BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will bring to New England the first American retrospective of one of Europe’s most distinguished contemporary painters: Danish artist Per Kirkeby.
Kirkeby is a painter, sculptor, geologist, filmmaker and writer who has enjoyed a prolific 40-year career. The most comprehensive display of his work in the United States to date, “Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture” will present works from American and European collections and features 26 paintings, several of which are large scale; and 11 bronze sculptures that span all phases of Kirkeby’s artistic development.
The exhibition will be on view March 26 through July 14.
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