EXHIBITIONS

**Presence:** The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder

CO-ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS & PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART, MAINE
**JULY 25 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2026**

Mario Giacomelli (Italian, 1925–2000) Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto (There Are No Hands to Caress My Face), 1961–63 Gelatin silver print, 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 6.2018.17
Courtesy Archivio Mario Giacomelli © Simone Giacomelli

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Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

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Contained Movement

CURATED BY LEILA HELLER, SIMONE LEVINSON, CHRISTINE MACK, AND CHRISTINA STRASSFIELD
**JULY 3 - OCTOBER 14, 2026**

Works on loan from Leila Heller Gallery and Gallery 57.

Contained Movement brings together sculptures by Kiki Smith, Richard Hudson, Mia Fonssagrives Solow, Anton Bakker, Katya Emelyanova, Arthur Carter, Rachel Lee Hovnanian, John Clement, and Leo Orta, exploring the tension between stillness and motion through a range of materials and forms. The exhibition reveals how sculpture can express energy, balance, and transformation, even when seemingly at rest.

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