BmoreArt’s Picks: August 4-10
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise at The Phillips Collection featuring First Prize winner Kei Ito, opening reception for Luke Farley at Alchemy of Art, Fells Point Corner Theatre’s 10x10x10 festival, Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk, reception for Lou Joseph at Hotel Indigo, and more!
“In this Time Together”: Jenn Kotler’s $5 Portraits and Live Painting
From Farmers Markets to NASA Mission Control, Kotler Finds Inspiration in Human Unpredictability
In most cases, Kotler just shows up at a location with paints and easel in tow. “It’s definitely an ask-for-forgiveness situation,” she says. “Obviously there are some private or very controlled spaces like Mission Control that I did need to get special permission to get into…”
Derrick Adams’ “View Master” is a Joy Ride Through His Eye-Popping Oeuvre
The Artist’s First Mid-Career Survey is on View at the ICA/Boston Through Labor Day
View Master, the artist’s first (and overdue) mid-career survey, consists of 100 pieces from over 20 years, dating from Adams’ earliest efforts to newly created works.
The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Announces 2026 Rubys Artist Grants Awardees
This Year’s Fellows Will Be the First Cohort Under the Program’s Reimagined Structure
This cycle, the Rubys will provide $180,000 in direct funding to 12 artists working in Performance and Visual Arts—the first two disciplines in the program’s new two-year rotating cycle—as well as two $25,000 Jane Brown Alumni Rubys grants to previous awardees and two $2,500 Rubys Material Grants.
Nick Cave on Grief (and Hope) in Venice
Cave Presents Seven Recent Works at the 61st Venice Biennale
Among myriad works in In Minor Keys that touch on loss and care, ornament and protest, violence and healing, or the body and nature, Nick Cave’s figurative bronzes are the central cast of this grand mise-en-scène.
Jewish Museum Gallery as Table Tennis Arena: Inside “Open Court”
A Ping-Pong Pop-Up Reimagines the Sport as a Framework for Memory, Movement, and Meaning
Running through May 31, Open Court transforms JMM’s largest gallery into a ping-pong arena, blurring the line between art and sport with spotlit tables, bleachers, scoreboards, and archival images.
Baltimore Honky Tonk: A Photo Essay
The Western Shindig at Waverly Brewing Company and Mobtown Ballroom Has Become a Baltimore Favorite
Expect to step into a tiny universe where everyone is having a good time.” That’s how Baltimore Honky Tonk organizer Alex Lacquement describes experiencing one of his events.
Clay in Your City: NCECA is Coming to Baltimore
What to Expect When the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference Lands in Baltimore Next Year? Baltimoreans Share their Experiences from this Year’s Edition in Detroit
What to Expect When the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference Lands in Baltimore Next Year? Baltimoreans Share their Experiences from this Year’s Edition in Detroit
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Book Review: Trying x Trying by Dora Malech
The Poet’s Newest Collection Is a Triumphant (and Heartbreaking) Ode to Not Giving Up
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A Quorum of Queens: The Gurlz of Baltimore
How Nine of Baltimore’s Most Revered Women in the Arts Convinced Me Friendship Is Their Best Work of All
Studio Visit: René Treviño
A Conversation with the Artist Ahead of His Upcoming Exhibition at Erin Cluley Gallery in Dallas, Texas
The Binds of Love and Secrets: “Dawn” at Everyman Theatre
World Premier of New Work by Playwright and Resident Member Tuyết Thị Phạm on Stage Through March 1
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