A Pop-up Queer Cabaret and Art Space Breathes New Life into Storied North Avenue Market Locale
What happens when you give a group comprising drag queens, vintage furniture enthusiasts, theater kids, and a mixologist free reign over a vacant storefront for six weeks? Find out this weekend at the closing of "Bad Casting and Other Questionable Decisions: Paintings by Alix Tobey Southwick."
The Saga of José Martí and the Anti-Communist Plastic Surgeon who Brought Him to Baltimore, along with Spanish-Language Facebook Drama and International Dirt
In her new column, Maryland Public Art Commission Chair Kathy O'Dell deep-dives into the little-known histories behind Baltimore's oft-overlooked public art treasures. First up is Cuban sculptor Teodoro Ramos Blanco's bust of rebel and intellectual José Martí.
Michael Anthony Farley and Lexie Mountain Get Art School Confidential on the Intermedia and Digital Arts Program
When UMBC reached out to BmoreArt to help spread the word about the program, I thought immediately about Lexie and our decision to apply together years ago. The current round of applications for IMDA close on February 1st, and I thought it would be useful for potential candidates to hear our stories
The Me Before The War No Longer Exists, A Photographic Series
There is an interesting juxtaposition between the medium of tintype and the subject of refugees. Volkova’s project aims to fix, however momentarily, a population defined by movement—people dislocated by war.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Susan Muaddi Darraj + Carla Du Pree in conversation at Bird in Hand, Lisa Moren panel discussion at The Peale, Baltimore Jewelry Center presents Neve Coppersmith virtual artist talk, opening reception for Polly Apfelbaum at the Mitchell Museum, and more!
A Glorious Spectacle of Baltimore Fashion
For the second annual Baltimore MET Gala, the stylish elite took on the theme of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water.
A Conversation with Whitney Frazier and Kirby Griffin on Their Collaborative Project Calling Attention to Baltimore’s Black Women Leaders
Frazier and Griffin's shared vision has made possible a series of narrative works that bring otherwise overlooked corners of Baltimore to the forefront of public attention.
Chela Mitchell Gallery
As Union Market’s newest edition, Chela Mitchell’s savvy, self-reliant approach is a graceful affront to the status quo.
Graham Projects Imagines More Joyous Streets
There’s a chance one of Graham Coreil-Allen’s artworks has saved your life. Coreil-Allen’s collaborative “painting” practice—colorfully cascading across sidewalks, asphalt, and other infrastructure—is as much about the objective probability of preventing deaths as subjective aesthetics.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Motor House DAP Showcase featuring The Storage Unit Collective at Keystone Korner, Hyunsuk Erickson, Kini Collins, and Fanni Somogyi exhibition opening at Creative Alliance, Vagabond Player's "Witness for the Prosecution," and more!
Best Art and Culture Writing in 2023 from BmoreArt
Memorable and Award-winning Essays, Illuminating Baltimore's Cultural Landscape in Unexpected Directions This Year
An Exhibit of Diverse Objects that Collectively Attest to Deep Continuities and Extensive Cultural Exchanges.
While the Walters has been able to boast of one of the strongest collections of Ethiopian art in the world since the 1990s, the current exhibition offers a meaningful attempt to tell a complex and relational visual history in unprecedentedly detailed ways.
Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds, and Candlebugs Revisited: A Legacy Unfolds at the Baltimore Museum of Art
A Vast Network of Creative Community is Revealed in the Enigmatic Artistry of Quilter Elizabeth Talford Scott
Sustaining Baltimore's Creative Ecosystem, A Photo Story at Sandtown Furniture Company
Stellarium Jewelry, The Modest Florist, La Loupe Design, Studio JMCG Jewelry, Camp Small, New Vintage by Sam, Bazaar, Local Color Flowers, Baltimore Spirits Company, Taste This Cake, Sacred Ashes, Baltimore Print Studios, Personal Best Ceramics, Milkweed Ceramics, 228 Grant Street Candles, Baltimore
How do we talk about liberty and injustice honestly, intertwined with aspects of race and gender in America?
Liberty & Injustice features labor-intensive, clever, immersive works of art that captivate and inform.
Picks, Trends, and Observations from Fairs, Galleries, and the Rubell Museum (Including a Theory as to why Everything is Suddenly Periwinkle)
Is this a good year for galleries? That depends on who you ask. At the main fair, booths with challenging or innovative artworks are about as common as faces with intact buccal fat—they're few and far between and take some effort to spot.
An Interview with the Artist Ahead of her Screening and Exhibition Reception at Stevenson University
To say the work is political would be an understatement. To paraphrase her aunt at the opening: "Hey Heidi why don’t you tell us where you stand politically?" But it is more than that, it is about being an artist, being a mother, being a partner, and being a feminist in these ever so uncertain times
Motor House's Exhibition Celebrating Baltimore's Puerto Rican Diaspora Closes 12/5
"Pa’ Mi Gente" is a love letter to the Puerto Rican diaspora in Baltimore and beyond.
