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There’s plenty more to see and do in Baltimore, including maybe even that trip to the Inner Harbor and possibly the National Aquarium. Regardless, Baltimore is a quick trip down Rt. 1 or I-95.

a href= https://artbma.org/ target= _blank The Baltimore Museum of Art /a recently announced that Dr. Lara Yeager-Crasselt has been named Curator

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced Dr. Lara Yeager-Crasselt has been named Curator of European Painting and Sculpture department head, promoted Dr. Leslie Cozzi to curator of prints, drawings and photographs in recognition of her numerous contributions to the museum since she joined in 2018 and used a $2 million gift from BMA to ...

IN 1968, thirteen Black security officers and gallery attendants at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted a Black Culture Festival on museum grounds. As a successful piece of community outreach, the event, which coincided with the exhibition “The Sculpture of Black Africa,” was celebrated, earning lead organizer Sergeant William Knight and head of security Sidney Slade commendations from the Los Angeles County board of supervisors. In art historian Bridget R. Cooks’s telling, this cu...

Sona Karakashian Johnston, a retired Baltimore Museum of Art senior curator of painting and sculpture, died of dementia March 20 at Roland Park Place. She was 83.

a href= http://www.HirschlAndAdler.com target= _blank Hirschl & Adler Modern /a is presenting A Likeness, a group exhibition featuring seven conte

The current Baltimore Museum of Art exhibition, “A Modern Influence: Henry Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore,” recalls the intimate relationship of the legendary art collecting Cone sisters who acquired more than 700 works by the famed French painter between 1906 and 1949.

The Baltimore Museum of Art recently opened a research center dedicated to the French artist

Visitors who have purchased tickets to an Henri Matisse exhibit will be issued refunds. A portrait of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will go on view beginning Dec. 29, when the museum said it plans to reopen.

This exhibition explores the 43-year friendship between artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Baltimore collector Etta Cone (1870-1949). More than 160 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and illustrated books provide new insights