Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
The Phillips Collection acquires a Bria Sterling-Wilson diptych, “Chuks” Amadi-Emina wins the 2026 MASB Artist Travel Prize, Kelly Carnes named BROS new executive director, Steve Ziger's new book, Gaia's Mt Vernon mural, Jerrell Gibbs at the BMA, and more.
An Interview with the Man who Changed—and Continues to Change—Institutional Practice at Home and Abroad ahead of the Baltimore: City of Accessible Arts Convening
The legendary arts worker discusses his historic career and new chapter with the Baltimore: City of Accessible Arts (BCAA), which will host a convening this Thursday, September 17 at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Museum.
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Jerrell Gibbs solo exhibition opens at the BMA, The Peale presents a virtual panel discussion on preserving cultural heritage, the BCAA x Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Museum Convening, Make Studio artist exhibition at Chesapeake Arts Center, Lewis Hine opening reception at UMBC, and more!
UMBC’s Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture Presents a Love Letter to Baltimore and its Complications from Curator Angela N. Carroll
Across a diverse presentation of media, Carroll brings together thirteen artists from and deeply connected to Baltimore to tell a story—not just of the city—but about its people, its ideas, its failures, and its glories.
Photo Essay: On Baltimore's War Memorial Plaza, the City's Fifth Annual Charm City Live Turned Downtown's Civic Front Yard into a Nine-Hour Block Party
Boyz II Men headlined, joined by R&B singer Case and Grammy-winning British vocalist Estelle, with DJ Tanz, Porkchop, DJ Keebee, Uncle E, and The Vibe Band
Twenty Five Years After 9/11, a Memorial Offers a Timeless Message in Baltimore
Designed by Steve Ziger and Doug Bothner of the Baltimore firm Ziger|Snead, the Maryland 9/11 Memorial's most affecting feature isn't a material at all–it's the shadow.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Lonnie G. Bunch III retires from The Smithsonian, D. Watkins' The Engagement to air on WYPR, Create Baltimore contract extended another year, Baltimore's community literary magazine, Arena Players renovating, Joel Shapiro sculpture removed from The Kennedy Center, and more!
Acclaimed Author Comes to Town September 12th as a Preview to the 2026 Baltimore Book Festival
Writers are often asked to place our work into neat and clearly defined boxes. Fiction or nonfiction. Poetry or prose. Then there is Claudia Rankine.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Baltimore Transfiguration International Film Festival at 2640 Space, Concentric Circles exhibition lecture at Silber Gallery, opening reception for Myungsook Ryu Kim at TU Center for Asian Art + Culture, Join Ashley Minner Jones' BMA Lexington Market residency begins, and more!
Arlene Hutton's Searingly Timely Drama at Strand Theater
Blood of the Lamb at Strand Theater considers what happens when that “child” is dead, the mother is alive, and the two sets of interests collide - in Texas.
Distinctly Baltimore—Street Style That's Expressive, Eclectic, and Entirely Its Own
The festival was also the first to take place at Point Park in Harbor East. The open lawn and harbor views made gorgeous settings for a day of music and art.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Thea Canlas wins 2026 Sondheim Prize, BmoreArt's Raquel Castedo wins AIGA book design award, Stevie Walker-Webb stays centered in Baltimore, Lawrence Burney announced as One Maryland One Book winner, The Royal Blue appeals to all, a new state park preserves Maryland's Black history, and more!
Juried Exhibition of 48 Regional Artists Reflects the Wake of Trump's Second Term
The works vary in political directness, but each were undeniably made under continuing oppressive forces. Evident in the exhibition is endurance, resilience, or a slower trudge of motion, sometimes forward.
This September, the Busy MICA Alumn Closes One Exhibition at the BMA and Opens Another at David Zwirner London
It’s hard to imagine the artist ever being bored. Fratino not only bounces between various canvases—often of wildly different colors, scales, compositions, and subject matters. He's also a sculptor, ceramicist, printmaker, and prolific draftsman.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Concentric Circles + Michael J. Iampieri opening receptions at Goucher's Silber and Rosenberg Galleries, Making America Again public reception at MICA, Ben Egerman discusses "A Gay Little History of Maryland" at The Ivy Bookshop, and more!
On the Last Review Before a Book Goes to Print
"The designer’s role in the book chain is to make something people want to keep. What happens next belongs to everyone else."
Art Fusion Lands at Lillian Holt Park This Saturday, With Sun Ra Arkestra Headlining
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Nia Hampton's “The Labor/The Luxury" documentary, Bisa Butler exhibition opening at SAAM March 2027, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Maryland, the DC arts exodus benefits Baltimore, artist Jason Patterson's portraits documenting the Eastern Shore, and more!
As the World Spirals into a Digital Dystopia, J.M. Giordano Returns to Film
A new photo essay captures summer across five cities: Baltimore, New York, Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Doorn.
