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11 art exhibits across Maine you shouldn’t miss this fall

Tuning in to Gertrude Abercrombie

Painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. Tree with ladder and noose in a surreal, dream-like setting.

Figures, Fantasies and Frontiers: The Art Books Shaping Summer 2025

A book cover with black and white stripes, titled "GERTRUDE ABERCROMBIE," featuring a surreal painting and the phrase "THE WHOLE WORLD IS A MYSTERY."

Colby College Museum of Art hosts annual Community Day with activities for all ages

A Void of Voids

A barren tree with a ladder leaning against it, under a cloudy night sky with a faint moon.

Waterville residents handpick Langlais sculptures for new exhibit

A group of people look at a large wood sculpture installed on a wall

Bernard Langlais: New exhibit shows Maine artist who left his mark in a big way

A pair of sculptures created from stained and painted wood depicting giraffes.

The Season for Slow Looking: Ten Museum Exhibitions To Catch Across New England This Summer

Surreal moonlit landscape with a woman, a blue chaise lounge, and a tree.

10-Minute Challenge: A Surrealist Scene by Gertrude Abercrombie

Oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. In a surreal setting, a woman in a coral dress holds a thread in a dim room with a cat, a table, and a funnel.

Artist Talks in Times of Fascism

Drawing by Layla Ali with black text "Everything is the Matter"

Six Art Books to Read This April

Cover of Gertrude Abercrombie, The Whole World is a Mystery. Cover image vertical black and white stripes, painting image, yellow text.

Gertrude Abercrombie Show Proves “The Whole World Is a Mystery”

An oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Abercrombie of a white vase with flowers on top of a table covered in a blue tablecloth. Next to the vase on the left, there is a letter and a flower. Behind the table, there is a framed painting with a moon.

‘Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery’ Review: Modest Paintings, Major Effects

Painting of a woman in a blue dress holding out her hand in front of a tree and facing her shadow.

Colby’s exhibit of protest posters shows Chicanx people speaking truth to power

Gertrude Abercrombie, The Monument’s End

Oil on masonite painting by Gertrude Abercrombie of a tree with a ladder and a noose.

The Emotionally Charged Paintings of Gertrude Abercrombie Finally Find Their Audience

A surreal painting of two ladders in a dark landscape, one reaching a crescent moon and the other a pink cloud.

A Spellbinding Retrospective Showcases Artist and Jazz Witch Gertrude Abercrombie’s Singular Vision

Oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. In a surreal setting, a woman in a coral dress holds a thread in a dim room with a cat, a table, and a funnel.

The Extraordinary Life (and Afterlife) of Art’s ‘Jazz Witch’

Gertrude Abercrombie

Painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. Tree with ladder and noose in a surreal, dream-like setting.

The Witchy Surrealism of Gertrude Abercrombie

A green chaise longue against a gray wall with a mirror above and a white door beside it.