Museum of Art Archives
April 11, 2025
Collection Highlight: Stephen Schaefer by Alice Neel
I first saw this portrait of Stephen Schafer by Alice Neel at the Bates Museum of Art when my class…
April 11, 2025
Collection Highlight: Isabella Kirkland’s Back
When I first looked at Back by Isabella Kirkland, I was intrigued by the busyness in the painting. Contrasted with…
April 11, 2025
Collection Highlights: Contest by William Pope.L
I was thinking about the way people use bigoted language. It’s almost a physical act. It’s like you are throwing…
September 18, 2023
Collection Highlights: James Cormier’s Departing Clouds
This gorgeous print entered the museum’s collection at the close of the exhibition Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography. The…
June 27, 2023
Collection Highlights: Shellburne Thurber’s Palimpsests of Place
“What’s intriguing about interiors is what they have to say about the people who live in them.” – Shellburne Thurber1…