Exhibition Releases

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Max Weber: Bringing Paris to New York
March 3 - June 23, 2013
The BMA has organized a focus exhibition on one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Max Weber: Bringing Paris to New York, on view March 3 – June 23, 2013, presents nearly 40 paintings, prints, and drawings by Weber, Matisse, and other artists who influenced Weber to transform his painting style from traditional to avant-garde. Press Release »

Three New Contemporary Exhibitions
January 16, 2013
The BMA presents its second series of innovative, exciting, and diverse contemporary art exhibitions and programs with three new shows opening in February. On view are On Paper: Drawings from the Cohen Collection (February 13–August 25, 2013); Front Room: Surreal Selves (February 20–June 9, 2013); and Black Box: Raqs Media Collective (February 27–June 16, 2013). Press Release »

Matisse's Dancers
November 14, 2012 - February 24, 2013
The BMA presents an intimate exhibition of more than 30 dance-themed prints, drawings, and sculptures by the great French artist Henri Matisse. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a rarely shown series of 11 transfer lithographs of a dancer/acrobat moving through various positions that evolve into an abstraction of reality, movement, and shape. These prints, drawn as lithographs in 1931-32, but published after Matisse’s death, are among the most eloquent examples of the artist’s way of seeing. The BMA has the largest and most significant collection of works by Matisse in the world. Press Release »

Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2012 Finalists
June 16, 2012 - July 29, 2012
The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts present one of the summer’s most highly anticipated exhibitions. Held in conjunction with Artscape, the exhibition showcases artwork by the finalists for the annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, a $30,000 fellowship that is given each year to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Greater Baltimore region. Press Release »

Candida Höfer: Interior Worlds
November 16, 2011 - February 26, 2012
In September 2010, internationally acclaimed contemporary German photographer Candida Höfer focused her camera on two of Baltimore’s most venerable cultural institutions: The Johns Hopkins University’s George Peabody Library and the Walters Art Museum. A selection of the resulting images will make their Baltimore debut in Candida Höfer: Interior Worlds. Press Release »

Embroidered Treasures: Textiles from Central Asia
November 13, 2011 - July 8, 2012
Textiles in Central Asian cultures have been produced and cherished for centuries as indicators of a family's wealth and social standing. More than a dozen captivating examples, painstakingly embroidered with silk threads in vibrant colors, from regions known today as Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikstan, are featured in Embroidered Treasures: Textiles from Central Asia. Press Release »

Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein
October 30, 2011 - March 25, 2012
An epic exhibition of more than 350 prints by American and European artists working in series from the late 15th through the 21st centuries, including Canaletto, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, and Ed Ruscha. This is a rare opportunity to view 29 series of multiple images in complete sets—revealing the true vision of the artist, print by print.
Press Release | Images | Program

Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa
September 25, 2011 - February 5, 2012
This exhibition brings together more than 80 artworks from the BMA’s collection that skillfully merge artistry with utility, including seats, vessels, blankets, combs, and hats. It also celebrates a facet of the BMA’s rich and historic African art collection, which will be reinstalled as part of the BMA’s major renovation project. Press Release »

Baker Artist Awards 2011
September 7 – October 2, 2011
The talent and diversity of Baltimore’s arts community is on display with a multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing the winners of the prestigious $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize, as well as examples of works by the 18 b-grant winners. Press Release »

Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2011 Finalists
June 25 – August 7, 2011
The BMA along with the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts presents an exhibition of sculpture, photography, and multi-media installations by the five finalists for the sixth annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. Stephanie Barber, Louie Palu, Mark Parascandola, Matthew Porterfield, and Rachel Rotenberg are the finalists in this year's highly anticipated summer exhibition. Press Release »

Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960
February 20 - May 15, 2011
The BMA presents over 200 compelling and provocative images that showcase the work of more than 60 of the most remarkable photographers of our time. Groundbreaking individual photographs and photographic series by renowned artists such as Diane Arbus, William Eggleston, and Cindy Sherman are featured, along with film and video installations. The works are drawn from the BMA’s exceptional but rarely shown photography collection, and many of the images have never been on view at the Museum until now.
Press Release (updated 2/17/11) | Programs | Images | Late Night

Andy Warhol: The Last Decade
October 17, 2010 - January 9, 2011
The first U.S. museum exhibition to explore the late works of the iconic American artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987) includes more than 50 works that reveal the Pop artist’s energetic return to painting and renewed spirit of experimentation during the last decade of his life. This period shows Warhol in the midst of his celebrity creating more paintings and on a vastly larger scale than at any other moment of his 40-year career.
Press Release | Programs | Biography | Fact Sheet | Late Night

Front Room: Guyton\Walker
September 22, 2010 - January 16, 2011
In conjunction with Andy Warhol: The Last Decade, the BMA presents an energetic and colorful installation by the New York-based collaborative Guyton\Walker in the West Wing for Contemporary Art. Press Release »

Advancing Abstraction in Modern Sculpture
July 21, 2010 - February 20, 2011
One of the earliest examples of David Smith’s welding is shown publicly for the first time in this exhibition of more than 30 works by Smith, Naum Gabo, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, and others. Press Release »