{"id":19075,"date":"2020-08-18T12:25:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T16:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=19075"},"modified":"2020-08-21T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:26:09","slug":"guide-to-the-galleries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/guide-to-the-galleries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galleries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe allowfullscreen allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:450px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23d2d2d2&#038;d=sept20issuu&#038;hideIssuuLogo=true&#038;pageNumber=37&#038;u=portlandmagazine\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>If you love to fish, you head for the waterfront\u2014take in the sights and sounds. To see galaxies of contemporary Maine art, come this way. Local galleries present the universe in microcosm\u2014the artists, the collectors, the work itself, and exciting show openings.<\/h2>\n<p><em>From\u00a0Staff &amp; Wire Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like this. A struggling artist gets her first painting into an art gallery. An art critic approaches:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Would you like to hear my professional opinion on your painting?<\/em><br \/>\n\u2014<em>Sure.<\/em><br \/>\n\u2014<em>It\u2019s pretty much worthless.<\/em><br \/>\n\u2014<em>I don\u2019t mind\u2013you can tell me anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes! Sturm und drang! People\u2019s feelings are raw in galleries, exposed. You\u2019re directly confronted with beauty. Who can resist three-dimensional entertainment? In COVID context, you\u2019re free to self-design a whirlwind tour or connect virtually. Either way, you\u2019ll love the world beyond screen-savers. It\u2019s deeper than decorating. You\u2019ll feel the impact of works of consequence. It\u2019s energizing to be among paintings, silkscreens, sculptures, and signed prints you can actually buy and take home. Everyone gets a look. Art stars like the late, great <strong>David Driskell<\/strong> (1931\u2013April 2020, a tragic loss due to complications from COVID-19) have shown their works in local Maine galleries. Or you may discover fresh efforts by your neighbor who\u2019s painting in her studio next door. Look: The signpost is up ahead. You\u2019ve just reached the streets of dream.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Read\u00a0the full story\u00a0in the digital magazine above.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Did we miss your favorite Maine art gallery? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/about\/contact-us\/\">Let us know!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s contemporary artists, galleries, and trends.<br \/>\nFrom Staff &#038; Wire Reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1117,1118],"class_list":["post-19075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-art-galleries","tag-maine-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19075"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19122,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19075\/revisions\/19122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}