Fairs Find Success with New takes on "Safe" Media Even as Institutions and Collections Celebrate Weirder Acquisitions
Soft Focus, Blurry Paintings Satisfy, Especially at Price Points Reflective of Younger and Emerging Artists
The CADVC Survey of Williams' Multidisciplinary Practice Draws Connections Between Big Ideas and Quotidian Materials
Curated by Lisa D. Freiman, "Levester Williams: all matters aside" is an expansive survey of the Philadelphia-based artist’s works-to-date. The show closes Dec 14th at UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC).
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: How craft is thriving in Baltimore, celebrating Maurice Berger, Pratt workers union reaches wage settlement, community exhibition and holiday sale at Baltimore Jewelry Center, better call Lou (Catelli), an interview with TU anthropologist Katharine Fernstrom, and more!
Pro Tips: From Art Basel Booths to Local Galleries and, of Course, Parties
We’re happy to share our picks for what’s worthwhile (and hacks for making it all a little more manageable) as the adult children of Miami Beach residents. We’ve already been in town for a week, checking out the local galleries and museum shows while plotting our fair itineraries.
A Baltimore-based Artist Exploring Ideas of Wellness Using It's Quintissential Material–The Yoga Mat
Alex Ebstein has exhibited her work in New York, Paris, Stockholm, and Rome–but is better known in Baltimore for her many roles as a curator and arts administrator.
Party Photos by Jill Fannon and E. Brady Robinson
The BMA 110th Gala and After Party was a Who's Who of Artists, Patrons, and Political Leaders–and Raised a Record-Breaking $1 Million
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: the BMA celebrates 110 years and raises $1 million, Tubman statue restored at BDTM, Mount Vernon Conservancy announces Monument Lighting, AVAM's new exhibition, Poe Theater to be broadcast on WYPR, John Waters is America's Next Top (Spokes)model, and more!
The Neo-African Abstract Expressionist's Solo Show at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Simmons’ process is guided by a contemplative, meditative conversation with the materials as his paintings take shape.
Party Photos from BmoreArt's Release for Issue 18 on November 7
Issue 18: Wellness posits art and culture as a key element in a healthy lifestyle.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: BOPA parts ways with CEO Rachel Graham and cancels Community Listening Sessions, Sankofa Dance Theater celebrates 30 years, new programming at Center Stage, remembering Judith Jamison, BSO's Katherine Needleman advocates for women in classical music, and more!
24 Historical Objects Offer Visions of Well-Being Worth Revisiting
Exhibition at the Walters through December 15 explores medieval Europeans' interest in monitoring bodies, curing ailments, and attaining good health.
A Conversation with the Curator on the Unseen Stories and Labor of Love Behind Baltimore's Galleries
That chat with Faust sparked something—a desire to dig deeper into the lives of Baltimore’s gallerists and curators, beginning with Faust herself.
Following the Baltimore Board of Estimates Vote to Terminate BOPA’s Contract, a Group of Artists and Organizers Ask: What Comes Next?
Artist group says that the next step is for Mayor Scott to share the specifics of his plan with the city, to make the process transparent as possible, and to create opportunities for artist communities to join in the effort
Queering Locker Rooms and Bathrooms into Sites of Transformation (or Confrontation)
Baltimore sculptor Elliot Doughtie has thought a lot about locker rooms and other liminal spaces in which one’s identity is in flux.
Rhythms and Strips in Retrospect at Arting Gallery
A Former MICA Professor's Lifetime Love Affair with Drawing and Improvisation
The Artist's Mixed-Media Exhibit at Transformer DC Interrogates America's Expectations of Black Women
In I’m Not Your Superwoman, Pinkston explores the Black-woman-superhero-complex, Black women's labor, and the complicated trope of “resilience,” a word often romanticized, exploited, and conflated.
Two Exhibitions Deep, Downtown's New Arts Incubator Offers Perspectives on Climate and Environmental Justice
Founded by Leonardo Martinez, a recent DC to Baltimore transplant, the new artist incubator, studio building, and gallery devoted to climate justice is nestled just behind the central branch library on Mulberry Street.
Fantasy Machine, an experimental fashion show and pop up shop presented by Meg Beck returned to Current Space for the 6th year
This year's iteration included a mixture of designers who have participated many times and those who were joining for the first time.
