Current Exhibitions
Featured Exhibition
Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2009 Finalists
June 20–August 16, 2009
Free exhibition
In conjunction with Artscape, Baltimore’s premier arts festival organized by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, the BMA presents a special exhibition of works by the six finalists for The Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize. The 2009 finalists are: Baltimore Development Cooperative (BDC), Baltimore, MD; Leslie Furlong, Baltimore, MD; Ryan Hackett, Kensington, MD; Jessie Lehson, Baltimore, MD; Molly Springfield, Washington, DC; and Karen Yasinsky, Baltimore, MD. More »
Also on View
The Cone Collection
Ongoing
Visit some of your old favorites with works by Matisse, Picasso, Pissarro, Courbet, and a self-portrait by Degas-back on view at the BMA for the first time in several years. Discover new works by Matisse on view alongside those of his contemporaries in this new installation showing this great artist’s importance in the 20th century. See the incredible 3D technology, featured in last year’s special exhibition Matisse: Painter as Sculptor, a groundbreaking study of Matisse’s creative process and the culmination of the first technical study of Matisse’s sculpture by BMA experts. By combining art historical research with 3D laser scanning, x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, and other methods, they uncovered how Matisse created works in series. Don’t miss this groundbreaking view of Matisse’s sculpture now on view in this exciting multimedia display.
A Grand Legacy: Five Centuries of European Art
European Art Galleries
Ongoing
A Grand Legacy: Five Centuries of European Art features the monumental Rinaldo and Armida, one of the world's finest paintings by Sir Anthony van Dyck, as well as masterpieces by Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin.
Collection Highlights
Baltimore Album Quilts Revisited: A Matter of Style
Berman Textile Gallery
Through August 23
Discover quilts of various styles and quilt squares illustrating the many techniques found in album quilts of mid-19th-century Baltimore. Although the classic Baltimore album quilts are distinguished by highly complex and unique designs including wreaths, birds, lyres, and floral arrangements formed of layers of appliqué, not all achieved such a high level of sophistication. Most exhibit a combination of styles due to the many influences affecting Baltimore’s culture. These extraordinary examples of textile art enrich our understanding of the history of Baltimore and beyond.
Paint!
American Decorative Arts Gallery
Ongoing
Discover a dazzling sample of japanned, ebonized, grained, and polychromed American and European furniture. These delicate and bold 18th- and 19th-century clocks, cabinets, tables, and chairs are gathered from Baltimore, Boston, and beyond.
