On the fickle nature of creativity and the desire to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are
There is more than the single story of the material; there is usually a personal tie-in, a cultural or historical reference the viewer can also pick up on if they engage with it.
Brown’s staged photographs reflect a lineage of Black beauty culture and rituals that are shared throughout the diaspora.
Black pop art iconography, like Jet magazine’s coverage and advertisements reflecting the 1960s Black is Beautiful movement and the Natural Hair Movement of the 2000s, are all influential to Brown’s photographs.
Finalists Maren Henson, Megan Koeppel, and James Williams II exhibit at the Walters through Sept. 28
A smaller sampling of Baltimore area artists still offers a compelling temperature check on subjects of contemporary artistic concern.
Baltimore creative powerhouse Landis Expandis virtually reinvents himself as a power trio
In a town full of creatives who might claim the title of “hardest working artist in town,” Landis “Expandis” McCord is arguably among those with a real shot at that crown.
An Artist Whose Collections Weave into Her Art
Though the first floor of Franklin's home is filled with art, there are no defined boundaries that separate the art in her collection, the art she herself makes, her collections in progress, and the more ordinary articles of her life.
Collectors Philip and Deborah English talk about the lure of the whimsical Victorian-era ceramics
Majolica Mania is the result of a near-constant effort by enthusiasts to get decorative arts curators to take this fantastical subset of ceramics seriously.
Richard Serra’s new installation and a Museum Guard-curated Exhibition at the BMA
Mini reviews of exhibits at the Glenstone Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art
Together Again: Baltimore Starts Pride Weekend with a Gorgeous Gala Under the Stars
On June 24, the Pride Center of Maryland’s Twilight on the Terrace Gala was finally back in person, after several years of pause for the pandemic
Gilliam, who died on June 25, had an artistic practice dedicated to the interrogation of self and spirit
Much like the artist’s enduring body of work, the heart of 'Full Circle' is found in its layers.
Venues, artwork, artists, and participants in the Bromo District's Celebration of Art Spaces
Highlights from the Bromo Arts District including Nomü Nomü, Black Genius Art Show, Maryland Art Place, Lexington Market, Current Space, Le Mondo, and more
More than 70 participants ranged in age from 10 to 82, with people who had never sewn before alongside experienced quilters
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.
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.
On Amber Eve Anderson’s “Something Worth Doing” at Hamiltonian Gallery
These arrangements are subtle and pleasing, though on closer inspection, starkly funny.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
