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Portland Museum of Art Breaks Attendance Record |
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| Written by Harlow Oakley |
| Monday, 11 January 2010 04:27 |
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The Museum’s 2009 success was due to the extremely popular exhibition Backstage Pass: Rock & Roll Photography (January 22–March 22), which broke attendance records for the months of January and February. Records were also broken for this exhibition on Free Friday evenings with more than 3,000 people visiting the Museum between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. each Friday night. “We are so thrilled with the way the people of Portland and the state of Maine have supported the Museum during the last year,” said Museum Director Mark Bessire. “The success of the Rock and Roll show and our full slate of shows from European artists to Maine artists offer our local audience and tourists alike a variety of exhibitions like none other in the state. As this is my first year as Museum Director, I’m especially proud of the Museum and look forward to breaking more attendance records in the future.”  Two thousand and ten promises to be another exciting year at
the Museum. The exhibition schedule begins with black-and-white photographs in
New Acquisitions 2009: In Black and White (January 9–February 21). Objects of
Wonder: Four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art (February
4–June 6) features more than 50 paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the
17th through the 20th centuries. Work by Maine artist Frederick Lynch is
featured in Division and Discovery: Recent Work by Frederick Lynch (February
27–July 11); and graphic work by German master Max Beckmann is showcased in
Modernism and Masquerade: Max Beckmann (1884–1950), on view March 13 through May
23. To commemorate the centennial of Winslow Homer’s death, Winslow Homer and
the Poetics of Place (June 5–September 6) showcases the Museum’s collection of
Homer watercolors and oils on view in the Charles Shipman Payson building for
the first time since 1988. The major summer show, American Moderns: Masterworks
on Paper from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1910–1960 (June 24–September
12), features 100 works on paper from the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford,
Connecticut and offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to see works by Edward
Hopper depicting Maine scenes in the state. A large installation by Maine artist Anna Hepler opens on July 24 and John Haberle: Master of Illusion opens on September 18. The fall kicks off with Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64 (September 30–December 5) highlighting the work of popular photographers such as Ansel Adams and Edward Weston; and we end the year with work by MacArthur Award-winning artist Rackstraw Downes (December 16–March 20, 2011). Visit The Portland Museum of Art at : http://www.portlandmuseum.org/ Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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