BMA Stories
BMA Stories is much more than what's on view, though we cover that too! BMA Stories explores the questions art raises, the conversations it sparks, and the stories that surround it.
What We’re Missing Most: BMA Lexington Market
As the city rolls out new plans to develop both the Market and the surrounding area —demolition began in April 2020, Wallace’s work at the Market, archiving a community of people, an evolving landscape, and a long legacy of love, joy, and blackness, is even more important.
Spray Paint, Surprise, and Wonder
She did that on a house?! These are the reactions I received when I showed my young daughters a photograph of Katharina Grosse’s Rockaway, the artist’s 2016 commission for MoMA PS1—a transformation of the derelict Fort Tilden aquatics center on Rockaway Beach.
Candice Breitz: Too Long, Didn’t Read
Candice Breitz. TLDR. 2017. Featured here: Gabbi, Emmah, Jowi, Connie, and Nosipho Vidima. Courtesy of Goodman Gallery (London), Kaufmann Repetto (New York) + KOW (Berlin) ...
Elissa Blount Moorhead and Bradford Young In Conversation with Arthur Jafa, Part 1
Elissa Blount Moorhead and Bradford Young’s Back and Song considers the labor and care provided by generations of black healers, including their historic contributions to and resistance of Western medicine's flawed and discriminatory structures.
In the Galleries: An Unexpected Encounter with Leonardo Drew
On opening night of Melvin Edwards: Crossroads and Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art, a man dressed in a hot pink blazer looked intently at Edwards’ monumental installation Homage to the Poet Leon Gontran Damas.
Filling in the Void: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection at Work
When she started collecting, Pamela Joyner was looking for art she enjoyed. She wanted to embellish the homes she shares with husband Alfred Giuffrida. The mission to reframe art history came later.
Telling the history and creating the mythology of Harriet Tubman
Look closely at the work featuring the stars and you’ll notice the sparkle is actually a cluster of shimmering glass beads, metallic buttons, and strips of tulle stitched into a night sky illuminating Harriet Tubman’s path across the Combahee River in South Carolina.