Pica: TBA18
Multiple venues Sep 6 – 16
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Time-Based Art festival has become a mar-quee event for serious art lovers and lovers of serious art. Now in its 16th year, the event’s appeal of hitting a couple of performance art events per night, plus gallery shows, artist talks and the Works party (every night) has made this the perfect end-of-summerfestival. Unmissable shows this year include Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, screened with a live, original score; Some Styles of Masculinity, by Gregg Bordowitz;Raquel André’s Collection of Lovers; Ariella Tai’s Swallow; and a US premiere fromCompagnie Nacera Belaza.