A Year in Photos by Jill Fannon
At the cusp of a new year, it feels important to look back and take stock, to record the past year the only way we know how: through the vision and work of an artist, in this case Baltimore-based photographer Jill Fannon.
The top ten contemporary art exhibitions from Baltimore (including two from DC) that have inspired, challenged, and sustained us in 2021
Even under the best circumstances, Baltimore can be a humbling place to live and work as an artist, but our sense of shared community purpose and creative potential keeps us going.
A Baltimore Holiday Photo Essay by Joe Cardamone
Seasonal Favorites: NIght time images of the annual monument lighting ceremony in Mount Vernon and the "Miracle" on 34th Street
The Circle and the Line: The Jewelry of Betty Cooke at The Walters Art Museum
There is subtlety, but never repetition in this retrospective of 160 objects. There is revelation in the tiniest nuance.
The Guardians: Reshaping History presented by the Peale at Carroll Mansion
"I take care of myself when I'm taking care of people,” Audrey Carter says. “When I know people are okay, I'm okay.”
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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”
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.
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.
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.
