Visual Art

Visual Art

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Cover girl Amy Sherald and her Whitney show, Malcolm Peacock at the BMA, Farmers' Market concerns, Lisa Gail Collins awarded literature prize from The Driskell Center, local craft stores, Neighborhood Design Center's 2025 Placemaking Forum, and more!

Context and Changes in 2025 for Baltimore's Free Outdoor Arts Festival

Artscape should have a long-term impact–not just on local businesses who happen to be located on the festival footprint, but upon Baltimore’s arts ecosystem as a whole.

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Artscape is on the move, Deborah Kass collaborates with Goya on a new print, remembering Kim Domanski, Baltimore Center Stage will not comply with DEI order, new BMA exhibition highlights Belair-Edison and Johnston Square heros, AVAM gala to honor Dr. John Carlos, and more!

The revolution will be local. 

Paying attention to and valuing that which makes us special as a city and state will empower you.

Western Civilization is in Crisis, but One of Europe's Top Art Fairs Makes Dystopia Seem Weirdly Sexy

Never have I felt more like a future anthropologist wandering an excavation of the present. Have we preemptively organized our visual culture around an acknowledgement of its own impending ruin?

A Neurosurgeon’s Dedication to the Metaphor-Making Machine

Through all the years he wrote and lectured about the relationship between art and science, Salcman never used art in his role as a doctor with his patients. Within the walls of the Salcmans’ home, however, is another story.

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes:  Sarah Lewis and Theaster Gates announced as speakers for Sam Gilliam Lecture Series, Joyce J. Scott retrospective at Seattle Art Museum, Creative Baltimore Fund grant winners announced, The Walter's Latin American installation, and more!

"Trying to avoid politics in art is like trying to dodge raindrops on a rainy day."

In 2020 alone, 133 artists around the world were detained, 82 were jailed—and 17 were killed. And yet, artists have repeatedly ignored the possibility of reprisal and made work envisioning change in trying circumstances.

The Artist’s Inaugural Exhibition in DC is a Timely Act of Resistance

As an exhibit, Confluences showcases Box's willingness to evolve her approach to image-making over two decades to meet the challenges of conveying complexity.

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

Catonsville Arts District announces public art project, Station North reacts to loss of Artscape, Goya Contemporary's Thread Lines review in Artblog, DEI crackdowns affect arts funding, protecting arts funding in Maryland, Stevie Walker-Webb and Center Stage, and more!

A Two-Person Show at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art Considers Caregiving with Labor-Intensive Media

Franklin and Moore champion the courageousness of the human spirit.

Do Creatives Actually Have an Advantage When It Comes to Mental Health?

Creativity is part of resilience, which is considered a central aspect of mental wellness. We are creating all the time, problem-solving, playing, experimenting, interacting with others spontaneously, etc. Creativity is the weft across the warp of our lives. We cannot function without it.

Meet the Prolific Pandolfo Twins Through Nearly 1000 of their Artworks Under One Roof

OSGEMEOS’s work is largely inventive and whimsical, like stepping into a dream or a comforting alternate universe

Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Artscape 2025 updates, Oprah's Book Club author Eric Puchner, Monopoly rolls into town, Doppio Pasticceria opens in Remington, James “Jimmy” Rouse at C. Grimaldis Gallery, new installation at Patterson Park, and more!

An Interview with the Curator of “Romancing the Novel”

A new exhibition of romance novel cover art at McDaniel College celebrates the popularity of the genre.

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