Contributing Editor
Michael Anthony Farley is an artist, critic, curator, and drag performer who splits their time between Barcelona, Baltimore, and Mexico City. They are a graduate of MICA and UMBC and formerly an art critic at Art F City. Michael writes about contemporary art, the global art market, art fairs, and urban planning. Message them with pitches and ideas for us! Email: Michael Farley IG: @juvederm_delinquent
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."
The Asia North Curator Wants More Art with a Sense of Humor, and Less about Sad Grandmas
"I get angry at the Identity-Industrial-Art-Market-Complex forcing artists who could be free of that to just fucking make art!"
A Long-Overdue Monograph Offers a Complex Portrait of the Man Who Documented Baltimore's Seedy Underbelly
This month, storied art publisher Phaidon ships a hefty tome dedicated to one of the city's most overlooked (but important) photographers, who immortalized a sleazy queer Baltimore that no longer exists.
Observations and Highlights from the Best Satellite Fairs
Springtime for discounts in Chelsea, winter for artists and galleries...
Is a MICA Alumna in Cowboy Boots Emerging as the Unlikely Enfant Terrible of Estonia’s Art Scene?
On the heels of a successful solo show, we catch up with Zody Burke to talk about her upcoming show in New York, an experimental studio practice, and the pitfalls of getting lost in translation as an American artist in Europe.
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?
From the Smithsonian to Forbes "30 Under 30," Baltimore Company ReBokeh is Changing How Audiences See Art
Named for the Japanese art of defocusing light sources in photography, bokeh, the app enables each user to custom-tailor their smartphone’s existing camera in real time to accommodate their unique vision requirements.
On the IMDA Program, City Life, and How UMBC Gives them Space to Get Messy (Plus Health Insurance!)
"I’m getting a living stipend, health insurance… it’s a support structure and resources for the parts of my practice that maybe aren’t even contained within the program."
Fairs Find Success with New takes on "Safe" Media Even as Institutions and Collections Celebrate Weirder Acquisitions
Soft Focus, Blurry Paintings Satisfy, Especially at Price Points Reflective of Younger and Emerging Artists
Pro Tips: From Art Basel Booths to Local Galleries and, of Course, Parties
We’re happy to share our picks for what’s worthwhile (and hacks for making it all a little more manageable) as the adult children of Miami Beach residents. We’ve already been in town for a week, checking out the local galleries and museum shows while plotting our fair itineraries.
A Baltimore-based Artist Exploring Ideas of Wellness Using It's Quintissential Material–The Yoga Mat
Alex Ebstein has exhibited her work in New York, Paris, Stockholm, and Rome–but is better known in Baltimore for her many roles as a curator and arts administrator.
MAP's Annual Survey of Recent MFA Grads Places Artists from UMD, UMBC, and MICA in Discourse
This iteration of MAP's annual showcase of new regional talent reminds us why seeing artworks and artists in-person is vital, sprawl be damned. The exhibition closes Saturday, September 7.
