If You Want to Know Where Contemporary Art in the Region is Headed, Start With the 2026 Finalists Exhibition at the Walters
This year's finalists—Thea Canlas, Leigh Davis, Brandon Donahue-Shipp, Curran Hatleberg, and Danni O'Brien—investigate what remains hidden beneath everyday life.
Fun Fashion at a Birthday Celebration Hosted at the BMA Sculpture Garden & Gertrude's
Guests of the iconic photographer wore florals, bold color, and fun footwear to celebrate.
Baltimore's Signature Arts Festival in Photos
Despite rain and cold weather at times, the crowds were substantial. The city once again transformed its business district into a temporary cultural destination.
Photos by KT Kanazawich from BmorArt's May 28 Release Party in MICA's Brown Center
What does "The Future" Look Like? Artists and Creatives, Subscribing Members, Show Up
Issue 21 Explores Models for the Future in Baltimore that are Human-Centered and Build Community
Who owns the future? In Baltimore, the creatives have a much greater role to play.
Artscape Returns with SCOUT Art Fair, curated by Devin Allen and Cierra Britton
SCOUT Art Fair returns to Artscape with a clear focus: platforming emerging Baltimore-based artists and making collecting more accessible.
Red Carpet Looks and Afterparty Wildness
The reimagined, ballroom-culture-infused spectacle clawed its way into the Broadhurst Theatre on April 7, 2026, serving looks, drama, and pure feline fabulousness.
Seen & Heard: A Video Conversation with Baltimore chef Spike Gjerde
Mount Vernon-ers, welcome to Bar Dali, your new favorite hangout
The modern Fête bridges MICA's 200-year history with contemporary artistic practice, and is a revival of events that originated in the late 1920s
MICA has leaned into this historic milestone by mining its rich and storied past, hosting a Bicentennial Gala called the Fête of Lights on February 21, at the Main Building and Cohen Plaza, featuring wearable art, art installations, a student-led fashion show, parade, and massive party.
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.
This year's Ornamenta theme is "Ruby," so all things RED will be trending!
The annual Baltimore Jewelry Center Gala Event on Feb. 7 offers dinner, drinks, dancing - and a jewelry auction featuring incredible wearable art.
Cinghiale’s Monthly Opera Salon Series Offers World Class Music Paired with Northern Italian Cuisine
Date Night Out in Baltimore Just Got More Theatrical
Four New Mayoral Portraits Allow Artists to Create Historic Narratives for the Future
While Baltimore's legacy of recent mayoral leadership is still in the making, these portraits offer concrete examples of the power of portraiture
A Baltimore context imbues the exhibition with the feeling of an ecclesiastic gathering of old friends, a family reunion, a sacred circle.
A quintessentially modern American painter, Sherald employs centuries-old painting techniques in order to arrive at images that belong in the art historical cannon
Exhibits at CPM, Galerie Myrtis, Creative Alliance, Goya Contemporary, UMBC, and Loyola's Julio Gallery
These are just a few of our favorite free exhibits happening this month.
The Gardens of Douglas & Tsognie Hamilton
Situated anonymously among vast swaths of verdant Baltimore County farmland, Tashiding is a marvel of landscape, architecture, art, and most of all a purposeful mixture of Eastern and Western traditions.
"The Return of American Pest" Confounds, Closes with a Reception on Saturday
American Pest feels intensely familiar and specific, yet it reflects nothing from my highly partisan social media feeds. It feels like entering into an America that exists... but I’m seeing it as if under water or on some other plane of reality that I have never visited before.
Materials Become Language in the 2025 Sondheim Finalist Exhibit at the Walters
The 2025 Sondheim Exhibit of finalists emphasizes the evocative power of materials in five mini solo exhibits.