Bowdoin Gallery Reinstallation
Long-term installation has opened- Bowdoin Gallery
The reinstalled Bowdoin Gallery integrates paintings and decorative arts from the Baroque era through the 19th century. This exhibition examines the scope of artistic influences in an age of intercontinental exploration and trade. Included in the exhibition are 18th-century American portraits which conform to the “Grand Manner” of European painting, and some which reflect the fledgling democracy’s transition to an indigenous style.
20th Century Art: Highlights from the Collection
Through Feb 21, 2010- Shaw Ruddock Gallery
Surveying affinities in European and American art through the 1970s, this exhibition features paintings, drawings, and sculpture from the museum’s collection. The works on view showcase a range of twentieth-century treatments of the visual field, all of them stressing the material expressiveness of the medium, or media, in play. Artists on exhibit include René Magritte, Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson.
Join us in celebrating this, and other exhibitions drawing from our permanent collection at the Museum’s Open House on February 4th, 2010.
In Focus: Photographs from the Permanent Collection
Jan 19, 2010 – Mar 14, 2010- Halford Gallery
- Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery
his installation showcases twentieth-century photography from the permanent collection, including an array of recent acquisitions. On view are painterly photographs dating from the Pictorialism of the early 20th century, through to large-scale contemporary photography. Photographers represented include Berenice Abbott, Edward Burtynsky, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sally Mann, and Alfred Stieglitz.
Basquiat/Warhol
Jan 19, 2010 – Apr 04, 2010- John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery
Working in New York City during the late 1970s and early 80s, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol were friends, collaborators, and rivals. This dramatic installation highlights a series of Polaroids by Warhol recently given to the museum, and a single monumental canvas by Basquiat.
Learning to Paint: American Artists and European Art, 1876-1893
Jan 26, 2010 – May 16, 2010- Focus Gallery
- Center Gallery
In last quarter of the nineteenth century, Europe became a training ground for American art students. Goaded by criticism of native art as technically inferior to foreign work, aspiring young men and women crossed the Atlantic to learn the “language” of painting.
Hours
The Museum of Art is open as follows:
- Tuesdays through Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Thursday evenings to 8:30 p.m.
- Sundays 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Closed on Mondays and national holidays.
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge, although donations are welcome. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the new Pavilion entrance.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art is a member of The Maine Art Museum Trail
