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Published
April 22, 2022

Portland Museum of Art announces winners of 1st sustainability art prize

Six young artists from across New England win the first Tidal Shift Awards given by the museum in partnership with The Climate Initiative.
Published
April 22, 2022

Congress Square’s $7.2 million makeover has begun. Expect disruptions.

One day it will have wider sidewalks, lusher landscaping, new art. But it's going to be messy for a time before it's done.
Published
March 31, 2022

Portland Museum of Art settles with laid-off employees

The 14 former gallery ambassadors had filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board and most will receive a one-time payment of $2,000.
Published
February 27, 2022

Society Notebook: Art lovers mingle with art makers at Portland museum’s Winter Bash

The Portland Museum of Art held the event for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Published
February 13, 2022

A brief history of the Portland Museum of Art
Published
February 13, 2022

Portland Museum of Art unveils plan to more than double size of campus

The 140-year-old museum is raising money to build a six- or seven-story building on the site of the former Children's Museum on Free Street, to start.
Published
January 18, 2022

Portland Museum of Art receives photography collection that ‘puts us at another level’

The gift of more than 600 photographs from Judy Glickman Lauder features works by world-famous artists.
Published
November 23, 2021

Portland Museum of Art and new employee union reach first contract agreement

The union, which formed last year, represents 40 museum employees.
Published
November 6, 2021

Public gets update on Congress Square Park overhaul, a decade in the making

The project envisions a greener and more accessible space, also featuring a 20-foot-high public sculpture from renowned New York visual artist Sarah Sze.
Published
October 25, 2021

See the world through 3 different lenses at Portland Museum of Art

The photos and prints leave little to chance, but much to interpretation.