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.
Yet Again, Short-Sighted Newspaper Leadership Fails to Understand the Difference Between Quantity and Quality of Readership
The Washington Post is cutting their ongoing Galleries column, a loss to local readers, artists, and audiences.
Four Years in the Making, Celebrate the Completion of One of Baltimore's Geographically-Longest Artworks with Film Screenings in Wyman Park this Thursday, Aug 1
As we walk through Remington, the blue squiggles of “Ghost River” zig and zag through traffic, bike lanes, and—somewhat disconcertingly—dead end in front of an awful lot of housing, implying that the ground beneath highrises and heavy brick rowhomes might not be as solid as we would like to think.
May Pang's 1970s Photos Capture an Intimate Side of Celebrity, Opening July 26th at Winkel Gallery
In October of 1973, Pang accompanied Lennon to Los Angeles to promote his album "Mind Games." What followed was an incredible 18 month adventure of star-studded parties, road trips, and unparalleled (if not uneven) creative output leading to Lennon’s comeback success. All the while, she took photos.
Lumpy, Dazzling, Amorphous Forms: and imagine you are here at the BMA
The sophomore Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Biennial Commission
Over the Course of Two Days this June, Volkova Created Collaborative Tintype Portraits with the City's LGBTQ Community
Shot over the course of two days at Current Space earlier this month, Volkova’s black and white tintype portraits of the LGBTQ community offer a dignified, complex document of the city’s queer scene.
National Pavilions Question their own Identities in a Globalized World
At the national pavilions there’s an appropriately diverse set of strategies for addressing the legacies of colonialism and immigration from both traumatic or optimistic perspectives.
Curator Adriano Pedrosa Celebrates Acts of Resistance, Independence, Vulnerability, and Joy in Spite of a Sick, Sad World
The 60th Venice Biennale takes on themes of displacement, environmental injustice, racism, colonialism, but also manages to avoid easy cliches by treating artists from marginalized backgrounds as individuals with agency.
