Press Releases

BMA Selects Raúl de Nieves as Second Meyerhoff-Becker Artist for East Lobby Commission

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has named Raúl de Nieves (b. 1983, Michoacán, Mexico) as the second artist to receive the Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Biennial Commission.

BMA Announces 2023 JJC Summer Artists in Residence at MICA: Nicoletta Darita de la Brown and Charles Mason III

The Baltimore Museum of Art, (BMA), Joshua Johnson Council (JJC), and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) today announced Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown and Charles Mason III have been selected for the 2023 Summer Artist-in-Residence program at MICA jointly sponsored by the three organizations.

BMA Lexington Market to Reopen in August with Larger Space in New Market Building

BMA to Open Exhibition of Rarely and Never-Before-Seen Works by American Artist Matsumi Kanemitsu

On May 14, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will open Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy, an exhibition of 60 works by the American artist created during and shortly after the artist’s residence in Baltimore, including rarely and never-before-seen paintings, drawings, and sculpture.

Wild Forms: Fauve Woodcuts to Open in BMA’s Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies

This focus exhibition presents 14 woodcut prints produced early in the careers of French artists Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), André Derain (1880-1954), Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), Othon Friesz (1879-1949), and Louis Valtat (1869-1952)—all members of or associated with the influential group of French artists known as the Fauves (Wild Beasts).

BMA Exhibition of Bark Cloth from Africa and Oceania Expand Considerations of Art and Art History

From Africa to the Americas and Asia to Oceania, artists have worked with bark cloth for thousands of years.

BMA to Open Exhibition of New Work by Martha Jackson Jarvis Inspired by Artist’s Ancestral History

BMA Debuts Newly Commissioned Works by Baltimore/Washington Area Artists Jackie Milad and Nekisha Durrett

On Sunday, April 26, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) debuts newly commissioned works by Jackie Milad and Nekisha Durrett created in dialogue with Fred Wilson’s powerful sculpture, Artemis/Bast (1992).

BMA to Present Recasting Colonialism: Michelle Erickson Ceramics in May

In recent years, ceramics have made a significant resurgence within contemporary dialogues and explorations, with artists bringing new perspectives and technical approaches to the genre and exhibitions revealing the understudied histories of ceramic objects.

BMA to Open Major Exhibition on the Achievements of European Women Artists from the 15th to 18th Centuries

On October 1, 2023, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will open a major exhibition exploring the vast artistic achievements of women artists and artisans from across Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries.