Hidden Labor: Area 405’s Final Shows
The last shows at Area 405 pay tribute to the nearly 20 years of work that went into the artist-run venue and studio building
The final part, the “Eulogy,” takes place this Thursday, December 16.
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High Fiber Mixed Media Maximalism: Art Basel Miami Beach 2021
Trends and Sightings at The Big Fair Miami Beach
While it’s exciting to see works of art by well known favorites at Art Basel, it's a treat to discover new artists and galleries and this year’s big fair provided a slew of new names and programs to follow.
NADA and Untitled Bring Reflection and Relaxation to Miami’s Spectacle and Hustle
Dispatches from Untitled Art Fair and NADA at Miami Art Week 2021
The term horror vacui, or “fear of the vacuum,” remained stuck in my head… could this new maximalism be a reflection of the claustrophobia of lockdown life and fear of loss?
Amber Robles-Gordon’s Geographies of Care
At the Katzen Arts Center, Robles-Gordon's exhibition conveys a first-person account of the intimacies of movement
In Robles-Gordon’s hands, mistaking the map means we must contend with the entanglements of colonialism and empire—and the spiritual resonance of it all—in the wake of violence.
Rush: Ritualized Assimilation, Beer Pong, and a Monsieur Zohore Performance at NADA
Photo Essay Documenting a Miami Art Fair Performance courtesy of de boer
Monsieur Zohore’s performance, entitled Rush, casts a critical lens on the lineage of ‘bro culture’ linking lascivious behavior to so-called heteronormative practices often tied to fraternal Greek stereotypes.
BmoreArt Issue 12 Release at Current Space: Photo Essay
Photos by Elena Volkova from the release party for Issue 12, celebrating visionary, maximalist-leaning creatives
“More is More” is the theme for BmoreArt's Issue 12, where maximalism, inclusivity, exuberance, and accumulation become the modus operandi for a post-pandemic world.
Grace Under Pressure: The 2021 New Museum Triennial
Soft Water Hard Stone is curated by Margot Norton and Jamillah James
The 2021 New Museum Triennial, Soft Water Hard Stone, the museum's fifth, exhibits works by 40 artists and collectives from around the world including Baltimore's Cynthia Daignault and Kahlil Robert Irving.
A Photographer’s Views from the Train
Courtney Richeson's series presents varied ecological regions and built environments
The Views from the Train series mimics the contemplative act of looking out the window and speculating on the various ways of living in the world
Practical Design for the Modern Woman: Unveiling Frederick’s Tribute to Claire McCardell
The larger-than-life bronze statue of McCardell, sculpted by Sarah Hempel Irani, is located in Carroll Creek Park
There are so many more stories to tell about female-identifying people throughout history, and so many histories neglected and erased, but it is exciting to see the beginnings of new figures celebrated on this kind of stage.
Fake, Foul, and Funny: The 14Karat Cabaret Gets Its Day in the Sun
MAP’s retrospective celebrates 30+ years of Baltimore’s underground performance art showcase
A discussion with Laure Drogoul about her show at Maryland Art Place and the 14 Karat Cabaret, an “Exquisite Corpse Manifest”
The New Black Vanguard Showcases Black Art and Fashion’s Intricacies
Antwaun Sargent's book-turned-exhibition features contemporary Black photographers working across the worlds of fine art and fashion at MICA
This cohort of photographers apply the fine-art idioms of landscape, portraiture, and still life to fashion photography.
A Photographer Reimagining the Practice of Portraiture
Rebecca Marimutu is a contemporary photographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the self, identity, and materiality
Both analog and digital, Marimutu’s photo collages reveal a process of self discovery and self representation through the active manipulating and reconfiguring of material into sculptural figures.
The Shuffle of Things: Rediscovering Goucher’s Lost Museum
A compelling mix of archival and artistic presentations, combining didactic texts with creative installations and works by visual artists
Their first goal was to understand just what has been lost: to reconstruct the contours of the expansive collection.
Traducciones y Transiciones: Mexican and Central American Independence at The Walters
An Interview with Curator of the Americas Ellen Hoobler
Translations and Transitions celebrates Mexican and Central American History and Culture through November 7
Gallery Roundup: Spatial Fabrications at MONO Practice, Juan Gris at BMA, Rania Matar at C. Grimaldis Gallery
Three Baltimore exhibitions worth a visit this week
Bill Schmidt and Jan Razauskas’ Spatial Fabrications at MONO Practice, Color and Illusion: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris at the BMA, and Rania Matar’s She at C. Grimaldis Gallery.
A Photographer Focused on Baltimore Skatepark Culture
Saskia Kahn's Skatepark Baltimore is an ongoing, collaborative, photo-based art project
Skatepark Baltimore is an ongoing, photo-based art project about resilience, love, and identity.
Art AND: Bill Schmidt
There is a feedback loop between Bill Schmidt's studio and his visual world, where mysterious shapes take on greater significance
Schmidt works at a tiny scale so that viewers to have to get close to his paintings, to have an intimate and “one-on-one relationship with the surfaces.''
Outside at Current Space: Photo Essay
The Current Space Members Cocktail Party on September 30
Photos of guests under giant banana leaves and vines and twinkling lights, and a conversation with Michael Benevento and Julianne Hamilton about Current's outdoor adventures in music, art, and community building.