n ART EVENTS Katahdin Plein Air Paint-Out, open to all painters, $25. North Light Gallery, 256 Penobscot Ave., Millinocket. 723-4414. 8 a.m. Thursday. “Nelda Warkentin: Paintings,” quilter and fiber artist’s nature-based paintings on silk. University of Maine, Art Gallery, 246 Main St., Farmington. 778-1062. Opening reception and artists’ talk by Warkentin and Tom Jessen, 5 […]
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Book Review: Gardner Museum security chief details the wild world of art theft
Anthony Amore’s new book, “The Art of the Con,” suggests art fraud is more common than we realize.
Best Sellers
Top sellers at Nonesuch Books and Cards in South Portland
Monhegan artists’ show extended at Rockland gallery
The work of John Kordak and Leith MacDonald is on view at Black Hole through Sept. 27.
Colby shows off its Whistlers
Eight years after receiving a gift of 300 paintings and prints by James McNeill Whistler, the Waterville museum puts 70 on view and hosts a symposium of Whistler scholars.
Art Review: Edgy Emilie Stark-Menneg engages at Moss
The painter’s works, on view at the Falmouth gallery through Oct. 2, test the brain and tickle the funnybone.
Book Review: ‘Reading Rural Landscapes’ a fascinating walk through region’s fields and forests
Robert M. Sanford’s ‘Field Guide’ describes the marks left by humans across New England.
New plans scale back George Lucas museum in Chicago
The deal reduces the originally proposed 400,000 square feet to up to 300,000 square feet.
Book Review: Chris Holm’s “The Killing Kind” a skillfully woven cat-and-mouse thriller
And much of the planning that drives the fast-paced plot takes place in an Old Port bar.
New on the Shelf
Damon Tweedy’s “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s reflections on Race and Medicine.”