Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960 is now open. Be sure to see this stunning exhibition, which critics at the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe have recommended as an arts highlight for the summer season. In addition to daily tours at 2 pm by the Museum's student guides, please join us for two "nocturne" concerts by faculty from the Bowdoin International Music Festival (July 2 and 23) and special gallery lectures by the exhibition's curator Joachim Homann (July 16) and art history professor Linda Docherty (July 28). While you are here, don't miss the new installation Gilbert Stuart: From Boston to Brunswick that explores the famous portraitist's years in Boston and his 1821 trip to Maine. There's much to see at the Museum this summer. We look forward to welcoming you.
Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III
Co-Directors
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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On view through October 18, 2015
This is the first major museum survey dedicated to scenes of the night in American art from 1860 to 1960 -- an era not yet illuminated by electricity to the beginning of the Space Age.
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Opens July 9, 2015
This installation explores Stuart's work during the last twenty-three years of his life and suggests his centrality in constructing a pantheon of American likeness and achievement.
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Over the course of a year, the French video artist Michel Auder, who has been based in New York since 1970, pointed his camera into the dark to record the nocturnal view from a Manhattan apartment. His beautifully edited and densely layered three-channel video presents a contemporary perspective on the themes of Night Vision.
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This summer's group of talented Bowdoin students working at the Museum will be giving tours, conducting research, digitizing the collection, and promoting the Museum through social media.
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This summer, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art is proud to partner with the Bowdoin International Music Festival in presenting a pair of concerts of musical nocturnes at the Museum.
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Join the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
July is a great time to join the Museum. This summer we are celebrating nocturnes with exhibitions, concerts, and gallery conversations.
Museum members are critical to the ongoing success of the exhibitions and public programming that the Museum offers.
Your membership offers exclusive access to an array of exhibitions and public programs, and connects you to a community of students and faculty who are actively engaged in the life of the Museum. If you are not already a member, we hope that you will show your support for great art in Brunswick by joining today!
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Bowdoin International Music Festival, Musical Nocturnes at the Museum
11:00 am
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moreGallery Conversation with Joachim Homann: Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960
12:00 noon
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JULY 23
Bowdoin International Music Festival, Musical Nocturnes at the Museum
11:00 a.m.
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JULY 28
Gallery Conversation with Linda Docherty: Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960
12:00 noon
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Banner image: Cloud Study, Moonlight, ca. 1860, (detail) by Albert Bierstadt.
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