Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: The Peale awarded Andy Warhol Grant, Free Fall Baltimore applications are open, Disability Pride Month and the arts, CA's Art to Dine For, National Gallery partners with Google Arts & Culture, Galerie Myrtis participating in the Armory Show, The Pratt Library, and more!
How the Secondhand Craft Store and Maker Space in East Baltimore Made Me Believe in Magic Again
Spaces like these are part of the underground magic of Baltimore—where tapping into community is core, where beauty is found and made.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Centuries-Spanning Look at Race and Sculpture Opened Just After the Election, Provoking an Executive Order to Rewrite History
Curators Karen Lemmey, Tobias Wofford, and Grace Yasumura spoke truth to power. Power threw a tantrum.
"The Return of American Pest" Confounds, Closes with a Reception on Saturday
American Pest feels intensely familiar and specific, yet it reflects nothing from my highly partisan social media feeds. It feels like entering into an America that exists... but I’m seeing it as if under water or on some other plane of reality that I have never visited before.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: BMA acquires close to 150 new works, Carla Hayden hired by Mellon Foundation, Grandma Moses exhibition comes to SAAM, Harriet Tubman exhibition curated by Larry Poncho Brown, a breakup at Glenstone, Motor House raises funds to rebuild, and more!
Do Women Still Have to be Naked to Get Into the Met Museum?
Guerrilla Girls: Making Trouble is exactly the show we need right now.
The Artist's Exhibit "Signifiers" is on View at Gallery Blue Door Through July 25th
Hal Boyd’s paintings operate on multiple levels and attract a diverse audience. They resonate with both high art enthusiasts and non-art world “civilians.” In this show, Boyd continues his exploration of the subconscious and philosophy, expressed through narrative imagery.
From Excavations of Forgotten Histories to Speculative Futures, the Baker Artist Awards Support the Unconventional
Works by Selin Balci, Kelley Bell, Oletha DeVane, Jordan Tierney, and Stephen Towns highlight the importance of rewarding experimentation, research, and innovation.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amanda Leigh Burnham wins the Sondheim Prize, Gallery Myrtis' Emergence exhibition featured in Colossal, 3 local organizations win Frankenthaler Climate Initiative grants, summer can't miss exhibitions, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson on Claire McCardell, and more!
The Artist's Solo Exhibition at Towson University Proves Visibility is Beauty
Side by Side, on view through July 12, explores intimate relationships between women and answers back to museums who have excluded LGBTQ+ subjects on their gallery walls.
The Artist's Second Annual Tintype Celebration of the City's LGBTQ+ Community Joyfully Returned to Current Space
"Most joyous to me is to see the community come together, and what kind of the in-between spaces the process creates: people chat, meet each other, talk about their portraits and share insight on posing."
Making Space for Conversation & Feedback
The Crit Club gives gallery goers the opportunity to interact directly with the artists. More than that, this interaction is the primary goal. It offers something many other spaces do not: the time to think with the work and the artists, rather than simply around them.
Visualizing the Violent Impact of Colonization of the Americas on the Environment
These artists acknowledge that our current environmental crisis is serious and frightening, but overwhelmingly this exhibition presents ideas through monumental, visually stunning works, where the contrast between beauty and distress pushes the narrative forward.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Cindy Wolf and Charleston win a James Beard Award, The Clifton House hosts weekend event to honor Lucille Clifton, Arts for Learning to open charter school, Maryland Humanities receives emergency funding from Mellon Foundation, BOPA becomes 'Create Baltimore' and more!
Curated with diverse communities in mind, this new exhibit enhances inclusion and cultivates a sense of belonging.
While Baltimore’s growing Latino community accounts for 7.9% of its population, this project—the first of its kind—offers invaluable connections for Latinos to experience artwork directly represents them.
Materials Become Language in the 2025 Sondheim Finalist Exhibit at the Walters
The 2025 Sondheim Exhibit of finalists emphasizes the evocative power of materials in five mini solo exhibits.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Amy Sherald nominates René Treviño for 2025 Frieze London Fair, Murjoni Merriweather and Rodney Jermaine Elliott (Qrcky) selected as 2025 Joshua Johnson Council AIRs, Dapper Dan Midas takes the stage, the Mayor celebrates Artscape's success, and more!
Bold Color, Peaceful Vibes, and Fiber at the Center of it all
Close Enough explores the intimate power of gesture and memory. With works rooted in care, legacy, and presence, this exhibition holds space for quiet boldness and deep connection.
