March e-bulletin

As we welcome the arrival of spring and longer days, the Museum of Art is delighted to announce the installation of exciting new acquisitions by the Bolivian Aymaran artist Alejandro Mario Yllanes. The BCMA becomes the first American museum to bring a painting by Yllanes into its collection. We also look forward on March 21st to the opening of Empires of Liberty: Athena, America, and the Feminine Allegory of the State, curated by Julia Katherine Fiori ’24. Finally, we are thrilled to shed new light on an 18th century terracotta medallion featuring the American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin, which has recently joined the Museum’s holdings. And for friends off campus, please note the opening of two BCMA exhibitions on the road: There Is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art, opening at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington (on view March 16th—May 26th) and Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable, opening at the Arts Club of Chicago (on view March 19th—June 8th).

We look forward to seeing you at the Museum!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear

Co-Directors

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

Continuing

Threads: Artists Weave their World

The exhibition highlights the work of modern and contemporary artists who have engaged with the expansive and ancient practice of weaving in innovative and sometimes unexpected ways.

Closing Soon

Face Forward: Recent Acquisitions

The exhibition highlights recent additions to the collection, focusing on portraiture as a form of artistic experimentation and social commentary.

spotlight

Announcing the acquisition of a major painting by Bolivian artist Alejandro Mario Yllanes

The museum has acquired Estaño Maldito (Cursed Tin), 1937, which offers a portrayal of the dire conditions faced by Indigenous miners in Bolivia's tin industry.

news

Empires of Liberty to open in March

Julia Katherine Fiori ’24 is the student curator of the exhibition that explores the emergence of female personifications of political power.

Object of the Month

Learn about a recently acquired terracotta medallion of Benjamin Franklin.

calendar

March 27, 2024

Gallery Talk: "The Book of Two Hemispheres"

12:00 noon | BCMA

Two BCMA exhibitions are traveling

There Is a Woman in Every Color opens in Delaware and Mina Loy: Strangeness is Inevitable opens in Chicago in mid-March.

Museum Hours

Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 pm | Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m. | Sunday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Closed on Mondays and national holidays.

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the Pavilion entrance.

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Banner image: Tulip Table, 1973, (detail), lithograph By Russell T. Gordon, American, born 1936. Gift of Gift of Dale Doody in memory of his mother and father, Leitha and Omar Doody. 2012.19.9