The lawsuit was filed in May 2018, just before the ‘LOVE’ artist died on Vinalhaven.
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.
Bach festival is back, starting with a block party Friday
The community celebration in East Bayside is the biggest event of the 10-day Portland Bach Experience.
Portland unveils new ‘seaweed’ bus shelter
It’s the fourth art-covered bus shelter in the city paid for by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Q&A with Tim Peterson, as he settles in as executive director of Center for Maine Contemporary Art
The Rockland art center’s new leader places emphasis on community.
In preserving his brother’s legacy, Dan Crewe wants to complete the picture of the legendary songwriter
Bob Crewe is best known for writing hits for The Four Seasons, but his brother wants him to be remembered for his talents as a painter, too, despite their complicated relationship.
Rockland gallery makes way for the shapes of David Row
The artist, who splits his time between New York and Cushing Island, gets his first show in his home state at 71.
Theresa Secord, Penobscot basket maker, wins $75,000 fellowship
She will use the money to work with an apprentice, demonstrate her craft and help preserve Indigenous language.
Allegations of abuse by Robert Indiana resurface in ‘hush money’ court case
Sentenced for Social Security fraud, a Waldoboro man blames his downward spiral on the abuse he says he suffered by the late artist 4 decades ago.
Portland Chamber Music Festival returns to in-person performances in August
The program for one of the concerts won’t be revealed beforehand.
Maine Literary Awards names winners, honors Carolyn Chute
‘Blue Summer’ by Jim Nichols wins for fiction, and Kerri Asenault’s ‘Mill Town’ for nonfiction.