A Jack Whitten retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art blew this critic away.
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Craig Becker explores our dark side at the Maine Jewish Museum
‘Lorica: Masks of Eternity,’ at the Maine Jewish Museum, takes its name from a piece of Roman armor used to protect oneself.
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Colby’s exhibit of protest posters shows Chicanx people speaking truth to power
The show, which runs through June 8, reminds us of the role of protest art in effecting societal change.
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A Gorham artist’s work is inspired by Dutch still lifes
Jonathan Eiten’s work is on display at Aperto Fine Art in Bridgton through March 30.
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‘Paddington in Peru’ sends Britain’s best bear on a delightful adventure
The third installment of the franchise invites us to call the famous, furry Londoner by his bear name.
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‘Across Common Grounds’ exhibit at Bates confronts questions of cultural identity
Some years ago, at a diversity and inclusivity meeting I was attending, an Asian American woman confessed that as far back as she could remember, her fellow Asian American family and friends strived to appear as “anything but Asian.” Their identity rested largely on assimilating American mores, behaviors and speech while denying their natural-born heritage. […]
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The odd, darkly enchanted world of Kate Hargrave
That every one of the nine paintings in “Kate Hargrave: The Journal” at Moss Galleries in Portland (through Mar. 8) sold within 24 hours of the opening is itself astounding. It tells us much about Hargrave’s startling originality, but also about the art scene in Maine. Clearly, we have been hankering for something this fresh […]
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In Bowdoin exhibit, artists make familiar Monhegan new again
At Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the exhibition “Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands” (through June 21) takes a novel approach to a familiar subject: the speck of land 10 miles off the mainland that has been an artist colony since the 19th century. This is not your usual […]
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Milestone ‘5.5’ exhibition at Cove Street Arts brings together 22 artists
The gallery and arts space opened in June 2019 and helped transform Portland’s East Bayside.
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UNE exhibit pairs contemporary art with imaging lab photos in celebration of natural beauty
‘Spark of Life: Abstraction, Microscopy, and Discovery’ pairs the work of three contemporary artists — Jackie Brown, Meg Brown Payson and Carter Shappy — with photography from UNE’s imaging lab.