The museum alleges a caretaker exerted ‘undue influence’ on a former patron to change her will just before she died.
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Four Maine arts groups receive $329,000 in federal funding
The Portland Museum of Art will use its share to support a new exhibition about Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
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Art review: Contemporary art of Caribbean highlights fraught history
The mixed-media show at the Portland Museum of Art was organized by the Museum of Latin American Art in California.
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Museum painting, lecture mark anniversary of Portland steamship sinking
The SS Portland sank 120 years ago this month off Cape Ann near Gloucester, Mass.
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Two Maine exhibits zoom in on photography pioneers
Bowdoin is looking at how the camera influenced Winslow Homer, while the Portland Museum of Art displays the work of photo school founder Clarence H. White.
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Peggy Osher, philanthropist and community supporter who generously shared her love of art, dies at 88
She and her husband were major backers of the Portland Museum of Art, donating hundreds of works to the museum and schools, and have a map library at USM named after them.
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Starting April 11, if you’re 21 or under, Portland Museum of Art will let you in for free
And if you sign up for the Susie Konkel Pass, you’ll also get free film screenings and other benefits.
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‘A Distant Holla’ at PMA plumbs richness of African-American life
Maine artist Daniel Minter’s deeply spiritual piece tells his personal story as well as an overarching narrative of the black experience in America.
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Portland Museum of Art receives gift of a dozen Winslow Homer works
The gift includes ‘Returning from the Spring’ and ‘Young Farmers’ and strengthens the museum’s standing as a preeminent place to experience the artist’s work.
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Deanna Witman went from field biologist to artist and Unity College professor
Climate change informs her most recent pieces in the Portland Museum of Art’s Biennial.