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Raúl de Nieves: and imagine you are here

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.

High School Juried Art Show 2026: Commemorating 250 Years of the Black Experience

Maryland high school artists interpret 250 years of the African American experience, with MSEA.

Across Life-Worlds: A Family History of Soviet Jewish Emigration

Soviet Jewish families who settled in Maryland, alongside activists' work and Soviet propaganda and KGB records.

Jerrell Gibbs: Come home with me

Baltimore painter Jerrell Gibbs's paintings inspired by family photographs from his Aunt Ella's Baltimore home.

Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography

The first major exhibition to trace Baltimore’s role in the history and evolution of photography.

Flaunt: When Appearance Speaks

AVAM's 2026–27 mega-exhibition on self-presentation, adornment and how appearance speaks for us.

Different Words for Happiness

Katie Kleiger's play about two women bound by a painful history who confront resentment, forgiveness and what joy means.

Guided Tours of Mount Clare Museum House

Tour Charles Carroll the Barrister's 1760 Georgian house in Carroll Park.

Woven Monuments: Tapestry and Identity in Senegal

Twelve monumental tapestries showing how newly independent Senegal used weaving to express national identity after 1960.

Pete the Cat

Family musical: Pete the Cat helps highly organized second grader Jimmy Biddle find inspiration for an art assignment.

Igor Levit, piano

Igor Levit's Baltimore debut: an all-Beethoven recital including the Tempest and Waldstein sonatas.

Writers LIVE!: Christopher Freeburg, Soul

Christopher Freeburg on wisdom passed down across generations of Black Americans, with Vann Newkirk.

Stories and Stitches: Community Art Share Night

A free community night of stitched art and stories.

Cuba After Castro (screening + Q&A)

Screening of Cuba After Castro (dirs. Abby Martin and Matthew Belen, 2026), followed by a Q&A. Built around an in-depth interview with Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba's first leader born after the Revolution.

Printmaking for Teens: Linocutting

Teen Lab session on linocut relief printmaking, part of a three-part series for ages 13–18.

Make and Mingle: DIY Fashion Show

An evening make-and-mingle centered on a do-it-yourself fashion show inspired by the collection.

Writers LIVE!: Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher

Timothy Tyson and Mary Williams on gospel singer and civil rights figure Mahalia Jackson.

Luxury & Loss: Feather, Shell, Tusk, Horn

The Walters' fall exhibition on luxury objects made from wild animal materials and their ecological cost.

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Across Life-Worlds: A Family History of Soviet Jewish Emigration

Across Life-Worlds follows Soviet Jewish families who emigrated and settled in Maryland, pairing their personal stories and objects with the work of Maryland activists and with Soviet propaganda and KGB records. On view through March 17, 2027.

Diedrick Brackens: lights at the end of the world

November 8, 2026 @ 10:00 AM - February 28, 2027 @ 5:00 PM

Artist Diedrick Brackens presents eleven hand-woven tapestries and sculptural weavings that consider emancipation, labor and sanctuary in the Chesapeake Bay region, weaving together histories of Black life, water and the land. On view November 8, 2026 through February 28, 2027.

Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography

The first major exhibition to trace Baltimore’s role in the history and evolution of photography.

Flaunt: When Appearance Speaks

The American Visionary Art Museum’s year-long thematic mega-exhibition explores self-presentation, adornment and the ways appearance communicates who we are, through the work of self-taught and visionary artists. On view October 10, 2026 through September 5, 2027.

High School Juried Art Show 2026: Commemorating 250 Years of the Black Experience

Presented with the Maryland State Education Association, this juried exhibition celebrates young artists from across Maryland who interpret the African American experience through the lens of the nation’s 250-year history, in acrylic, oil, digital and mixed media. On view through February 28, 2027.

Interval: Hi-Fi Listening Room

November 8, 2026 @ 10:00 AM - January 10, 2027 @ 5:00 PM

Interval transforms the museum’s Long Gallery into an immersive hi-fi listening room exploring Jewish contributions to music, with programming by guest audio curators, musicians and DJs. On view November 8, 2026 through January 10, 2027.

Jerrell Gibbs: Come home with me

Baltimore-based painter Jerrell Gibbs presents new paintings drawn from family photographs kept in his Aunt Ella’s Baltimore home, reflecting on memory, kinship and Black domestic life. On view September 16, 2026 through May 2, 2027.

Luxury & Loss: Feather, Shell, Tusk, Horn

November 7, 2026 @ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Luxury & Loss: Feather, Shell, Tusk, Horn examines luxury objects made from wild animal materials across cultures and centuries, and the ecological impact of their trade, alongside contemporary artists responding to these histories. Opens November 7, 2026.

Matisse and Martinique: Portraits and Poetry

This Baltimore Museum of Art exhibition examines Henri Matisse’s engagement with Martinique through portraiture, poetry, and the cultural histories that shaped his work. It brings together artworks and contextual material to offer a fuller view of the people, place, and ideas behind the artist’s imagery.

Raúl de Nieves: and imagine you are here

In the second presentation of The Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Biennial Commission, multimedia artist, performer, and musician Raúl de Nieves invites visitors to explore the wonder, beauty, and chaos of the natural world through the themes of emerging and becoming.

Born in 1983 in Michoacan, Mexico, and based in Brooklyn, de Nieves learned traditional Latin American sewing and beadwork in school and alongside family members, and uses those approaches in his work, which pays tribute to his family, his homeland, and Mexican folk art. He also accumulates and adorns every surface of his sculptural figures—both human and animal—to create fantastical creatures immersed in deeply narrative environments, imbued with both Catholic imagery and Mexican folklore motifs. The embellished figures also refer to another central tenet of de Nieves’ aesthetic: self-expression within queer club culture, such as the glitter and glitz of drag pageants.

Speaking Across Languages: Global Modernism in the 20th Century

November 14, 2026 @ 10:00 AM - December 30, 2029 @ 5:00 PM

A long-term installation in the BMA’s Anne and Ben Cone Galleries, Speaking Across Languages brings together about 50 works to show how artists around the world responded to an increasingly connected and rapidly changing 20th century. Opens November 14, 2026.

Woven Monuments: Tapestry and Identity in Senegal

October 25, 2026 @ 10:00 AM - March 7, 2027 @ 5:00 PM

Woven Monuments brings together twelve large-scale tapestries from the Manufactures Sénégalaises des Arts Décoratifs, showing how Senegal embraced tapestry to express a modern national identity after independence in 1960. On view October 25, 2026 through March 7, 2027.

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