EXHIBITIONS

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

CO-ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, & JUDY GLICKMAN LAUDER
JULY 25 - SEPTEMBER 7, 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

SPONSORS

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.

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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The Story of America: 1776-2026

ORGANIZED BY THE MUSEUM OF DEMOCRACY
MAY 16 - JULY 18, 2026

SPONSORS

This exhibition has been sponsored in part by The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation and with General Operating support by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Step into 250 years of American history through presidential campaigns, patriotic symbols, and the ideals shaping the nation.

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