Exhibitions

The Visitors: Andrea Dezsö

February 20, 2020 - May 31, 2020, Becker Gallery

"The Visitors" features new work by Andrea Dezsö together with art from Bowdoin’s collections.

Fast Fashion/Slow Art

January 30, 2020 - August 2, 2020, Boyd Gallery

"Fast Fashion / Slow Art" features films, videos, installations, and performances by an international group of emerging and established contemporary artists and filmmakers.

Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815–1860

December 12, 2019 - May 31, 2020, Halford Gallery, Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery

This 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

December 12, 2019 - May 31, 2020, Center Gallery, Focus Gallery

Explores the history of Maine town and city views published during the first fifty years of statehood through major lithographs and several related paintings.

Assyria to America

October 24, 2019 - December 13, 2020, 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

June 29, 2019 - August 2, 2020, Shaw Ruddock Gallery

This 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.

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

January 15, 2015 - January 1, 2022, 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.