As we look forward to spring’s arrival, there is much to anticipate and enjoy at the BCMA! Two new exhibitions will soon open: Figures from the Fire: J. Pierpont Morgan’s Ancient Bronzes at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (March 2) and Human Nature: Environmental Studies at 50 (March 16). Please join us online this month for two virtual talks by leading South American artists Adrian Balseca (March 2) and Luis Camnitzer (March 7). Additionally, we hope you can enjoy a (rescheduled) tour of Andean Modernities / Contemporary Art: Cultural Transformation in Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia (March 3) with its student curators, as well as the opening program for Figures from the Fire (March 30). Information on these and all other Museum events are available on our News and Events page. Of course, much is also happening behind the scenes! Included in this issue, learn about a recent BCMA loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the recent acquisition of a photographic portrait by artist Rashid Johnson.

We look forward to seeing you at the Museum!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear
Co-Directors
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
exhibitions
Opening March 2
Figures from the Fire: J. Pierpont Morgan's Ancient Bronzes from the Wadsworth Antheneum
The exhibition features a selection of small-scale ancient Greek and Roman bronze sculptures.
Closing March 12
Helen Frankenthaler and Jo Sandman: Without Limits
The two artists reveal new modes of conceptualizing art in the 1960s and printmaking's role in that revolution.
spotlight
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Students Organize Environmental Studies Exhibition
Five Environmental Studies majors worked during the fall semester to curate an exhibition that opens on March 16.
news
On the Road: BCMA’s Dirck Vellert Drawing Illuminasabtes Tudor Splendor
Sabrina Lin '21 interviews Elizabeth Cleland, Curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Object of the Month
The large-format photograph Larry by Rashid Johnson is a recent acquisition at the Museum of Art.
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MARCH 2, 2023
Virtual Artist's Talk with Adrián Balseca
4:30 p.m. EST | online event

MARCH 3, 2023
Student Curator's Tour of Andean Modernities/Contemporary Art
1:30 pm. | BCMA

MARCH 4, 2023
Family Saturday at the Museum
10:00 a.m. | BCMA

MARCH 7, 2023
Virtual Conversation with Artist Luis Camnitzer
4:30 p.m. EST | online event

MARCH 30, 2023
Figures from the Fire: J. Pierpont Morgan’s Ancient Bronzes at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
4:30 p.m. | BCMA
Museum Hours

Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 pm | Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m. | Sunday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Closed on Mondays and national holidays. 

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge, although donations are welcome. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the Pavilion entrance.

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Banner image: Plum Blossom (plate), earthenware, 1877 (detail), by Josiah Wedgewood & Sons Ltd, England. Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse, Bowdoin College Museum of Art.