Five decades of photography celebrated at Portland Museum of Art

Melissa Shook, ‘May 6, 1973,’ from the series Daily Self-Portraits 1972-1973, 1973. Gelatin silver print, 4 3/8 by 4/3/8in. Museum purchase with support from the Irving B. Ellis Fund, the Photography Fund, and the General Acquisitions Fund, 2023.14.1. Image courtesy of the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Melissa Shook, ‘May 6, 1973,’ from the series Daily Self-Portraits 1972-1973, 1973. Gelatin silver print, 4 3/8 by 4/3/8in. Museum purchase with support from the Irving B. Ellis Fund, the Photography Fund, and the General Acquisitions Fund, 2023.14.1. Image courtesy of the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Melissa Shook, ‘May 6, 1973,’ from the series Daily Self-Portraits 1972-1973, 1973. Gelatin silver print, 4 3/8 by 4/3/8in. Museum purchase with support from the Irving B. Ellis Fund, the Photography Fund, and the General Acquisitions Fund, 2023.14.1. Image courtesy of the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Museum of Art is showing Drawn to the Light: 50 Years of Photography at Maine Media Workshops + College through September 10.

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American folk art treasures grace Portland Museum of Art

Ammi Phillips (1788–1865), Stockbridge, Massachusetts, ‘Three Children of Henry Joslen Carter,’ 1860,. Oil on canvas, 28 ¾ by 37 ½in. Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York. Gift of Cynthia K. Easterling in honor of her grandmother Grace E. Carter, 2012.5.1 Photo by Heritage Auctions, Inc.
Ammi Phillips (1788–1865), Stockbridge, Massachusetts, ‘Three Children of Henry Joslen Carter,’ 1860,. Oil on canvas, 28 ¾ by 37 ½in. Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York. Gift of Cynthia K. Easterling in honor of her grandmother Grace E. Carter, 2012.5.1 Photo by Heritage Auctions, Inc.
Ammi Phillips (1788–1865), Stockbridge, Massachusetts, ‘Three Children of Henry Joslen Carter,’ 1860. Oil on canvas, 28 ¾ by 37 ½in. Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York. Gift of Cynthia K. Easterling in honor of her grandmother Grace E. Carter, 2012.5.1. Photo by Heritage Auctions, Inc.

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Museum of Art will host American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection from February 3 through May 7.

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Closing soon at Maine museum: Judy Glickman Lauder photography collection

Richard Avedon, ‘Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald, with Simone D’Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen, and Dr. Reginald Kernan, evening dresses by Balmain, Dior, and Patou, Maxim’s, Paris, August 1959,’ 1959. Gelatin silver print. Judy Glickman Lauder collection, museum purchase with gift in honor of Judith Glickman Lauder, 2020.7
Richard Avedon, ‘Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald, with Simone D’Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen, and Dr. Reginald Kernan, evening dresses by Balmain, Dior, and Patou, Maxim’s, Paris, August 1959,’ 1959. Gelatin silver print. Judy Glickman Lauder collection, museum purchase with gift in honor of Judith Glickman Lauder, 2020.7

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Museum of Art has unveiled Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder. It will remain on display through January 15.

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Maine museum receives 600+ works from Judy Glickman Lauder collection

Gordon Parks (United States, 1912-2006), ‘American Gothic, Washington, DC,’ 1942. Gelatin silver print, 13in by 10 1/4in. Promised gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder collection. Image courtesy of Luc Demers. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Gordon Parks (United States, 1912-2006), ‘American Gothic, Washington, DC,’ 1942. Gelatin silver print, 13in by 10 1/4in. Promised gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder collection. Image courtesy of Luc Demers. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Gordon Parks (United States, 1912-2006), ‘American Gothic, Washington, DC,’ 1942. Gelatin silver print, 13in by 10 1/4in. Promised gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder collection. Image courtesy of Luc Demers. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.

PORTLAND, Maine — 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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