Out of the Picture @ Portland Museum of Art

98 min.
dir. Mary Louise Schumacher. In English. DCP.

Followed by a panel discussion titled “Will Art Criticism Survive?” with Hrag Vartanian (Editor-in-chief, Hyperallergic), director Mary Louise Schumacher, Jenee Osterheldt (Boston Globe) and Jorge S. Arango and Megan Gray of the Portland Press Herald.

The first documentary film about art critics in the United States, Out of the Picture follows a handful of writers from across the U.S. through a critical time of cultural reckoning and historic transformation to both art and media. Followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Mary Louise Schumacher and critics Hrag Vartanian (Hyperallergic), Jenee Osterheldt (Boston Globe), and Jorge S. Arango and Megan Gray of the Portland Press Herald. Sponsored by Portland Museum of Art, SPACE Gallery, Surf Point, the Portland Press Herald, and The Rabkin Foundation.