The collector’s lifelong love of photography and devotion to Maine have combined in this landmark gift.
Read MoreA photographer herself, Judy Glickman Lauder is in her element among the greats of photography; as a collector, she is close to humanity, which is expressed in all the works she has chosen to present.
Read MoreIf you’re headed up to the ski slopes of Maine, don’t pass up the chance to stop at the Portland Museum of Art to catch the last two weeks of the exhibition called “Presence.”
Read MorePresence is anchored by works from some of the best-known and most influential photographers of the past century. This year, Glickman Lauder donated her entire collection to the Portland Museum of Art, a gift of more than 600 works of art
Read MoreWith 150 pictures by 70 photographers, this exhibition is the first showcase of a trove of 600 notable photographs from the collection of Judith Glickman Lauder given to the museum in January.
Read MoreIt’s one thing to look at pictures when they’re in front of you. It’s quite another to have them stay in your mind’s eye.
Read MoreDerived from Greek, the word ‘photography’ translates to drawing with light, and for Judy Glickman Lauder—artist, humanitarian, and philanthropist—capturing the light has been a constant of her entire life.
Read MoreOn gifting her photography collection to the PMA, Glickman Lauder says, “It was where I wanted it to belong.”
Read MoreLauder spent considerable time behind the camera herself, honing her eye, and the standout collection shows it: The show includes well-known pictures by such photographers as Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Danny Lyon, Sally Mann, Gordon Parks, and James Van Der Zee — and Glickman Lauder herself.
Read MoreWhile the Portland Museum of Art displays works from her collection, the Maine Jewish Museum is showing her own photographs.
Read MoreAfter devoting the spring and summer to contemporary art in the form of the North Atlantic Triennial and the superb Katherine Bradford exhibition, the Portland Museum of Art is delving into the past in a serious way with a trio of fall exhibitions featuring gifts and loans from some of its biggest patrons.
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