Press Releases

BMA to Launch Expansive Initiative Centering the Voices and Work of Native Artists and Leaders in April 2024

BMA Opens Groundbreaking Exhibition on 15th- to 18th-Century European Women Artists on October 1

Etched in Memory: Matisse’s Early Portraits to Open in BMA’s Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies

On November 5, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) opens Etched in Memory: Matisse’s Early Portraits, a focus exhibition that offers a rare look at some of the first etchings made by French artist Henri Matisse (1869–1954).

BMA to Open Exhibition Exploring the Significant Contributions of Women Printmakers of the WPA

In 1935, the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP) began offering employment to millions of workers affected by the Great Depression, including a wide array of artists from across the country.

Baltimore Museum of Art and Seattle Art Museum to Present 50-Year Retrospective of Boundary-Breaking Artist Joyce J. Scott

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and Seattle Art Museum (SAM) have co-organized the 50-year career retrospective of artist Joyce J. Scott, one of the most significant artists of our time.

BMA’s Contemporary Wing Forefronts Artists with Ties to Baltimore and the Region

With the latest reinstallation of its contemporary collection, now open to the public, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has expanded the number and range of featured works by artists with ties to Baltimore and the region.

BMA to Present Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden’s Genre-Defying, Multidisciplinary Installation Play Me Home

On September 13, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will open Tiona Nekkia McClodden: Play Me Home, a poignant, genre-defying installation

Baltimore Museum of Art and Saint Louis Art Museum to Donate Hip Hop Digital Interactive Archive to Atlanta University Center’s Robert W. Woodruff Library

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) today announce that “For the Record,” the digital interactive archive launched in conjunction with The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, will find a permanent home at the Atlanta University Center’s (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library

BMA Announces Acquisition of More Than 100 Objects and Suites Across Media, Culture, Geography, and Time

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that it has acquired more than 100 objects and suites during winter and spring 2023.

BMA Acquires LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Carnegie Prize-Winning Installation Celebrating Baltimore’s Community Health Workers

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that it has acquired LaToya Ruby Frazier’s acclaimed installation More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022.