Critical Review

Critical Review

December exhibitions that provide hope, insight and inspiration, centered specifically in the past, present and future of Baltimore

As we head towards 2025, it's worth remembering that artists see the future in ways the rest of us don’t, so we have to keep our attention focused on them so we can find new sources of strength and solidarity.

Fairs Find Success with New takes on "Safe" Media Even as Institutions and Collections Celebrate Weirder Acquisitions

Soft Focus, Blurry Paintings Satisfy, Especially at Price Points Reflective of Younger and Emerging Artists

The CADVC Survey of Williams' Multidisciplinary Practice Draws Connections Between Big Ideas and Quotidian Materials

Curated by Lisa D. Freiman, "Levester Williams: all matters aside" is an expansive survey of the Philadelphia-based artist’s works-to-date. The show closes Dec 14th at UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC).

The Neo-African Abstract Expressionist's Solo Show at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Simmons’ process is guided by a contemplative, meditative conversation with the materials as his paintings take shape.

24 Historical Objects Offer Visions of Well-Being Worth Revisiting

Exhibition at the Walters through December 15 explores medieval Europeans' interest in monitoring bodies, curing ailments, and attaining good health.

Rhythms and Strips in Retrospect at Arting Gallery

A Former MICA Professor's Lifetime Love Affair with Drawing and Improvisation

The Artist's Mixed-Media Exhibit at Transformer DC Interrogates America's Expectations of Black Women

In I’m Not Your Superwoman, Pinkston explores the Black-woman-superhero-complex, Black women's labor, and the complicated trope of “resilience,” a word often romanticized, exploited, and conflated.

Opinion Editorial by BMA Union Member Rob Kempton

Increased wages, more paid time off, and better benefits were obtained for unionized colleagues.

Two Exhibitions Deep, Downtown's New Arts Incubator Offers Perspectives on Climate and Environmental Justice

Founded by Leonardo Martinez, a recent DC to Baltimore transplant, the new artist incubator, studio building, and gallery devoted to climate justice is nestled just behind the central branch library on Mulberry Street.

Five exhibits that unleash the power of underrepresented perspectives and materials

Fragile Beauty at Hillwood, Preoccupied at the BMA, Connie Imboden and Mark Kelner at the Katzen, and The Subversive Thread at Academy Art Museum

Goxxip Girl Collective Christens a Feminist Art Space with the Group Show “Feral”

Surprises in the art scene are uncommon enough that discovering a brand-new gallery tucked away on the third floor of Maryland Art Place during a recent Bromo Arts Walk was a delight—made even better by the strength of the group show on display.

After Sold-Out Baltimore Premier, the Show Travels to DC in October and NYC in 2025

While I have more than 50 years of experience in and around theaters, I was ill-prepared for an evening of the most experiential musical performances I have ever heard or seen.

Circle in a Circle: Compulsion, An Exhibit by a MICA Senior

Katherine Pon-Cooper’s "Circle in Circle: Compulsion" is a conceptually tight and handsomely executed show mounted in MICA’s Pinkard Gallery.

What To See During The Most Important Week for Art in New York

Armory Week in New York is overwhelming. We asked Chelsea insider Dylan Farley to share her "must-see" picks, including a group show of Baltimore artists curated by Derrick Adams.

A Decade of the New-York-Based French Artist's Work Bellows in a New Baltimore Art Venue

With Babble, Babble, a provocative gathering of a decade’s worth of his work, Antoine Catala (Toulouse, France, b. 1975) powerfully orchestrates a dystopic display of language as a failed tool for human understanding and community.

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