As the Museum's Inaugural Composer in Residence, the Multidisciplinary Artist Embraces Chaos, Curiosity, and the Radical Possibilities of Sound
abdu mongo ali’s residency at the Baltimore Museum of Art began in September, 2025 and will culminate on Thursday, January 22, 2026 with a performance of "between every breath, there is atmosphere" in the BMA’s Meyerhoff Auditorium.
Squishy, Political, and Visceral Textile Works at Goucher College’s Silber Gallery
"Soft Flesh and Volatile Insides" upends expectations in Goucher College’s Silber Gallery. This group exhibition—including works by Monique Crabb, Charlotte Richardson-Deppe, Ash Garner, and Stephanie J. Williams—utilizes textile as a core material and its softness becomes a vehicle for tension.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: Stephanie Mills and The Roots will come alive at Artscape 2026, RWDF announces new structure for Rubys, Washington Opera leaving Kennedy Center, new Maryland Opera initiative, Turner Station celebrated in new CCBC exhibition, Temi Wynston Edun opens, and more.
Between Kitsch and Crisis: Baltimore’s Unsung Middle Ground in Color at the Peale Museum
The Peale Museum will host a reception for Joseph Mario Giordano's "The Secret City: New Works in Color Film" Friday, January 16, 6–8 p.m.
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Opening reception for Ken Friedman at m/ (Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Museum), opening reception for Beth Yashnyk at Julio Fine Arts, panel discussion with Myrtis Bedolla at Aspen Institute, opening reception for Julia Kim Smith at Waller Gallery, curator's talk for Dara Lorenzo, and more!
Famed Bakery and Café Draws Crowds to New Location in Remington
“This space gives us room to grow our team, to train people the right way,” co-owner Charles Lee says. “It also allowed us to create a more chill environment [for our customers].”
"The Hour Of The Dog" and the Politics of Enmity at the BMA
If official security doctrine dreams of a purified nation, sealed against contamination, "The Hour of the Dog" insists on mixture, residue, and relation. It asks us to remain in the twilight—to resist the comfort of absolutes, to listen again, and differently, to voices that refuse to fade.
Baltimore art news updates from independent & regional media
This week’s news includes: Paws Out! at The Walters, The Stoop celebrates 20 years, the aftermath of fire at La Cuchara, Unavu dishes up Southern Indian cuisine, AVAM's MLK Dare to Dream Day, Ruth Orkin exhibition at NMWA, Teri Henderson named Operations Manager at CCCC, and more!
The Painter Calls for Relooking at the African Diasporic Experience
"The Unembodied In-between of Blackness: that is where our humanity rests. That is where anyone from any ethnicity, any culture, that is where they connect with the work."
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Reception for photographer Albert Ewing at Lord Baltimore, workshop with Murjoni Merriweather at BMA Lexington Market, Vagabond Players present 'The Shark is Broken,' opening reception for Gulnur Tuluoglu at Gallery CA, Creative Alliance Resident Artist exhibition opening reception, and more!
The Broadway legend and native son of Baltimore reflects on his roots, artistry, and legacy
De Shields moved with the fluidity of a dancer, knowing exactly how to pose his rangy body with a refined ease that belied his 79 years.
Stories I Will Remember and You Should Read from a Year of Editing and Writing for BmoreArt
My personal picks for articles you might've overlooked during a jam-packed year
"You’re free to do what you want to do.”
For four decades, Ultra Naté has been an integral part of the Baltimore music scene.
Milestones: Publications, Exhibits, and Events
At the end of 2025, we want to thank the BmoreArt community for working with us, supporting what we do, and showing up.
Baltimore’s Premier Restaurateur
His multifarious approach to restaurants became a superpower as he opened one after another from 1995 until 2025. Foreman has worked in every one of his restaurants in multiple roles: chef, wine director, designer, and construction. “I’ve built no restaurant that I’ve not slept in,” he says.
A Slice of the Eternal City, Preserved for Posterity
How four artists came together to save one of Baltimore's most iconic third spaces through collective ownership.
Scenes from the Hampden Holiday Tradition
Since 1947, residents of the 700 block of W. 34th Street have been decking the halls, porches, gardens, brick, and formstone with a blinding array of Christmas, Hanukkah, and assorted other Winter-Solstice-celebration lights. Where else can you find pink flamingos in a nativity scene?
A balance between seriousness and joy makes the MICA Professor and author a design rockstar.
Lupton has a global following but remains deeply rooted in Baltimore, the co-founder and director of MICA’s MFA in Graphic Design program.
