A multimedia installation by Raúl de Nieves transforms the BMA's East Lobby through bead-encrusted figures, faux stained glass, Mexican folk-art traditions, and queer visual culture.
Paintings by Louis Fratino and Henri Matisse enter into dialogue around color, light, pattern, intimacy, interiors, figures, still lifes, and self-portraiture.
Matisse's lithographs for Poésies Antillaises appear with works by Germaine Casse and Serge Hélénon to illuminate Caribbean portraiture and transatlantic artistic exchange.
The Hyman Collection surveys American modernism and the Ashcan School through paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and textiles focused on urban life and the human figure.
Library of Congress collections trace the Declaration of Independence's ideals, contradictions, and continuing influence on American struggles for equality, liberty, and self-government.
Recent paintings by Signature Members of the Baltimore Watercolor Society celebrate the visible human hand in a medium where every brushstroke remains.
