"The PMA already has a lot of programming that's community focused. They just don't have a building that supports [the] kind of programming that they do," the principal [Chandra Robinson] said.
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The sun will literally rise and set on the design submitted by the team that will lead the Portland Museum of Art's expansion project in what's being called “one of the most significant moments" in the museum's 140-year history.
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Lever Architecture, based in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, was chosen ahead of three other finalists to design a new building on the site of the former Children's Museum that will be integrated into the museum's existing campus overlooking Congress Square.
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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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A 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.
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Nearly one year after putting out an international call for designs to imagine the newest building on its Portland campus, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is preparing to pick a winning architectural team in January 2023.
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Over time, a pile of candies shaped in a wedge and installed in the corner of the gallery will grow smaller and smaller, until the piece ceases to exist altogether.
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If 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.”
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The PMA’s summer exhibition Flying Woman: The Paintings of Katherine Bradford made Hyperallergic’s list of the top 50 exhibitions around the world in 2022. Read what they had to say here!
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We have activities and amenities for families of all sizes, including our family museum guides, gallery activities, and a whole variety of kid-centric events.
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Presence 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
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We sat down with Lauren Wayne, General Manager (and so much more!) at the State Theatre to talk shop about the redesign of Congress Square, her role at the State, Portland’s music scene, and what’s getting her attention these days.
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In April, Pochurek’s sculpture “Flora Lung” was chosen for an inaugural Tidal Shift Award by the Portland Museum of Art. The award was created to encourage young artists to explore the theme of climate change in their work.
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Translations for texts featured in Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder are available in Arabic, French, and Spanish.
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PMA Films presents Decision to Leave and A Couple for our December 9-18, 2022 screenings.
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On November 18, 2022, some of the world’s most revered and acclaimed architects unveiled their concepts to the public for the PMA’s planned new wing at 142 Free St., as well as the unification of the museum’s four existing historic buildings.
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Looking for the perfect winter activity? We’ve got you covered–make your own paper lantern at home!
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The Portland Museum of Art is a postmodernist landmark on the city’s Congress Square. The museum is now planning an even more dramatic architectural landmark that may upstage the handsome brick façade with its signature quartet of arches.
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With 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.
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The project aims to unify the museum’s downtown Portland, Maine campus through the design of a new building at 142 Free Street.
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