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Press Release: "As We Are" Opening at the Portland Museum of Art on October 11, 2024

The Portland Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the opening of As We Are, an exhibition showcasing the work of 14 emerging artists with deep connections to Maine.

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Press Release: Portland Museum of Art and SPFPA Jointly Announce Contract

The Portland Museum of Art and the International Union of Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) are proud to jointly announce the ratification of a contract for all security positions within the museum.

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Press Release: Portland Museum of Art Presents Mass Timber Maine Conference

The Portland Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the Maine Mass Timber Conference, taking place from November 13 to 15, 2024, in Portland, Maine. This groundbreaking event will bring together industry leaders, artists, innovators, and visionaries to explore the future of construction through mass timber technology.  

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Press Release: "Peggy Bacon: Biting, never Bitter" opening at the Portland Museum of Art Summer 2024

This exhibition explores the humor and sharp wit of one of the most insightful visual and literary artists of the 20th century.

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Press Release: "+ collection" opening at the Portland Museum of Art in February 2024

There are more than 19,000 artworks in the PMA collection—each one of them has a story. 

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Press Release: Jeremy Frey: Woven

The first-ever major retrospective of a Wabanaki artist in an American fine art museum set to debut in 2024.

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Press Release: Portland Museum of Art Awarded $300,000 by the USDA’s Community Wood Innovations Grant

The Portland Museum of Art is proud to announce it has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture in support of The PMA Blueprint: Building a Landmark for the Future.

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Press Release: Portland Museum of Art announces the hire of Sayantan Mukhopadhyay as Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

Mukhopadhyay will step into his new role in June.

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The Portland Museum of Art Announces Major Reinstallation of Permanent Collection Galleries

A responsive and living installation entitled Passages in American Art.

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Portland Museum of Art Names LEVER Architecture as Winner of International Design Competition

The Portland Museum of Art is proud to announce that LEVER Architecture has been selected to lead the design team for the PMA’s $100 million campus expansion and unification project, The PMA Blueprint.

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Press Release: Portland Museum of Art Unveils Four Concepts for its New Building and Campus Unification from International Design Competition Finalists

On November 18, the Portland Museum of Art will host a free community event to welcome the four finalist architect-led design teams and their visions for the future of the PMA and Portland, Maine.

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Portland Museum of Art Announces Participation in Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership

The Portland Museum of Art is excited to announce its participation in the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership, an innovative art lending model that allows artworks from a diverse group of museums to travel the country.

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The World’s Best Architects and Designers Answer the PMA’s Call To Build A Landmark For The Future

The Portland Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the four world-class design teams shortlisted for its Campus Unification + Expansion International Design Competition, which will result in a new landmark building in the heart of downtown Portland, Maine.

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PMA Announces International Architecture Competition

The Portland Museum of Art, together with the leading independent architect selection firm, Dovetail Design Strategists, announced today the launch of an international design competition for its campus unification and expansion.

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Portland Museum of Art Announces $85 Million Campus Unification Project And New Vision For Museums, Backed By Community And Collection

The Portland Museum of Art believes museums need a paradigm shift that delivers on the promise of Art for All, and has announced an ambitious new vision that enables the PMA to be a leader in New England, a keystone for its communities, and a catalyst for the region's economy.

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PMA announces the hire of Ramey Mize as Assistant Curator of American Art

The Portland Museum of Art is proud to announce the hire of Ramey Mize as the museum’s Assistant Curator of American Art. Mize will begin her role at the PMA in March, and immediately support the museum’s Art for All mission to provide a strong artistic vision that drives conversation, creativity, cultural vitality, and economic impact.

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PMA, Reykjavík Art Museum, and Bildmuseet announce artists for North Atlantic Triennial: Down Иorth

Featuring both emerging and more established artists living today, the exhibition presents 21st-century art from an unprecedented cross-section of artists living in Maine, the Canadian Maritimes, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark as well as Indigenous Nations throughout the region.

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Judy Glickman Lauder Makes Transformative Promised Gift Of More Than 600 Photographs To The Portland Museum of Art

The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is proud to announce that Judy Glickman Lauder—photographer, collector, humanitarian, advocate, philanthropist, and community builder—has made a monumental gift of more than 600 works of art to the museum through a Promised Gift, immediately transforming and cementing the PMA as an international destination for photography.

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