The Presence of the Past: Art from Central and West Africa
This exhibition highlights how the arts of Central and West Africa represent social themes across time.
Upcoming Exhibitions
New Views of the Middle Ages: Highlights from the Wyvern Collection
Bringing together objects from the renowned Wyvern Collection and the BCMA, the exhibition showcases many of the important ways in which a new look at medieval works of art provides insight into the past while also enabling us to re-envision the histories shaping our own era.
Creeping Pavement: Depictions of an Urbanizing America
"Creeping Pavement" explores artists’ changing attitudes toward urban spaces over the course of the late nineteenth to twentieth centuries
There is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art
"There Is a Woman in Every Color" examines the representation of Black women over the past two centuries.
Along the Water: French and Dutch Impressionism from the Van Vlissingen Collection
"Along the Water" explores the visual and symbolic significance of water, an important subject for Impressionists at the turn of the twentieth century.
At First Light: Photographs of Maine Artist Studios and Homes by Walter Smalling
Beginning in 2018, celebrated architectural photographer Walter Smalling crisscrossed the state of Maine in all seasons creating images of important artist homes and studios.
At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of statehood, the exhibition brings together some of the most outstanding artistic treasures created in Maine over the last two centuries.