Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Artscape updates, Trans Visibility quilt displayed on the Mall, Preakness past and present in photos, Joyce J. Scott receives honorary doctorate from UB, John Waters weighs in on Carly Hayden's firing and how to (mis)behave at his book signings, Guns of Steel, and more!
Party Photos from BmoreArt's Release for Issue 19 on May 15
In Issue 19, we celebrate Baltimore’s “hidden gems” through the stories of individuals and organizations often operating below the public radar but making a solid contribution to city life.
Our new print journal features artists and organizations often operating below the public radar but making a solid contribution to city life.
Baltimore itself is a hidden gem. Sure, it has flaws, but for anyone who dares, it offers up sparkling and surprising opportunities that wildly exceed expectations.
The Multi-Media Artist Interrogates the Cost of Fast Fashion and Offers Models of Repair
Camouflage renders beauty and material repurposing from the catastrophes of environmental degradation. The beauty here is not empty or slight, but deeply ethical, a slow product of intense labor and years of study and gestation.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Honorary MICA degrees for Christopher Myers and George Ciscle, Baltimore turns up for Turnstile, reactions to Dr. Carla Hayden's firing, coleman a. jordan | ebo at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennial, the lasting legacy of Black Cherry Puppet Theater, and more!
A Long-Overdue Monograph Offers a Complex Portrait of the Man Who Documented Baltimore's Seedy Underbelly
This month, storied art publisher Phaidon ships a hefty tome dedicated to one of the city's most overlooked (but important) photographers, who immortalized a sleazy queer Baltimore that no longer exists.
Observations and Highlights from the Best Satellite Fairs
Springtime for discounts in Chelsea, winter for artists and galleries...
The Upendo Trumpeter Discusses the Band's New Album, Influences, and Love as a Volcano
In Upendo's latest album "For the Love of it All" the band brings experience and heritage to new compositions.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Julia M. Alexander passes away from heart attack, The Banner wins a Pulitzer, The Phillips Collection appoints Tiffany McGettigan and Clarisse Fava-Piz, 2025 Screenwriters Competition announced, BMA's upcoming exhibition The Way of Nature, and more!
Artist Zoë Charlton's Work is the First in the Initiative Unveiled in Station North
A lighting ceremony for Charlton's work at the North Avenue Market, was hosted with big crowds, programming, and performances.
The Creative Alliance Celebrates 30 Years at their Annual Gala Event
Creative Alliance Honors Linda de Palma and JM Giordano for Lifetime Achievement
On May 1 Protests in Baltimore to Stop the Billionaire Takeover
Six smaller rallies came together in Baltimore as a massive protest against the Trump Administration
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Graham Projects gets a home in Station North, the inaugural Scout Art Fair at Artscape 2025, Baltimore Center Stage news, Asia North and AVAM's Kinetic Sculpture Race return for 2025, Kennedy Center cancels Pride celebration, Tavish Forsyth's bare backlash, and more!
In Solo Show at the Hirshhorn, the Abstract Artist Offers Moments of Reflection Within Ambiguity
Visiting this single exhibit is an efficient way to appreciate the sweep of Pendleton's career and especially his claim on abstraction within the history of modern art that so strongly informs his practice.
Is a MICA Alumna in Cowboy Boots Emerging as the Unlikely Enfant Terrible of Estonia’s Art Scene?
On the heels of a successful solo show, we catch up with Zody Burke to talk about her upcoming show in New York, an experimental studio practice, and the pitfalls of getting lost in translation as an American artist in Europe.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Baltimore City's New Office of Art and Culture, AVAM announces Ellen Owens as new director, Amy Sherald profiled by Jerry Salz, John Waters goes to jail for a good cause, The Great Migration travels to Chicago, and more!
Ruppert Explores the Symbiotic Relationship Between Nature and Civilization at C. Grimaldis Gallery
Spending time with the pieces on display is humbling the way that great art so often is. Climate change, the relationship between man and nature, the vastness of geological time, and our relative insignificance are all conveyed through images and objects of great aesthetic beauty.
The Group Show "Ecocide" and a Window Installation by Taina Litwak Confront Environmental Violence
This exhibit at The Crow's Nest pushes you to do what you can do to protect the land and the communities that inhabit it.
