Press Releases
BMA Hosts Ginevra Shay’s “Phone Call” Participatory Art and Poetry Project April 6–10
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) hosts Phone Call, a participatory dialogue-based work by Baltimore- and New York-based artist Ginevra Shay that brings artists and poets to listeners through one-to-one readings and conversations over the phone.
BMA Announces March 28 Reopening
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that it will reopen with limited capacity on Sunday, March 28.
BMA Receives Three Major Gifts in Support of Its Diversity and Equity Initiatives
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that it has received three major gifts in support of its ambitious diversity and equity priorities.
BMA to Open Major Retrospective on Artist Joan Mitchell in March 2022
Joan Mitchell has long been hailed as a formidable creative force—a woman artist who attained critical acclaim and success in the male-dominated art circles of the 1950s, and then went on to make her own distinctive way in the world for four decades.
BMA To Open Solo Exhibitions by Contemporary Artists Sharon Lockhart, Tschabalala Self, and Lisa Yuskavage in March 2021
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced details for three solo exhibitions opening in its Contemporary Wing on March 28, 2021.
BMA Offers Visits By Appointment For Small Groups Beginning Saturday, February 6
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced that small groups of up to eight people will be able to reserve time to see a limited selection of exhibitions and galleries from Saturday, February 6 through Sunday, March 7.
BMA Concludes 2020 Vision Acquisitions with Works by Laura Aguilar, Valerie Maynard, Betye Saar, and Joyce J. Scott, Among Others
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today 33 new acquisitions made as part of its 2020 Vision initiative, which includes a commitment to only purchase works by female-identifying artists this calendar year.
The BMA Responds to Increasing Number of COVID-19 Cases by Closing Galleries from November 25 until January 6
Due to the rising number of cases of COVID-19 throughout the country, The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will temporarily close the majority of its galleries beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25. The museum plans to reopen on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, in accordance with health and safety requirements.
BMA Announces Promised Gift of Significant Works from John Waters’s Fine Art Collection
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announces a promised gift of approximately 375 works from John Waters’s fine art collection.
BMA Announces Ambitious Plan to Increase Staff Salaries, Improve Community Access, and Diversify its Collection
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today details of its Endowment for the Future, an ambitious financial plan that will dedicate funds for the care of the collection and allow the museum to expand its ongoing diversity and equity programmatic initiatives by enacting greater structural change within the institution and increasing access for the community.
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