Upcoming Exhibitions

Assyria to America

October 24, 2019 - December 13, 2020, Walker Gallery

"Assyria to America" examines the ancient and modern histories of Bowdoin’s six reliefs from ancient Nimrud.

African/American: Two Centuries of Portraits

November 7, 2019 - February 9, 2020, Becker Gallery

The exhibition features outstanding portraits of and by leading African American artists from prior to slavery’s abolition in the United States to today.

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.

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.

At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine

June 27, 2020 - November 15, 2020, Center Gallery, Media Gallery, Becker Gallery, Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery, Halford Gallery, Focus Gallery

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.