Colby College Museum of Art
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PublishedOctober 2, 2024
She said she painted her ‘perceptions.’ This is what Martha Diamond meant.
The intriguing work of this underappreciated artist is on view at the Colby College Museum of Art.
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PublishedApril 14, 2023
Colby receives trove of art from late collector, including prints by influential painter
The gift of 184 works also includes photographs that represent the passions of the donor, Norma Marin, who died last year.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2022
Bodies of work: Colby exhibit shows influence of performing arts on painter Alex Katz
'Alex Katz: Theater & Dance' is among several recent exhibitions of work by the 95-year-old New York painter, who has been returning to Maine for decades since he first came for an artist residency in 1949.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2022
Rare statue of Abraham Lincoln given to Colby College Museum of Art
Art patrons Peter and Paula Lunder bought the 40-inch bronze replica, one of 17 made early last century, for $1.15 million.
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PublishedMay 19, 2021
Colby College’s Museum of Art reopening to public next month
The reopening coincides with final weekend of the ‘Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960’ exhibition.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2021
Colby museum receives 500 photos, including works of Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange
Alumni Bill and Nancy Tsiaras give a gift from their extraordinary photography collection.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Colby College museum acquires Jacob Lawrence prints of Haitian revolutionary
The late artist, who documented the African-American experience, has been in the spotlight recently.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2020
Colby College receives $2 million family gift for new arts, athletics centers
Dana L. Schmaltz and Kate Enroth donated to name the Colby College Museum of Art's gallery in the art center and the welcome pavilion in the new recreation center.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82
Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Exhibition at Colby shows Wabanaki art as it is today
The display of contemporary works, inspired by traditions of the past, is the first of its kind.