The artist collective Snæbjörnsdóttir / Wilson investigates the complications of human and nonhuman relations through the study of polar bear arrivals in Iceland.
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Maine-and-New York based artist Peter Soriano began his career making resin sculptures before shifting to large-scale, site-specific wall drawings made of acrylic and spray paint.
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Anders Sunna is a Northern Sámi artist from a reindeer-herding family in Kieksiäisvaara, in the Swedish part of Sápmi. Sunna’s politically charged artworks narrate the history of the violence and oppression against the Sámi people, specifically addressing his family’s five-decade-long struggle for their right and acknowledgement to be forest reindeer herders.
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The Danish artist collective SUPERFLEX reimagines our environments and embraces the future of vertical fish migration by designing new structures.
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Atlantic Canadian artist D’Arcy Wilson’s work laments past and ongoing colonial interaction with the natural world from her perspective as a descendent of European settlers in Atlantic Canada.
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In her paintings, Arngunnur Ýr interprets Icelandic landscape from a unique perspective of a nature guide.
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Skitpeq (“on the surface of water”) by Wolastoqew visual artist, Emma Hassencahl-Perley) is a love letter to the water, salmon, people, and all living things sustained by the Wolastoq and Tobique rivers that surround Hassencahl-Perley’s homeland.
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Bryan’s beauty of spirit, depth of empathy, and belief in community cannot be overstated. As news spread of Bryan’s passing, the tributes and stories universally celebrated these qualities, how they resonated so deeply within him, and how they reverberated out into the lives and communities he touched.
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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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Curator Jaime DeSimone shares her favorite North Atlantic books, television shows, and podcasts that bring her across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Discover more about our recent acquisition to the PMA collection, "Are You Happy" by Eleanor Kipping.
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To help introduce you to Triennial curator Anders Jansson at Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden, we asked about his interests and insights on the upcoming exhibition.
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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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“For me, this [photography] collection is all about humanity. It’s that full spectrum of the human experience . . . and to me that has always been the beauty of this medium.” –Judy Glickman Lauder
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Looking at art can help us slow down, focus on the present, and connect. Watch recordings of our Midday Mindfulness programs whenever you need a moment of reflection.
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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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Glickman Lauder’s gift enables the museum to think broadly about the next chapter of PMA history, specifically about how we can create open experiences with art, grow and diversify our collection, and open new and dynamic community-centered spaces that welcome our myriad communities.
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Discover more about our recent acquisition to the PMA collection, "The Finishing Line (Au But)" by Alfred Boucher.
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As we say farewell to Clifford Ross: Sightlines, we share some of the #PMASightlines visitor selfies posted online during the run of the exhibition and how the PMA has taken steps to promote sustainability. Thank you to our partners at Evergreen Credit Union for supporting sustainability efforts at the PMA by donating $10 to our sustainability initiative for every tagged post.
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Triennial curator Markús Þór Andrésson at Reykjavík Art Museum shares a day in his life in Iceland. He also tells us about a few of his favorite Icelandic nature webcams to explore online—and you can too!
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