portland museum of art

Published
January 6, 2023

West Coast design firm chosen for Portland Museum of Art expansion

Lever Architecture, based in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, was chosen ahead of three other finalists to design a new building on the site of the former Children's Museum that will be integrated into the museum's existing campus overlooking Congress Square.
Published
December 27, 2022

Commentary: Reflecting on reflections – and how wildlife interact with Portland’s skyline

We thought when looking at the four PMA expansion finalists, ‘That sure is a lot of glass,’ the cause of many bird injuries or deaths.
Published
December 23, 2022

Maine Voices: For the Portland Museum of Art, the wing is the thing

The four competing design proposals make big, bold statements. Good.
Published
December 7, 2022

Maine Voices: Portland Museum of Art’s new wing must not make old mistakes

Not everybody regularly gets inside the museum; how it looks from the outside matters.
Published
December 4, 2022

Maine Voices: Portland Museum of Art design finalists miss the mark

Henry Cobb’s 1983 Payson Wing deserves more respect and attention from the architects vying to reimagine the PMA.
Published
November 18, 2022

Design teams unveil visions for Portland Museum of Art expansion

One of four finalists will be selected by the end of the year, but the $100 million project is not likely to be completed until 2026.
Published
October 9, 2022

Art review: See the effect of Judy Glickman Lauder’s influences in concurrent photo shows

While the Portland Museum of Art displays works from her collection, the Maine Jewish Museum is showing her own photographs.
Published
September 18, 2022

Art review: One show celebrates Surrealism, another mud. Both are terrific

At the Portland Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, see 'obstreperous' Surrealists, who proposed upending all art, and John Walker, who finds beauty, and meaning, in mud.
Published
August 11, 2022

Portland Museum of Art narrows search for expansion architect to 4 international finalists

The museum has raised $30 million so far toward a $100 million campaign that would include construction of a new six- or seven-story building on its downtown campus, more than doubling its current space.
Published
June 1, 2022

Portland Museum of Art launches competition to select architect for expansion

The museum announced plans this year to build a 60,000-square-foot building on its downtown campus. The $85 million project is likely to be completed in 2026, but an architectural firm will be hired in December.