Upcoming Exhibitions

Masks of Memories: Art and Ceremony in Nineteenth Century Oceania

October 6, 2022 - January 15, 2023, Markell Gallery

This exhibition presents extraordinary masks from the island New Ireland, part of Papua New Guinea, that residents performed in at funeral ceremonies to explore their cultural significance and collecting history connected to Maine.

In Light of Rome: Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842–1871

December 8, 2022 - June 4, 2023, Halford Gallery, Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery

“In Light of Rome” comprehensively explores the contribution made by the cosmopolitan art center to the early history of photography and traces the medium’s rise there that forever changed the way we perceive the Eternal City.