Archives: Press Releases
Press releases from the BMA
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BMA Receives 3.5 Million Gift to Endow Directorship for Matisse Studies Center
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced that it has received a gift of $3.5 million from a longtime museum advocate to endow the directorship for The Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies, which is currently slated to open in fall 2021.
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BMA Appoints Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole as Special Counsel on Strategic Initiatives
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that renowned scholar and arts administrator Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole will serve as the museum’s Special Counsel on Strategic Initiatives.
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BMA Expands Digital Resources for Art Experiences at Home
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) remains temporarily closed and looks forward to announcing its reopening date in accordance with health and safety guidelines.
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Jay McKean Fisher to Step Down from BMA After 45 Years in Curatorial and Leadership Positions
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that Jay McKean Fisher, one of the BMA’s longest-serving curators and the inaugural director of the museum’s Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies, has decided to retire on March 31, 2020 after 45 years at the institution.
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BMA to Present Major Exhibition Exploring Motherhood and African Art
Throughout the matrilineal societies of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century Africa, symbols of motherhood were used to imbue artworks with moral, cultural, and spiritual authority, or “mother power.”
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BMA Presents Nine Solo Exhibitions of Female Contemporary Artists
As part of The Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) 2020 Vision initiative to provide greater recognition for women artists and leaders, the museum is hosting nine solo exhibitions of works by female artists beginning in March.
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BMA Responds to Global Pandemic by Making Exhibition of Major Works by Acclaimed Artist Candice Breitz Accessible on Newly Developed Website
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today the launch of a new microsite to house and make publicly accessible nearly all of the videos that had been installed for its major spring exhibition, Candice Breitz: Too Long, Didn’t Read, which closed several days after its opening in March in accordance with health and safety guidelines.
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BMA Presents Ellen Lesperance: Velvet Fist
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) presents Ellen Lesperance: Velvet Fist, a solo exhibition of works by the Portland, Oregon-based artist known for paintings inspired by the attire of women activists, warriors, and cultural figures.
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BMA Announces its Fall 2019 Acquisitions
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that it has added nearly 100 works to its collection this fall, with objects engaging all five of the museum’s curatorial departments.
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BMA to host Free Event with 1619 Project Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Activist/Art Collector Pamela Joyner, and Artist Zoë Charlton
On Tuesday, December 17, The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will host The Necessity of Tomorrow(s): Future Histories, a free conversation with award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones who created The 1619 Project for The New York Times; activist/art collector Pamela J. Joyner; and Baltimore-based artist and art professor Zoë Charlton.