Visions of Harriet: On that sly, safe, and important Tubman biopic
“People around here are excited about that movie, yeah,” a woman in line at the Taco Bell in Denton, Maryland told me last week, talking about Kasi Lemmons’ Har... Read More...
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Galactic Manspreaders and Eco-Gladiators Face Off in Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s Space Kümité
Space Kümité is probably the most good, clean fun one can have consuming a piece of media that revolves around a fight to the death to settle a debate about rec... Read More...
Art AND: Nicoletta de la Brown
Nicoletta de la Brown takes care of herself so no one else has to. The shaman, self-care enthusiast, and performance artist is a master of all things ritual bat... Read More...
It’s Always Showtime: 25 Artists Interpret Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense to Fundraise for Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition
Last year, a group of Baltimore-based musicians and performers put on a benefit show for Moveable Feast at the 2640 Space—a live interpretation of The Band’s Th... Read More...
BmoreArt’s Picks: Baltimore Art Openings, Galleries, and Events November 12-18
This week: Gillian Collins and Michael Thompson MFA exhibitions at Towson University, James Allister Sprang lecture at MICA, Christine Neill: Invasive, Endanger... Read More...
Party Photos: BmoreArt’s Issue 08 Magazine Release at the Pratt
On Thursday, November 7, BmoreArt hosted our eighth magazine release party at the Pratt Library in Mount Vernon and hosted 400+ featured artists, contributors, ... Read More...
The Internet Is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week
The internet was kinda weird this week. There was a lot of interesting stuff. But also some real bullshit.
Highlights: The fight for the Amazon, T.I. proves ... Read More...
The Gluegunheim in Bromo: A Second Life to BROS and Fluid Movement Props, Costumes, and Set Pieces
"The Gluegunheim" is exactly the kind of curatorial pun I am so mad at myself for not coming up with first.
The sprawling exhibition, which serves as the Bro... Read More...
Lucky Breaks in Vintage Housewares at Wishbone Reserve
“When choosing to buy vintage, you are doing yourself, the earth—and often your pocket—a good service,” explains the team (Julie Lilienfeld, Athena Hoffberger, ... Read More...
Magical Thinking and Climate Reality at the AVAM’s The Secret Life of Earth: Alive! Awake! (and Possibly Really Angry!)
Confession: I have lately found myself bitterly muttering about Baby Boomers under my breath like an inverse of the archetypal old grump shaking his fist at “ki... Read More...
BmoreArt’s Picks: Baltimore Art Openings, Galleries, and Events November 5-11
This week: Joan Jonas at MICA, BmoreArt Magazine Release Party at Enoch Pratt Free Library, just let the dead in closing ritual at Waller Gallery, Expanded Dia... Read More...
In Praise of Parties: BmoreArt’s Eighth Print Issue Release on Nov. 7
I am an extrovert and I like parties. Alone time is a necessity for any sort of creative production, but too many hours in a quiet house makes me blue. I can ge... Read More...
Creative Alliance’s 20th Annual Great Lantern Parade: Photo Essay
When the sun was still out on the last Saturday in October, a group of zombies did a step routine. A line that seemed a hundred-people-long, many in costume—lit... Read More...
The Internet Is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week
Kanye sang on a plane. Taylor Swift did a Tiny Desk Concert. But the internet had some majestic moments this week.
Highlights: Ciara and Russell Wilson won H... Read More...
Art AND: Ashley Minner
Ashley Minner doesn’t want to help you with your land acknowledgement or with figuring out what you should call indigenous peoples. She is tired of being asked ... Read More...
What They’re Wearing: The Walters Gala
I have changed my mind about parties in the last few years. I used to be a warehouse party and jeans kind of gal. Remember kalimotxos? I still love an extra bou... Read More...
Jeannie Vanasco Confronts the Man Who Raped Her
Let’s return to a tension that came up and then seemed to quickly die down amid the disclosures and discussions of #MeToo. Many people said that what they wante... Read More...
Worlds on the Brink of Collapse: Nora Sturges and Jackie Milad at C. Grimaldis Gallery
At C. Grimaldis Gallery, two solo exhibitions by Baltimore-based artists Nora Sturges and Jackie Milad repurpose cultural iconographies.
Nora Sturg... Read More...
BMOREART’S PICKS: BALTIMORE ART OPENINGS, GALLERIES, AND EVENTS OCTOBER 29 – NOVEMBER 4
This week: Tobias Frere-Jones lecture at MICA, Brilliant Baltimore: Light City Festival + Baltimore Book Festival, BmoreArt presents A Night with Barbara Bourl... Read More...
Artist-Run: Ten Alternative Baltimore Art Spaces
Baltimore’s art scene is, perhaps paradoxically, both celebrated and stealthy. A visitor with the right tour guide could leave the city thinking our DIY energy ... Read More...
The Internet is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week
The internet kinda slapped this week. Highlights: the purpose of Newsweek, algorithmic time, Kanye’s year of the gospel, the things we forget about Hurricane Ka... Read More...
News Briefs: Hugo Crosthwaite Wins NPG Portrait Competition, $5 Million for MICA, Tributes to Elijah Cummings
This week: MICA receives $5 million for a new entrepreneurship center, BOPA announces 11 Neighborhood Lights Community Grants and Baltimore-based authors, Balti... Read More...
Theater of Cruelty: The Old Dark House, Zombie, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Ghostbusters
In The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning, about abuse, control, and others forms of violence in art, Maggie Nelson praises turning things off, putting them down, not ... Read More...
Vintage for Everyone: Milk & Ice
Milk & Ice, located on The Avenue in Hampden, offers highly selective and well-made vintage garments based on the expert taste of the owners. Angie Gavin an... Read More...
BMOREART’S PICKS: BALTIMORE ART OPENINGS, GALLERIES, AND EVENTS OCTOBER 22-28
This week: Foon Sham: Sea of Hope reception at Julio Fine Arts, Permutations opening reception at Silber Gallery, JHU Film Studies hosts Terence Nance for a sc... Read More...
Denim Jackets Are the Best and More: Vintage Shopping at Bottle of Bread
As contemporary designers continue to reference classic trends, the practice of vintage shopping is becoming more mainstream and viewed as selective, with the b... Read More...
The Internet Is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week
I found the internet to be relatively mediocre this week. Highlights: Rep. Elijah Cummings died, artist Ed Clark also passed, two women completed a historic spa... Read More...
Friday Gallery Roundup: The Parlour, Mono Practice, ICA Baltimore
This week: Face Value at The Parlour, Tim Doud at Mono Practice, and Sue Crawford at ICA Baltimore.
Face Value, through November 2, featuring work ... Read More...
What They’re Wearing: Spectrum of Fashion Gala at the Maryland Historical Society
My go-to ice breaker at any social gathering is to ask people what they are wearing. I don't think it's frivolous to inquire about sartorial choices because clo... Read More...
Diversify or Die, Boards of Directors in Baltimore
I did not think I would be in this situation. I did not think I’d be on this side of the table. I did not think I’d be the one looking skeptically over my glass... Read More...