Critical Review

Critical Review

A Small Exhibition takes on Big Ideas, with Six-Continents-Worth of Objects from the Collection

For a small show, then, it doesn’t think small. And does it work? Certainly, the works of art are generally compelling, and offer a collective testimony to the vast range and potency of materials used by artists across the centuries.

"The Return of American Pest" Confounds, Closes with a Reception on Saturday

American Pest feels intensely familiar and specific, yet it reflects nothing from my highly partisan social media feeds. It feels like entering into an America that exists... but I’m seeing it as if under water or on some other plane of reality that I have never visited before.

Do Women Still Have to be Naked to Get Into the Met Museum?

Guerrilla Girls: Making Trouble is exactly the show we need right now.

German and Polish Food Traditions Flourish at Chachi's

Step into the kitchen at Chachi’s at Fadensonnen and it won’t feel like a rotisserie chicken restaurant as much as an ode to the craft of cooking.

The Artist's Exhibit "Signifiers" is on View at Gallery Blue Door Through July 25th

Hal Boyd’s paintings operate on multiple levels and attract a diverse audience. They resonate with both high art enthusiasts and non-art world “civilians.” In this show, Boyd continues his exploration of the subconscious and philosophy, expressed through narrative imagery.

The Artist's Solo Exhibition at Towson University Proves Visibility is Beauty

Side by Side, on view through July 12, explores intimate relationships between women and answers back to museums who have excluded LGBTQ+ subjects on their gallery walls.

Visualizing the Violent Impact of Colonization of the Americas on the Environment

These artists acknowledge that our current environmental crisis is serious and frightening, but overwhelmingly this exhibition presents ideas through monumental, visually stunning works, where the contrast between beauty and distress pushes the narrative forward. 

Iron Crow Theatre Proves We'll Never Get Tired of The Rocky Horror Show

Oh, fantasy free me! The campy queer sci-fi horror musical gets a timely Pride month revival.

Curated with diverse communities in mind, this new exhibit enhances inclusion and cultivates a sense of belonging.

While Baltimore’s growing Latino community accounts for 7.9% of its population, this project—the first of its kind—offers invaluable connections for Latinos to experience artwork directly represents them.

Materials Become Language in the 2025 Sondheim Finalist Exhibit at the Walters

The 2025 Sondheim Exhibit of finalists emphasizes the evocative power of materials in five mini solo exhibits.

Baltimore's Most Fun Punks Drop a New Video, Wisdom, and a Show in Philly Next Month

"Politics have always been intertwined with music. I don't feel there's more of it now; it depends on what's happening in the world at any given moment." -Tommy Rouse

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson Celebrates the Launch of Her Book Where She First Discovered "The Designer Who Set Women Free"

Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free is the first comprehensive look at the life and career of the woman who redefined women's clothing.

Rubys Grantee Rae Red Illuminates Area 405 with Queer Video Installations and Performance

The performances, and videos in 'Paradise Portals,' are illustrations of human struggle, which despite the many forms our storytelling takes as a species, is the thing our work always comes back to.

Group Show Offers Textured Perspectives Amid the Art World's Overdue Obsession with Black Style

In curating CoatTails, Cornelia Stokes demands that conversations about fashion must reflect the nuances and diversity of Black experiences.

Charles Ludlam's Queertastic Penny Dreadful, 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'

Ludlam wrote the play in the 1980s, and the current production at Everyman Theatre proves the genre has resonated for not only decades but centuries—still just as luridly, in this case also hilariously, entertaining. 

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