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Bowdoin museum to highlight acquisitions from 2020
A special presentation at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28, will explore a selection of art works — including this Greek Marble Funerary Stele, from Ionia, marble, Second Century BCE — added to the collection in the last year at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Works from the ancient Mediterranean to present-day Maine and […]
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Painting of Hallowell from 19th century being auctioned at Sotheby’s
The oil painting is being sold as part of a collection from the estate of Margaret P. Gregory of Connecticut. Bidding starts at $20,000.
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Colby College museum acquires Jacob Lawrence prints of Haitian revolutionary
The late artist, who documented the African-American experience, has been in the spotlight recently.
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Maine art sales surge during pandemic
Galleries worldwide have reduced their staffs by a third since the beginning of 2020, and the value of art sales has fallen by 43 percent. It’s a different story in Maine.
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Local artists painting equality mural in Portland
They hope to send a message for positive change with the 40-foot-long work off Monument Square.
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Maine Media Workshops receives its largest grant
The $1.125 million gift will help bolster the Rockport school’s Arnold Newman Prize in Photographic Portraiture.
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New studio complex for artists set to open in Portland
The developer of a new building at Cassidy Point wanted to fill a need for affordable studio space in the city.
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Augusta officials seek process to assess art proposed for public places
Recent downtown art projects prompt talk of creating a city arts commission.