Mann’s wall-sized collages and installations rework and play with her own life and history, visually summarizing the collision of her upbringing
Mann simultaneously combines Eastern and Western influences, using extremely old mediums such as Sumi-e ink, invented in the first century AD in China, and contemporary ones such as Yupo paper, to create a synthesis that is personal and multi-faceted.
An integral part of Gatlin's process is to look at a big idea in different ways and consider it from every angle
"I identify as interdisciplinary and sometimes I even go as far as to say non-disciplinary because I have a craft and DIY background. I don't necessarily feel like discipline is the right word to use. I love materials and I love playing with something new, I think that’s the thing that pulls me."
Micah E. Wood's intimate portraits capture a bold musical vision
Color-saturated images of favorite Baltimore-based bands inspired by fashion, design, and art
"Laurie Anderson: The Weather" presents more than fifty works from across a renowned career
Featuring sculptures, installations, videos, and photographs, and juxtaposing pieces from across her career with a host of recent works , "The Weather" is a dazzling display of what the art historian RoseLee Goldberg once called Anderson’s “powerful inventive drive.
This group exhibition of contemporary Black Baltimore- and DC-based artists plays on personal and collective histories
The show’s larger focus is material culture, specifically Black material culture featuring objects that contain history and tradition.
Why the director of the performance series In the Stacks and curator at Hopkins' Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection wants you to listen to Classical music
"I’m inspired by these musicians that weren’t satisfied with the presenting platforms or ensembles that existed, so they just created new ones."
Why is a painting of a nude woman by a woman potentially offensive, but not one by a man?
Lisa Yuskavage’s porn-inspired, rainbow-hued paintings of women in fantasy landscapes are featured at the BMA through Sept 19 in Wilderness, a survey show co-organized with the Aspen Museum of Art
The curator-centric show favors colorful, crafty, and playful work that transforms its banal context—two vacant floors of a Manhattan office building
This year, dozens of curators were invited to organize exhibitions around the theme HEARSAY:HERESY—a timely prompt in this age of fake news and ever raging culture wars, yet one that often manifested in decidedly Medieval aesthetics.
At Baltimore's Milk & Ice Vintage, Clothing Offers Histories of Resilience and Innovation
Models Abbey Parrish and Paris Roberts bring historic vintage pieces to life in a photo essay by Jill Fannon
This photo essay by Gregory McKay might make you fall in love with Baltimore
Harmonious images of Baltimore created after six years, tens of thousands of photos, and thousands of miles on a bike with a camera.
Formed in 1955, the community clay studio comprises professionals and hobbyists, long-term potters alongside new enthusiasts
The Guild’s original animating purpose—to encourage curiosity about clay, push craftsmanship, and, perhaps most vitally, sustain a community clay studio—continues to motivate its membership.
The Barclay native discusses teaching and learning, art as sustenance, and starting grad school in her 60s
"I like to encourage them that this is yours; own it, own its greatness. I say there’s always a blessing in the lesson."
An art dog photo essay with images from Issue 11 and outtakes
Canine Comfort: Our Art Dogs, a series of portraits of dogs in Baltimore-based artists' studios
In her Frederick Arts Council show, Dillin explores isolation and connection within ongoing economic decline
"I wanted to convey the feeling of the isolation and emptiness of the space but also connection . . . almost like you’re falling in love with that stranger, or at least having an intense curiosity."
The myth of museum neutrality, why slowing down matters, and making authentic structural changes
Culture Strike is essential reading for art museum professionals, board members, artists, and cultural community members
Dyer explores the shaky balance between overconsumption and deprivation
Nicole Dyer has an intimate knowledge of scarcity and overindulgence, and her exuberant canvases, papier-mâché sculptures, and installations explore the universal hunt for satisfaction through depictions of everyday products from the supermarket that surround us.
The artist and swimmer on navigating the business side of things, establishing routines, and dealing with the failure gremlin
“Someone told me years ago, you have to be your biggest fan and always remind yourself of that when you’re in doubt.”
The environmental scientist's painted fictions
Cho describes herself as a convergence of art and science, an artist and environmental scientist who wants to blur the boundaries between her fields through her compelling acrylic paintings.
