Lee Krasner: Geometries of Expression
This focused exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked early career of Lee Krasner (1908–1984) and places her work within the context of her peers. In the 1930s and early 1940s,…
Domestic Modernism: Russell Cheney and Mid-Century American Painting
This exhibition examines the artist Russell Cheney (1881–1945) and his relationship with his partner, the influential literary historian and critic F.O. Matthiessen (1902–1950). It seeks to marshal the term “domestic” to…
Networks of Modernism, 1898–1968
In celebration of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art’s 70th anniversary, the museum is pleased to bring viewers into new ways of seeing the permanent collection in Networks of Modernism. Drawing primarily…
Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret
For its opening exhibition in 2024, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) is thrilled to announce Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret. This will be artist Anthony Cudahy’s (b. 1989, Fort Myers,…
The Sea, Just Like Your Eyes, Became a Refuge: Joe Wardwell Mural Commission
The Sea, Just Like Your Eyes, Became a Refuge reflects on the powerful, yet fragile, point where sea and land meet. For this site-specific, exterior mural—the first for OMAA, and…
The Architect of a Museum
Seventy years ago, Henry Strater, in partnership with a group of artists and community members, opened the Museum of Art of Ogunquit (now the Ogunquit Museum of American Art). Reflecting…
Shifting Sands: Beaches, Bathers, and Modern Maine Art
Shifting Sands, guest curated by Donna Cassidy, Professor Emerita at the University of Southern Maine, explores the unique place the beach holds in modern art. The sun-drenched shore was a…
Meg Webster: Site-Specific Work
Meg Webster (b. 1944) has long been guided by an environmentalist impulse to celebrate and preserve the natural world. For her exhibition, the artist will critically engage with Ogunquit Museum…
Ever Baldwin: Down the Line
Ever Baldwin’s (b. 1978) paintings probe the porous barriers that separate and frame experience. Working intuitively and with a material immediacy, he sets his thick, matte abstract paintings—made by mixing…
Spontaneous Generation: The Work of Liam Lee
Blurring the boundaries between the organic and inorganic, Spontaneous Generation refers to an alchemical belief that living organisms could suddenly emerge from non-living materials. Liam Lee’s (b. 1993) work draws inspiration from…
