April 26 - November 27, 2016 - This installation, drawn from Bowdoin’s collection, brings together paintings dating to the period 1350–1500 and prior influences, including ancient and medieval sculpture. Rivalries between the arts contributed to the transformation of painting into an arena for artistic innovation and originality.

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May 5 - September 4, 2016 - This exhibition of German Expressionist prints from the 1918 folio Shakespeare Visionen demonstrates how Shakespeare’s emotionally complex characters and theatrical situations inspire rich comparisons across cultures and historical periods. Curated by Lev Pinkus ’17, Sophie Kaplan ’19, Lainey Curtis ’18, and Rachel Bird ’18 with support fro...

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May 5 - September 4, 2016 - This exhibition of German Expressionist prints from the 1918 folio Shakespeare Visionen demonstrates how Shakespeare’s emotionally complex characters and theatrical situations inspire rich comparisons across cultures and historical periods. Curated by Lev Pinkus ’17, Sophie Kaplan ’19, Lainey Curtis ’18, and Rachel Bird ’18 with support fro...

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May 6 - June 26, 2016 - This exhibit highlights the rugged beauty of the Allagash through the experiences of Henry L. Withee and Horace A. Bailey, two friends who canoed the Allagash in July of 1911. The wilderness of Maine has long been alluring to adventurers and nature lovers alike. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a stunning stretch of wilderness in nor...

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May 19 - August 21, 2016 - This exhibition brings together works related to three of her books: Miss Rumphius, Hattie and the Wild Waves, and Eleanor. It also celebrates the recent gift of original preparatory sketches and manuscripts for Eleanor. Focused on the lives of three women rendered in detailed paintings, this exhibition explores how Cooney crafted rich biographies in text and image.

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June 2 - August 21, 2016 - The Vollard Suite comprises 100 etchings made at a critical point in Picasso’s career between 1930 and 1937. Exploring themes of mythology, identity, creativity and sexuality, the Vollard Suite is etched in a neoclassical style that Picasso adapted from his studies of classical sculpture and traces his artistic development throughout the 1930s. In the series, Picas...

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June 10 – October 8, 2016This extensive exhibition presents works showcasing Indiana’s unique method of working on paper, canvas, print, and in three dimensions with the same image. One of America’s most celebrated living artists associated with Pop Art, Indiana is a long-time resident of Maine. This exhibition follows the career of this seminal Pop artist. Featured are over 70 ...

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June 10 – October 8, 2016 - This exhibition focuses on The Book of Only Enoch, a portfolio of 20 woodcut and relief etchings, and selected plates used to create the prints. Through these media, Bolotin tells the story of Only Enoch, a sensitive Jewish boy from Kentucky who is named after an apocryphal book left out of the Hebrew Bible. The large, highly detailed prints of Only Enoch each co...

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Featuring approximately 60 works of art, this exhibition explores the intersecting New York careers of four pioneering female American modernists between about 1910 and 1935. Georgia O’Keeffe, Florine Stettheimer, Helen Torr, and Marguerite Zorach all engaged with modernism in compelling and diverse ways. Hours for Fridays: 10:00 am to 9:00 pm

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June 25 - October 23, 2016 - This groundbreaking exhibition examines the rise and evolution of symbolic, abstract, and conceptual portraiture in modern and contemporary American Art.                                

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