A balance between seriousness and joy makes the MICA Professor and author a design rockstar.
Lupton has a global following but remains deeply rooted in Baltimore, the co-founder and director of MICA’s MFA in Graphic Design program.
Rediscovered Modernist Amalie Rothschild at Goya Contemporary
Baltimore Modernist Amalie Rothschild had a solo exhibit at the BMA in the 1970s, but had to leave in order to build a career.
What the Metalsmith Makes of Pearls, Fake Hair, and the Unsung Heart
All of the work that I make is, to some extent, rooted in my own personal experience, but I try to be a bit less visually representative of “This is art about being a transgender woman of color” and more like “This is two materials interacting with one another in a way that I find relatable.”
Collecting Maryland is a Love Letter to our State
A new exhibit presents complex stories that portray the past and help us understand the present.
An Interview with the Painter on her ABMB Debut with Galerie Judin
Blending vampy slasher-flick theatrics with Pettit's classically-trained skill, it's a weird, fitting entrance to Galerie Judin's booth—which we've affectionally been calling "the one with the spooky girls."
The Artist's Solo Exhibit "Now You See It, Now You..." Challenges Structures of Privilege
An artist interrogating her personal experience of identity, power, and womanhood.
Cinghiale’s Monthly Opera Salon Series Offers World Class Music Paired with Northern Italian Cuisine
Date Night Out in Baltimore Just Got More Theatrical
Discovery of More Than 60,000 Negatives Brings Extraordinary Exhibit to MICA
A lively exercise in street photography and a tentative love letter to the neighborhood at the center of New York’s Black Arts and Civil Rights Movements, Cole’s works grant us a look, through the lens of an observant foreigner, at Black American expressiveness in the late 1960s and early 70s.
An Event Designed to Honor the Sherman Family, Wangetchi Mutu, and Amy Sherald
Photos from the BMA's Annual Gala Celebration and After Party
I Went Back to My Alma Mater to Spend a Day With Current TU Student, Annie Tamini
Second year MFA candidate Annie Tamini met me in her fourth-floor studio—a prime corner spot with a window. We spoke about her reasons for attending Towson, and how her experience in the MFA program is so far unfolding.
Four New Mayoral Portraits Allow Artists to Create Historic Narratives for the Future
While Baltimore's legacy of recent mayoral leadership is still in the making, these portraits offer concrete examples of the power of portraiture
An Exhibit and Auction at C+C Gallery Celebrating 10 Years and 20 Issues
Exhibition Round-Up: C. Grimaldis Gallery Shuts its Doors this Saturday, But There's Plenty of Art to See Elsewhere Before Last Call
From Club Car to the Mount Royal Tavern, bars are filling in the void left by gallery closures, as Current Space proves galleries can be great bars too.
Milad Discusses What Inspired "Shabtis Gather" and Her Partnership with BmoreArt on the New, 200-Page Publication
"When thinking about the medium of a book, it can be very intimate. One person, or a couple of people, can experience it at a time. The physicality was really important to me, because I wanted people to have that kind of direct, tactile experience."
National Gallery of Art Exhibits Works Spanning 1955-1985
Photography and the Black Arts Movement gathers the many threads that makeup the Black experience: joy and struggle, beauty and violence, individuality and collective identity, personal expression and social conscience, creativity and political action.
Ikhide's "Tales From Future Past" is on View through November 22 at CPM
CPM Gallery recently announced that the run of Richard Ayodeji Ikhide's solo exhibition "Tales from Future Past" would be extended to November 22 by appointment. At the opening on September 27, the British-Nigerian artist was interviewed by luminary art historian, curator, and educator Lowery Sims.
In "Pandarayuhan: Home is a Memory" Divinagracia Explores Immigration and Identity at Creative Alliance
"One of my biggest intentions with this show was to really spotlight Filipino presence in Baltimore and specifically immigrant lives and journeys.”
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amy Sherald shines brightly in Baltimore, Hilton Carter makes his house a home, Inviting Light returns with a Wickerham & Lomax, John Akomfrah moving image + sound installation opens at the BMA, mayorial portraits unveiled at City Hall, Maryland Film Fest is here, and more
