Art “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine,” exploring the […]

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A SWAPmaine soiree helps Goodwill while giving guests the opportunity to change up their wardrobes.

An appreciation for old joinery leads a writer to dig deep into storehouses of Maine heritage.

Occam’s Razor is the law of parsimony – the idea that the explanation with the fewest assumptions is the likeliest. Addicted to efficiency, Americans subscribe to this whenever possible. Consequently, we tend to oversimplify art and artists. And once pigeonholed, artists are easy to dismiss. However, essentializing artists is like explaining a meal or solving […]

Doug Bruns moved to Portland from Baltimore in 2009 and proceeded to wander around the city with a 35-mm camera. His purpose was simply to chronicle his surroundings and send images to his friends and family to introduce them to his new city. He shot a lot of nice images and captured Portland with an […]

“The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods” is the sixth book to highlight Maine’s forests that I have reviewed in these pages in as many years. Each investigated some aspect of the North Woods, as (full disclosure) did the chapter on Maine I wrote for a book about conservation in New England. Each author brought […]

AUGUSTA  — The Maine Arts Commission presents an exhibition of landscape photography and painted bas-reliefs of birds through February in Maine’s Capitol Complex as part of the agency’s Arts in the Capitol program. The works by John and Cynthia Orcutt and Hugh Verrier were previously exhibited at the Schoolhouse Gallery in Kingfield. The art brings […]