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… In addition to The Lunder Collection, the museum will present Spaces and Places: Chinese Art from the Lunder-Colville Collection and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; “A Thing Alive”: Modern Views from the Marin Collections; Nowhere But Here: Art From the Alex Katz Foundation; Alex Katz: A Matter of Light; American Weathervanes from a

… A Thing Alive” reflects on the bold changes that occurred in 20th-century artistic representations of the natural and built environments.
Nowhere But Here: Art From the Alex Katz Foundation, on view from July 13 through Jan. 5, 2014, presents more than 30 modern and contemporary works given to the Colby College Museum of Art …

… These works will now join the museum’s existing collection, which ranges from Colonial era portraits to contemporary works by Richard Serra, Sol LeWitt, Kara Walker and Alex Katz.
Designed by the distinguished Los Angeles-based firm Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects, the 26,000-square-foot pavilion will create a light-filled gateway to …

… view beginning Nov. 8 and during construction will be an exhibition dedicated to the pavilion’s design, rotating highlights from the permanent collection, and works from the Alex Katz collection. Starting Nov. 8 visitors will enter through a temporary entrance adjacent to the Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz. For additional …

… of writers—scholars, curators, critics and artists—are paired with reproductions of pieces from the collection: James Cuno on Henri Fantin-Latour, Rackstraw Downes on John Marin, Alex Katz on Winslow Homer and Richard Hell on Joe Brainard, for example. Participation by AAMD member museums emphasizes the lasting impact art museums have on their communities …