, Becker Gallery

Members' Preview: "Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel and Postwar Art of the Americas"

March 4, 2015 | 5:30 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Music at the Museum: "Sebastian Bach to '2001: A Space Odyssey'"

March 5, 2015 | 6:30 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Gallery Talk: "Dutch Painters of the Golden Age"

March 24, 2015 | 12:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Lecture:Gabriel Perez-Barreiro: "Latitude 0'08791": Latin American Artists and Science Fiction

March 26, 2015 | 4:30 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium

Spring Open House at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art

March 26, 2015 | 5:30 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion

Movie/Film:Film and Discussion: "Nostalgia for the Light"

March 31, 2015 | 7:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium

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