Julia Kim Smith's Transit arrives at a moment when the language of displacement has become uncomfortably familiar.
Smith, the daughter of Korean refugees who immigrated to the United States after the Korean War, assembles fifteen years of work spanning video, text, embroidery, and blood into a reckoning that refuses the comfort of metaphor.
With the Support of PNC, the Eastern Shore Tradition Has Become a National Mecca for Nature Artists
The Waterfowl Festival in downtown Easton, Maryland, may have the appearances of a local shindig but having just celebrated its fifty-fourth year this past November, the three-day citywide exhibition of avian art and Eastern Shore culture regularly draws more than double the town’s population.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
Nick Cave's Mammoth SAAM show, Heros and Villians at Creative Alliance's 2026 Marquee Ball, John Waters' American Horror Story, 2026 exhibitions at Glenstone Musuem, two new Matisse exhibitions at The BMA, The Walters host an exhibition at Hackerman House, Black artists as documentarians, and more!
How Nine of Baltimore's Most Revered Women in the Arts Convinced Me Friendship Is Their Best Work of All
Joyce J. Scott invites me to spend an afternoon with the Gurlz in her home.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Claire Bishop lectures at MICA, GBCA Arts Happy Hour & Panel at The Peale, Tom Miller Day virtual gathering, Brandon Woody at Keystone Korner, Inviting Light Behind the Build at Neighborhood Design Center, Bria Edwards opening reception at Julio Fine Arts, Black Printmakers of Washington, and more!
A Conversation with the Artist Ahead of His Upcoming Exhibition at Erin Cluley Gallery in Dallas, Texas
"Star-Crossed: Recent Works by René Treviño" opens at Erin Cluley Gallery in Dallas, Texas on February 21 with a reception from 5–7 pm
Baltimore's Art Scene Celebrates Everton's Legacy with a Two-Day Festival at the Ottobar on February 28th and March 1st
Through music, art, and yoga, Ann cultivated her own miniature universe and welcomed others to revel at its wonders. As a curious observer, she took in the world with all of her senses and shared her discoveries with joy and humor.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: Tom Miller Week returns, Joël Díaz appointed Executive Director of Clifton House, Bezos led WaPo fires art critic Sebastian Smee, CLLCTIVLY presents 28 Days of Black Futures, 2026 Illuminator Awards at The Peale, the loss of Brewer's Art, and more!
World Premier of New Work by Playwright and Resident Member Tuyết Thị Phạm on Stage Through March 1
Dawn straddles two worlds. One unfolds in Cambodia at the rise of the dreaded Khmer Rouge regime. The other takes place in the present day, in the long shadow cast by a young wife and mother’s harrowing past.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Terry Thompson at Eubie Blake, Baltimore Black Dance Collective at The Gordon Center, Maryland Arts Day, The Chicory Project at The Walters, Teri Henderson and Tracey Beale in conversation at The BMA, performance by Mandy Brown at Peabody Library, 405 Daily exhibition opening at Area 405, and more!
More Than a Must-See Exhibition, "Modernisms" Marks an Exciting New Direction for JMM
Executive Director Sol Davis sees art as a way of using the legacy of culturally specific traditions to imagine transformative futures: “I want a Jewish museum to help us dream wildly about the future.”
The Musician on Her New Album, Resisting Pop Trends, and her Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Duality
In February, she plays Ottobar (Wednesday, the 11th) and Metro Gallery (Friday, the 13th) with an April album release show in the works for her latest record, "Why Wouldn’t I Want to Put it on Display?"
An Exhibit and Auction at C+C Gallery Celebrating 10 Years and 20 Issues
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: The Walters hires Dr. Katherine Larson as its Chief Collections and Curatorial Affairs Officer, BMA announces Matisse / Fratino exhibition, Turnstile wins a Grammy, Tola's Room rowhouse museum, Brewer's Art closes after 30 years, NGA post on Joshua Johnson, and more!
A Conversation with MCA's Executive Director Nicholas Cohen
MCA has spent nearly 50 years lobbying lawmakers about the positive impacts of investing in the arts and working with arts organizations of all sizes from Oakland to the Eastern Shore to help them secure funding and advocate for themselves.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Teresita Fernández and Dolores Zinny in conversation at MICA, Tahira Chloe Mahdi talk at UMBC, opening reception and curator talk with Dr. Bibhakar Sunder Shakya at TU Center for Asian Art + Culture, TU Faculty Biennial and MFA Candidate Exhibitions, MICA Bicentennial Exhibition, and more
Portraiture by Two Black Women Artists Calls for a Truer Look at History
Tokyo-born, Maryland-based artist Tawny Chatmon and DC native Rozeal. (yes, there is a period at the end of her name) are featured in exhibitions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and nearby National Gallery of Art, respectively.
What defines a great exhibition and how do they generate collective energy and wisdom?
If great exhibitions are the currency of museums, which ones in Baltimore are offering audiences rich and substantive investments?
