Pasado y Presente: Twentieth-Century Photographs of a Changing Mexico
, Markell Gallery"Pasado y Presente" explores the forces of change and tradition that have shaped modern Mexico through the lens of twentieth century photographers
Current Exhibitions
Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815–1860
, Halford Gallery, Bernard and Barbro Osher GalleryThis exhibition celebrates the artist and inventor Rufus Porter (1792–1884), an imaginative polymath and entrepreneur curious about art, science, and communication technologies.
Maine’s Lithographic Landscapes: Town & City Views, 1830-1870
, Center Gallery, Focus GalleryExplores the history of Maine town and city views published during the first fifty years of statehood through major lithographs and several related paintings.
African/American: Two Centuries of Portraits
, Becker GalleryThe exhibition features outstanding portraits of and by leading African American artists from prior to slavery’s abolition in the United States to today.
Assyria to America
, Walker Gallery, Assyrian Gallery"Assyria to America" examines the ancient and modern histories of Bowdoin’s six reliefs from ancient Nimrud.
Emerging Modernisms, American and European Art, 1900–1950
, Shaw Ruddock GalleryThis overview of Bowdoin’s collection of artwork from the first half of the twentieth century addresses the development of new visual languages and new philosophical sensibilities as artists explore how to render the ineffable tangible.