Joseph Gallivan interviews Bruce Guenther, the former Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum

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Tue, 05/12/2015 - 11:30am to 12:00pm
Joseph Gallivan interviews Bruce Guenther, the former Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum
On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Bruce Guenther, the former Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum. Mr. Guenther will talk about the state of art in Portland, the state of the Portland Art Museum, and what he has been doing since his retirement last September.
 
 
 
From Portland Monthly:
Since joining in 2000, Guenther has been a driving force in the art museum's artistic mission, growth, exhibition curation, and role in the REGIONAL (and sometimes international) art scene. He played a significant part in the capital campaign that led to the museum’s 2005 expansion into the 28,000-square-foot Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, oversaw the increase of the curatorial team to seven POSITIONS (all of which are currently filled), helped acquire some 4,000 works for the permanent collection, and curated some of the museum’s most blockbuster exhibitions, including the 2012 retrospective of Mark Rothko, La Volupté du Goût: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece, and the recent The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden (which closes September 21), not to mention shows by manyLOCAL artists. He has also brought individual works by world-renowned artists, such as Frances Bacon's ThreeSTUDIES of Lucian Freud, which attracted 100,000 viewers and a storm of controversy earlier this year.
 
Frances Bacon's 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud'
"As chief curator, he has played a critical role in helping define not only our modern and contemporaryPROGRAM, but also our larger curatorial vision and aspirations," stated museum director Brian Ferriso in the press release. "His years of experience, knowledge, and deep commitment have left an indelible imprint upon our institution and community. Bruce will be missed."
 
 
 
Joseph Gallivan has been a reporter since 1990. He has covered music for the London Independent, Technology for the New York Post, and arts and culture for the Portland Tribune, where he is currently the Business Reporter. He is the author of two novels, "Oi, Ref!" and "England All Over" which are available on Amazon.com
josephgallivan@gmail.com
 
 
 
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