Books

In a series of lengthy letters, the unsettled and unruly Ethel Sutherland writes to an initially unnamed and ungendered correspondent, and patientl...

You Can’t Get There From Here: The 2015 Portland Museum of Art Biennial highlights Maine’s artistic legacies in the making. Curated by Alison Ferri...

The 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial (January 26 through June 3, 2018), guest curated by Nat May, features more than 60 works by 25 participati...

This catalogue is published in conjunction with an exhibition featuring a cross-section of thirty artists living in the North Atlantic and Nordic R...

A Dangerous New World: Maine Voices on the Climate Crisis is an anthology of work by 65 writers and 27 artists who responded to a call for essays, ...

A rare, ever-relevant compendium of texts and manifestos from women artists on gender and race issues in cultural institutions Originally published...

In the first half of the 20th century, European-born artists Gaston Lachaise, Robert Laurent, Elie Nadelman, and William Zorach became preeminent f...

This collection of photographs from over 40 years of rock 'n' roll history includes iconic and enlightening images of rock stars from Bob Dylan and...

A clever, quirky, and highly entertaining biography of the leading contemporary artist, Banksy, written specially for children ages 4 to 7 Banksy i...

Maine sculptor Bernard Langlais (1921–1977) achieved success in the 1950s through his wood-crafted sculpture, which was often abstract or based in ...

This remarkable collection of photographs celebrates the creativity of Judith Ellis Glickman, who has been making and collecting photographs for mo...

Award-winning Maine sculptor John Bisbee (born 1965) has spent decades building inventive and complex sculptures from just one type of ordinary obj...

Sculptor Sheila Pepe and painter Carrie Moyer have achieved international acclaim through abstract works that are rich with color and materiality a...

Charles Codman (1800-1842) apprenticed for Boston painter John Ritto Penniman and lived his whole life in Portland, Maine, where he painted some of...

A moving and sophisticated investigation into the nature of vision. American artist Clifford Ross’ photographic and video practices over the pas...

This book is about Maine artist Dahlov Ipcar and her distinctive style. Intended for the young reader, it will appeal to anyone of any age that app...

This book is a visual biography for young readers between ages of 8 and 12 and all adults who are looking for an introduction to an important Maine...

Contribution by Thelma Golden and Richard J.Powell and Julie L McGee and Renee Maurer and Jessica May The first publication to survey the entire...

The PMA exhibition Monet to Matisse, Homer to Hartley: American Masters and Their European Muses, 1870 to 1950 (June 24 — October 17, 2004) linked ...

The first major survey of artist Katherine Bradford, renowned for her wholly personal paintings of swimmers, bathers, and superheroes. Known for he...

Contributors: Judy Glickman, Chris Thompson, Susan Danly, Drew Johnson, & Christian Peterson Irving B. Ellis (1902-1977) was an archetypal pict...

“Oh, Freedom”—a rallying cry against racial injustice over the years. In Freedom Over Me, Ashley Bryan draws from historical materials to tell the ...

This retrospective of Portland-born artist Mildred Burrage (1890-1983) showed at the PMA April 21 — July 15, 2012 and encompassed her work in impre...