FEATURED MUSEUM THE 2018 PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART BIENNIAL PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART 7 CONGRESS SQUARE PORTLAND, MAINE THROUGH JUNE 3 by Greg Morell Biennials are an excuse for established institutions to let their hair down and give voice to the more radical wing of artistic endeavor. For their 2018 Biennial exhibition, the Portland Museum of Art elected to anoint Nat May as chief curator. Fluent with the current wave of the Maine avant-garde, May for many years steered the ship at SPACE Gallery in downtown Portland. For the Biennial, May solicited the help of Theresa Secord of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance and Sarah Workneh, co-director of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. May devoted 10 months of thought, careful consideration and numerous studio visits to orchestrate the 2018 Biennial. Although this was a Maine biennial, and a great number … [Read more...] about PMA BIENNIAL 2018: PORTLAND LETS ITS HAIR DOWN