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Monday, July 25th, 2011

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine

Beginning on August 13, 2011, the Portland Museum of Art will show The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine in two parts. Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, managed to build one of…

Preview | Madeleine de Sinéty: Photographs

Madeleine de Sinéty: Photographs opens on September 24, 2011 at the Portland Museum of Art. The exhibition will feature a selection of 60 black-and-white and color images, the first to explore the breadth of de Sinéty’s photographic essays. Madeleine de…

Works by Will Barnet on View at the Portland Museum of Art

Artist Will Barnet will celebrate his 100th birthday on May 25. To honor this extraordinary moment, the Portland Museum of Art will present an installation of his work. Will Barnet at 100, on view April 30 through August 14, will…

2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Prize Winners

The Portland Museum of Art has announced the 2011 Art Biennial Prize winners. At the members’ opening reception for the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial on Wednesday evening, April 6, five prizes were awarded to artists in the exhibition.…

Refashioned at the Portland Museum of Art

Refashioned opens on May 21, 2011 and will feature 20 objects by a trio of artists who employ garments to explore historical narrative. Include are Lauren Gillette, Anne Lemanski, and Angelika Werth. Each is interested in the conventions of outward…

Preview | European Drawings at the Portland Museum of Art

News from the Portland Museum of Art – In the spring, the Portland Museum of Art will feature an exhibition devoted to European drawings comprised of 30 works from the Museum’s permanent collection and on loan from private collectors. European…

Edward Weston “Leaves of Grass”

On December 30, 2010 the Portland Museum of Art will open Weston: Leaves of Grass. In early 1941, Edward Weston was approached by the Limited Editions Club of New York and invited to make photographs to illustrate its deluxe edition…

Andrea Zittel’s The Group Formally Known as Smockshop

I wanted to quickly share an upcoming event at the Portland Museum of Art that I thought particularly cool, and honestly couldn’t word it better than by simply posting part of the press release. On Saturday, September 11 from 10…

Friday, May 14th, 2010

American Moderns: Masterworks on Paper from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1910-1960

Something to look forward to this summer is the Portland Museum of Art’s exhibition American Moderns. Drawing from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, American Moderns is the first ever in-depth exploration of the Hartford institutions selection of modernist works…

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portland museum of art

Monday, July 25th, 2011

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Preview | Madeleine de Sinéty: Photographs

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Works by Will Barnet on View at the Portland Museum of Art

Friday, April 8th, 2011

2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Prize Winners

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Refashioned at the Portland Museum of Art

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Preview | European Drawings at the Portland Museum of Art

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Edward Weston “Leaves of Grass”

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Andrea Zittel’s The Group Formally Known as Smockshop

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Friday, May 14th, 2010

American Moderns: Masterworks on Paper from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1910-1960