Material Resources: Intersections of Art and the Environment

December 6, 2018 - June 2, 2019, Focus Gallery, Halford Gallery, Media Gallery, Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery, Center Gallery

This exhibition explores the intersections of art and the environment with works drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection. Featuring objects from antiquity to today, "Material Resources: Intersections of Art and the Environment" examines artists’ dependence on Earth’s material resources, while presenting art as an integral “material” resource in the study of the environment.

Spring of Discontent: The Photography of Michael Ruetz

November 15, 2018 - January 6, 2019, Becker Gallery

In a visual diary of iconic photographs, Ruetz captured the events and circumstances of 1968 and the ideas and socio-political changes associated with the '68 Movement in Germany and beyond.

Among Women

October 11, 2018 - April 7, 2019, Boyd Gallery

This exhibition explores the artistic portrayal of women in the United States over the last three centuries. Featuring outstanding portraits in all media from the Museum’s permanent collection and several important loans, it examines the myriad ways that artists have represented women in the history of American art

Kate Furbish and Edwin Hale Lincoln: New England Botanical Studies

October 4, 2018 - February 10, 2019, Shaw Ruddock Gallery

This exhibition highlights two exceptional artist-botanists, watercolorist Kate Furbish (1834–1931) and photographer Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848–1938).

"Let's Get Lost" and "Listening Glass"

September 27, 2018 - September 29, 2019, Walker Gallery

"Let's Get Lost," a site-specific drawing by linn meyers will be complemented by an interactive sound installation, "Listening Glass" created by Rebecca Bray, James Bigbee Garver, and Josh Knowles in partnership with meyers. The projects include visual and acoustic components that can be activated through audience participation.

In the Round: Ancient Art from All Sides

August 23, 2018 - October 13, 2019, Rotunda

This exhibition examines the geometry and design of ancient art and the efforts by artists to represent depth and movement by influencing the vantage point of the viewer.

A Handheld History: Five Centuries of Medals from the Molinari Collection at Bowdoin College

July 26, 2018 - January 6, 2019, Markell Gallery

"A Handheld History" allows viewers to experience the intimacy and poignancy of portrait medals spanning nearly five centuries and to consider the lessons they have to impart to contemporary audiences.