Critical Review

Critical Review

Ruppert Explores the Symbiotic Relationship Between Nature and Civilization at C. Grimaldis Gallery

Spending time with the pieces on display is humbling the way that great art so often is. Climate change, the relationship between man and nature, the vastness of geological time, and our relative insignificance are all conveyed through images and objects of great aesthetic beauty.

The Group Show "Ecocide" and a Window Installation by Taina Litwak Confront Environmental Violence

This exhibit at The Crow's Nest pushes you to do what you can do to protect the land and the communities that inhabit it.

The New Exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts Isn't Here to Make You Comfortable

It’s unusual to group an exhibition around an adjective, but Uncanny is less about a word than a psychological experience where something feels unnerving because it’s familiar but just slightly off.

Three Exhibitions Hit a Raw Nerve at a Time of Global Environmental Crisis

The Baltimore Museum of Art marked its 110th anniversary by launching the Turn Again to the Earth initiative. The goal: to encourage conversation and action around climate change and the role of the museum.

Three Satisfying Exhibits at the Baltimore Clayworks

Celebrating the Clayworks 45th Anniversary with Committed, Experimental, and Sometimes Even Dazzling Ceramics Exhibitions

BCS + BSA Spells "Triumph"

Ushering in a partnership with Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore Center Stage's production of Akeelah and the Bee features BSA freshmen and sophomore students in the majority of its roles. Onstage through April 13th.

Hot on the Heels of a New Album Release, the Brothers Acheson Bring Their Brand of Genre-Melding Pop to Metro Gallery on April 3rd

“The S.H.E. is not precious,” the band writes in their manifesto. “It’s a place for the music we wanted to make as kids in a Baltimore basement.”

A Survey of Candor and Commitment to Realistic Depiction

Pollution can be dismayingly ubiquitous, but it can also be catalyzing, and full of expressive potential.

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $1M Public Art Challenge “encourages mayors to partner with artists, elevating the creative sector when developing solutions to significant urban issues”

Inviting Light is transforming the Station North Arts District with five site-specific public art installations and a series of dynamic community events this year.

Towson University Exhibits Contemporary Artists with Historical Curiosities

Reverie & Alchemy, the group exhibition at Towson University, brings works by ten featured artists together with historical, even ancient, objects from TU’s multi-department collection.

Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan Open in The Baltimore Peninsula

Cole shares a swelling of emotions in seeing the line out the door for her Baltimore Slutty Vegan opening. She hopes the Bar Vegan opening will be a replay of that success. 

The revolution will be local. 

Paying attention to and valuing that which makes us special as a city and state will empower you.

Western Civilization is in Crisis, but One of Europe's Top Art Fairs Makes Dystopia Seem Weirdly Sexy

Never have I felt more like a future anthropologist wandering an excavation of the present. Have we preemptively organized our visual culture around an acknowledgement of its own impending ruin?

"Trying to avoid politics in art is like trying to dodge raindrops on a rainy day."

In 2020 alone, 133 artists around the world were detained, 82 were jailed—and 17 were killed. And yet, artists have repeatedly ignored the possibility of reprisal and made work envisioning change in trying circumstances.

The Artist’s Inaugural Exhibition in DC is a Timely Act of Resistance

As an exhibit, Confluences showcases Box's willingness to evolve her approach to image-making over two decades to meet the challenges of conveying complexity.

1 2 3 4 17