In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American farmers commonly installed decorative weathervanes on the rooftops of their houses and barns. This exhibition of outstanding weathervanes from a private New England collection affords us the opportunity to appreciate the craftsmanship and beauty of these charming objects.

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2018 Senior Exhibition

May 10, 2018 - May 27, 2018

Davis Gallery

Seniors studying studio art have spent all year working on capstone projects in disciplines that include printmaking, photography, painting, and sculpture. This show serves as the culmination of their studies. An exhibition catalogue containing images, artist’s statements, and analyses of works in the show written by students in AR356 will also be available. 

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Contemporary Highlights

April 10, 2018 - August 26, 2018

Lower Jette Galleries

This installation features select recent acquisitions presented alongside works by artists long represented in the Museum’s collection. Study for the Origin of the Species (after Darwin), a suite of drawings by Tim Rollins + K.O.S., will be shown in remembrance of Rollins, a native of central Maine who died in late 2017.

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Yoshua Okón: Oracle

February 15, 2018 - May 1, 2018

Davis Gallery

Oracle, Arizona, was the focus of national attention in July 2014 when anti-immigration protests—and counter-protests—broke out. The Arizona Border Defenders, a paramilitary border patrol, objected to the local resettlement of unaccompanied minors. The following year, the Mexican artist Yoshua Okón invited the volunteer organization to restage these demonstrations.

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City of Ambition: Photography from the Collection

February 15, 2018 - September 16, 2018

Gourley Gallery

Taking its name from the Alfred Stieglitz photograph on view in the exhibition, City of Ambition not only examines urban spaces but also looks beyond them to consider the resources and infrastructures which serve and sustain them. Among the photographers featured are Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Berenice Abbott, Imogen Cunningham, and Richard Misrach.

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Hernan Bas: The Paper Crown Prince and Other Works

February 13, 2018 - May 3, 2018

Davis Gallery

Boy adventurers, waifish fashion models, and a kite in the form of a pirate ship populate the moody and seductive artworks that Hernan Bas made in the early 2000s. With loans from the de la Cruz Collection, this exhibition considers the first five years of Bas’s career, when coming-of-age narratives provided an entry point to the wide-ranging literary and cultural associations that have informed his practice.

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Game Time: The Sports Photography of Walter Iooss

December 7, 2017 - June 24, 2018

Upper Jette Galleries

From baselines and sidelines, courtsides and ringsides, Walter Iooss has captured the angles and action of sports for over fifty years. His photography provides us with a front row seat from which to explore the relationship of sports and society.

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Bird Watching: Audubon and Ornithology in Early America

September 14, 2017 - February 4, 2018

Gladys Brooks Foundation Gallery, Gourley Gallery

Featuring the extraordinary Bien Edition of The Birds of America (1858–60) by John James Audubon, Bird Watching: Audubon and Ornithology in Early America reveals the mind of a nineteenth-century artist and ornithologist at work.

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