O’Keeffe, Braque and ‘Skowhegan’ offer an overview of American art since the early 1900s.
Bob Keyes
Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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College of art in Portland losing president who led period of growth
Don Tuski, ‘an inspiring leader,’ is leaving for another job after six successful years at MECA.
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Heath Paley’s ‘weirdly interesting’ photos capture diversity of Maine downtowns
His large-scale digital prints are on view in Augusta and will move to Orono in July.
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With Bach festival, Portland gives classical music fans a reason to stay close to home
The inaugural festival begins June 19.
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Colby opens exhibition of Picasso’s Vollard Suite June 2
The suite of 100 prints is considered a major achievment in printmaking by one of the 20th century’s most popular artists.
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At Bates, Robert Indiana taps Bob Dylan for inspiration
The Maine artist debuts a new series of work based on rock lyrics.
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Modernist show at Portland Museum of Art focuses on work of 4 women
‘O’Keeffe, Stettheimer, Torr and Zorach: Women Modernists in New York’ opens June 24 and continues through Sept. 18.
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‘The Blueprint’ mural on Free Street demolished for building renovation
The architectural drawing was a prominent feature in downtown Portland for three decades.
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Abbe Museum’s new exhibition tells difficult Native American stories
‘People of the First Light’ features Native voices and a more inclusive historical narrative than has been told in the past.
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For these Maine actors, a role of a lifetime, at just the right time
Veteran actors Charles Michael Howard and Tony Reilly share their grief and their strength in ‘King Lear.’