In the Moment
At the CMCA Biennial, a snapshot of Maine’s buzzing arts scene.
Art
Sneak Peek
When former Space Gallery executive director Nat May was tapped to curate this year’s Portland Museum of Art biennial exhibition he self-imposed a tough constraint: to foster fresh perspectives. He let us preview a few of the show’s highlights.
Collector’s Items
Abbie Read has a passion for found objects — and books and paper and paintings. This month, she’s bringing together her eclectic interests in ayears-in-the-making installation in Brunswick.
Working on Their Night Moves
Painter Linden Frederick collaborates with a murderer’s row of great authors for a one-of-a-kind cross-genre exhibit.
Making Art, Making a Life
Midcoast “nature people” Kate and Jonathan Mess push boundaries in the gallery, keep it real at home.
Art Nouveau
Five Things to Know about the New PMA.
Cover Story
Onetime Mainer Ed Shenton illustrated the works of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and other giants of 20th-century lit. Now, his son wants to make sure you know his name.
Her Art Is Everywhere
An unconventional sculptor (and a marine biology student) on bridging the art-and-science divide.
On Deck
Photographer Justin Levesque considers Maine’s relationship to its subarctic neighbors — and the lines across the sea that link us.
The Language That He Used
Can Robert Indiana, a mainstay of the 1960’s Pop Art movement, give new life to Bob Dylan’s lyrics some 50 years later?
Animal Spirits
Printmaker Susan Amons mixes technique and allegory in her otherworldly artwork.
Is Rockland about to become Maine’s artiest town?
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art is scheduled to open its new building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 26. Inaugural exhibitions, on view through August 12, include solo shows by sculptor Jonathan Borofsky, painter Alex Katz, and video artist Rollin Leonard.
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