Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: Art of Design interviews Michael Haskins of Currency Studios; a review of UMBC's Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Rowhomes, We Fly exhibition; a profile of Thea Canlas, Anna Divinagracia, and Mark Kent Navarro--three Filipino American artists working in Baltimore; and more!
From Baltimore’s DIY Scene to the Nation’s Capital, T.L.C.
On October 24, 2026, Turnstile brought an estimated 60,000 people to the DC Washington Monument for a free benefit show supporting humanitarian relief in Palestine, Lebanon, and Sudan.
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Baltimore Fashion and Historic Art come together around the theme of Vibrance
Classical sculpture, colored light, and Baltimore’s most inventive formalwear: E. Brady Robinson photographs the guests of the 2026 Walters Art Museum Gala for SEEN, BmoreArt’s ongoing celebration of personal style where art happens.
Jim Condron and Dean Kessmann Scavenge the Mundane for Lyrical Moments
The poet William Carlos Williams proposes that an artist show, not tell, the meaning of things, and between Jim Condron’s gathering and Dean Kessmann’s documentation of the everyday object or scene we must assume they follow this call.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Local coverage of the BMA's Flashback exhibition, Deutsch Foundation names George A. Hopkins as Jane Brown's successor, Ben Shockey joins Baltimore Jewelry Center as Interim Director, Hamiltonian Artists announces new fellowship cohort, Alanah Nichole Davis recommends 4 small gallery shows, and more
How the Gallery's Business Model is Working for Local Artists and Buyers Alike
The numbers prove that co-owners Kristin Wiebe and Sonny Lacey are doing something right. Since opening, they have shown 41 artists, and in six and a half years, they have paid out $414,000—an average of over $7000 per painter.
“Baltimore’s history is photography’s history.”
Flashback is the first major museum exhibition devoted solely to Baltimore photography. And through an admixture of very old and very recent images, it makes a convincing case that Baltimore has always played an active role in shaping the history of a vital medium.
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Artist talk with Phyllis Arbesman Berger at JHU's Saul Zentz Screening Room, Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea opens at The Phillips Collection, Chesapeake Arts Center’s 25th anniversary Layers and Light at the Museum of Industry, 17th annual Gutierrez Memorial Walk at Druid Hill Park, and more!
Photographer Stuart Ruston Captures Baltimore Artists on Their Own Turf
The images that follow offer a glimpse of the rooms behind the work and the artists who animate them, and of a creative city that is most fully visible when you’re invited inside.
The Painter Mines His Own Archive, Archetypes, and AI for Inspiration
After thirty years in the Brewer's Art, Bynum's paintings acquire a new life and new homes.
After 31 years, Jane Brown passes the torch to George A. Hopkins, a Cherry Hill native, pastor, and organizer who helped drive Baltimore's "whole blocks" housing plan.
Process-Oriented Artworks Balancing the Sacred, Profane, and Everything Between Land in a House of God and a Humble Rowhouse
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Multi-Media Odyssey Revisits Edgar Allan Poe and Charts New Possibilities for the Future of Performance
The production, running through October 18th, transforms The Voxel into the watery depths of Poe’s mind, with each actor portraying various emotions or events in the life of the poet.
Presented by Baltimore Public Media, New/Next returned for its fourth edition October 1–4, 2026, with more than 160 films, including six world premieres and five premieres.
For the 2026 edition of the film festival, photographer E. Brady Robinson was commissioned to create a series of backstage portraits of the filmmakers, directors, and actors whose work appeared throughout.
The 30th Year of the City's Annual Literary Celebration in Photos
The 2026 Baltimore Book Festival took place September 19 and 20 along Greenmount Avenue, centered on 30th, 31st, and 32nd Streets. It was free and open to all.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Remembering Claudia Bismark, architect David Adjaye, Submersive Productions' Pansy Hour, Laure Drogoul wants you to smell her art, Chad Williams fired after confrontation with artist Chin-Yer Wright, MAP's 45th anniversary fundraising campaign, Signs of People installation, and more!
Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum Highlights 17 Artists and the Legacies of Black Women Across the Nation's 250 Years
On view through January 16, 2027, "She Speaks" proves simple acts of imagination can be the most radical and impactful.
