Finding a Common Thread: MICA’s Quilt Club
More than 70 participants ranged in age from 10 to 82, with people who had never sewn before alongside experienced quilters
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The Night Shift
Nightlife photography of the past and present at Maryland Center for History and Culture
Curated by Joe Tropea, Visions of Night: Baltimore Nocturnes at the Maryland Center for History and Culture beautifully and seamlessly integrates Baltimore nightlife of the past and present.
Highlights and Trends from Liste: Art Basel’s Oldest, Coolest Little Sister Fair
Campy horror aesthetics, charmingly faux-naive techniques, abstract allusions to the body, environmental concerns and more
With 82 galleries representing 37 countries, the surprisingly compact fair is dense with content.
Things Won’t Love You Back
On Amber Eve Anderson’s “Something Worth Doing” at Hamiltonian Gallery
These arrangements are subtle and pleasing, though on closer inspection, starkly funny.
On Her Own Grounds: Joan Mitchell
The BMA’s Joan Mitchell retrospective denationalizes a transatlantic painter
Part of the solution to dismantling art history’s tendencies toward chauvinism is to consider not where paintings might take us, but what they offer on their own grounds.
Contemporary Art Commissions at the Redeveloped Lexington Market
Commissions include works by Oletha DeVane and Christopher Kojzar with Nicholas Ireys, Eric Smith and Reed Baltimore, Ernest Shaw, and SHAN Wallace
Although the changes to Lexington Market will replace familiar settings, they also provide an opportunity for commemoration.
Accumulate and Dissect: Solos at Arlington Arts Center
Six Mid-Atlantic artists present solo exhibitions at the Arlington Art Center
Kyrae Dawaun, Danni O’Brien, Alexander D’Agostino, Sharon Shapiro, Marisa Stratton, and Ju Yun each have an investigative approach to art-making and present new, invigorating works in their solo shows.
Not to Eat But to Think: The 2022 Whitney Biennial
“We organized this Biennial to reflect these precarious and improvised times.”
Curated by David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards, this show took shape in a period marked by a relentless virus, upsetting political news, horrifying police brutality, and a grinding land war.
Slowing Down Time: Erin Fostel’s Drawings of Light, Shadow, and Space
Erin Fostel: 'Time of Day, Place in Life' at C. Grimaldis Gallery
Fostel’s drawings are as much about what’s there as what’s not.
Living, Working, Listening: Black Artist Research Space
'Music That Raised Us' at Black Artist Research Space
Music That Raised Us, which ran March 19-April 16, was an amalgamation of the collaborators' experiences but also of any artist who has been touched by the melody of a Stevie Wonder song or moved to move by the rhythm of a funk tune.
BmoreArt Issue 13 Release Party at the BMA: Photos
Subscribers, Contributors, and Featured Artists Celebrate our Collect Issue
A Garden Party for BmoreArt's subscribers, who made Issue 13 possible, as well as featured artists, contributors, and media partners
Sitting in Uncertainty: Fields and Formations at the Katzen Arts Center
Review of 'Fields and Formations: A Survey of Mid-Atlantic Abstraction' at the Katzen Arts Center
These artists don’t present an escape from chaos—rather, they ask us to look, listen, and sit inside it.
The Phillips Collection Centennial Gala: Photos
Photos from the Phillips Collection's Centennial Gala at the National Cathedral by E. Brady Robinson
“Seeing the world differently and reimagining tomorrow” was the theme for the Phillips Collection’s Gala held on April 29th at the Washington National Cathedral, designed to honor a century of leadership in the art and museum world.
Preview of The Peale’s $5.5 Million Renovation
After a five-year renovation, the Holliday Street building is starting a new life
The non-profit group behind the restoration has successfully completed its $5.5 million capital campaign and scheduled a Grand Opening ceremony for August 13, 2022, the 208th anniversary of The Peale’s original opening.
From Mom: Photo Essay
The memories that our mothers' wardrobes hold
We slip on a jacket and slide into a part of them.
Parallels and Meaningful Difference: Activating the Renaissance
'Activating the Renaissance' at the Walters brings contemporary artists into conversation with altarpieces and saints
Flanked by ranks of Quattrocento holy figures, Stephen Towns’ protagonist feels at once at home and strikingly distinct.
Birth and Death with Chaos In Between
Review of 'Early Blossoms/Perilous Thirds' at Current Space featuring Stephanie Barber, Patrick David, and Josh Dorman
Barber, David, and Dorman transport viewers to fictitious and prophetic scenarios of apocalypses and hopeful futures that suspend disbelief through immersion in surreal realms.
A New Print Fair for Baltimore
Organizers hope to attract collectors of all stripes
Twenty-four galleries, dealers, and print publishers from across the country will be present for the fair in Pigtown.