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Colby College Museum of Art Acquires Rare Matisse Cut-Out Textile, Océanie, le ciel

A large, horizontally oriented artwork by Henri Matisse installed on a white gallery wall. The piece features a muted tan or beige background filled with white silk-screened cutouts of stylized marine life, birds, coral, and organic shapes. The artwork is enclosed in a simple, thin gold frame.

The Woman Who Made Andrew Wyeth’s World

A realist painting depicts a large, two-story white house perched atop a grassy hill overlooking calm, glassy water that clearly reflects the building below. On the far left, a small sailboat with a prominent white sail glides near the shoreline under a heavy, overcast sky. The composition features a highly muted, desaturated palette of grays, whites, and earthy greens, creating a quiet and serene atmosphere.

Giddily Toward Oblivion: Gladys Nilsson Paints the Human Comedy

A circular multimedia artwork framed inside a wooden embroidery hoop depicts an abstract, stylized landscape with dense, interlocking organic shapes. Two main orange and ochre figures with finger-like extensions sit in the center, surrounded by pale blue and grey tubular plant forms and a patterned ground texture. The composition uses flat colors, fine stippling, and bold black outlines to separate the interlocking elements.

July Book Bag: from a selection of US folk art to a closer look at the work of YBA Gary Hume

A graphic poster or book cover design features a textured, granular background with a split color scheme: a weathered teal-blue on top and a deep ocean blue below. Peach-colored typography overlays the image. The text reads "Imagining an" at the top, "Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico," across the middle, "Archipelago" in large letters near the bottom, and "and Their Diasporas" along the lower edge.

New Exhibitions Unveil the Worlds of Betsy Wyeth

An elevated landscape photograph capturing a cluster of weathered wooden houses on a grassy, rocky island. A dark, calm pond sits in the foreground, reflecting a soft blue sky filled with white clouds. In the background, the rolling green land meets a calm ocean cove dotted with distant islands.

Gertrude Abercrombie: Good Witch of the American Absurd

A surrealist painting depicts a woman from behind in a black dress, wide-brimmed hat, and white gloves walking down a dirt path toward a tiny white church. The surrounding landscape features a large, leafless white tree, dark clouds hanging in a gray sky, and barren tree stumps scattered across fields. Her hand holds a twig as she tilts her head toward the distant horizon.

Beyond Boston: Eleven Summer Exhibitions Worth the Drive

A vertical photograph taken from a high angle, showing a headless, nude person with tanned skin lying in a fetal position on a woven tan mat. The person is adorned with intricate orange shell jewelry across their torso and hip. Surrounding them on the mat is a symmetrical and extensive collection of Indigenous jewelry, including necklaces, earrings, and bracelets made of shells, bone, and dark wood, arranged like a museum display or an anatomical study.

Whistler and Colby—Together in London

Who Are the Next Great Maine Artists?

A high-contrast black and white photograph capturing an outdoor courtyard area of a modern building with clean architectural lines. Multiple people are scattered throughout the space, some standing in small groups conversing and others sitting at round tables. The foreground features dramatic, long diagonal shadows cast across the light-colored pavement by an unseen structure or trellis.

With Deep Colby Connections, a Whistler Retrospective is a ‘Luscious, Seductive Blockbuster’

An oil painting on canvas rendered in a muted, atmospheric palette of greys, soft blues, and ochres. It depicts a misty river landscape under a hazy, overcast sky. In the upper right, a small dark steamboat plies the water, emitting a plume of pale smoke. The background shows a dark, silhouetted shoreline with industrial chimneys rising on the left. In the foreground, a path or bank is populated by simplified, silhouetted figures—including a couple standing near bare, slender trees on the right and a small group near the left.

Jacqueline Terrassa to Conclude Museum Directorship in 2026

The exterior of the Colby College Museum of Art

What does it takes to install an art exhibition at Colby’s museum?

An eye-level, wide shot captures two art preparators installing an exhibition inside a gallery with vibrant peach-colored walls.

Alex Katz | Out Of Sight: A Drawing Survey

A watercolor painting of large white lilies with green stems and leaves, set against a solid reddish-brown background. The composition features a bold, graphic pattern style with visible brushstrokes, presented on a square sheet of paper with visible margins.

Senior Art Exhibition 2026 Showcases the ‘Incredible Crossroads’ of Studio Art Majors

An exhibition view inside a modern art gallery, split by a foreground wall. On the left wall in the background, two large, colorful paintings featuring stylized figures and gold leaf are stacked vertically above two small, white cylindrical stools. On the right foreground wall, a row of black-and-white photographs hangs above a series of small, square prints.

Maine to Host Ninth Biennial AHAA Symposium During Nation’s 250th Anniversary

80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

A sketch of a man’s head and neck in blue ink on a slightly creased sheet of off-white paper. He is turned in a three-quarter view, looking forward with a serious expression, rendered using quick lines and cross-hatched shading.

The creative inspiration behind Andrew Wyeth’s paintings now on display

A three-story, white clapboard historic house stands on a grassy lawn next to a body of water under a blue sky with fluffy clouds. A gravel path leads to the open front door, through which the silhouettes of two people can be seen looking out the back of the house toward the distant, tree-lined shore.

The World-Class Art and Breathtaking Nature of the Mid-Maine Fine Arts Trail

An elevated view of a Colby campus at dusk featuring traditional red brick buildings and a modern glass structure. Inside the glass building, a large-scale mural with colorful, curved stripes of yellow, orange, and blue is visible across multiple floors. A cobblestone path leads through a landscaped lawn with trees, set against a soft purple and pink evening sky with a clock tower in the distance.

Mawte: Bound Together