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When TT The Artist brings her Baltimore club music documentary Dark City: Beneath the Beat to the Parkway Theatre June 2...
06/24/2019
Dark City: TT The Artist to Release New Club Music Documentary – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

When TT The Artist brings her Baltimore club music documentary Dark City: Beneath the Beat to the Parkway Theatre June 26 and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum June 28 for first-look screenings, she’ll be putting the final touches on an idea that’s been kicking around her head for more than a decade.

The musician, producer, record label founder, and now director first started thinking about making a club music documentary when she was a Maryland Institute College of Art undergrad. A Florida transplant, she first heard club—Baltimore’s homegrown dance music, an explosively heady amalgamation of house, Miami bass, hip-hop, and attitude—on the radio before she started hitting one of the nightclubs where club thrived in the 2000s.

Bret McCabe on the film by TT THE ARTIST screening later this week at The Parkway Theatre and Reginald F. Lewis Museum

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Dark City: TT The Artist to Release New Club Music Documentary Bret McCabeJune 24, 2019Art and CultureBaltimoreDanceFeature StoryFilmMusicPerformanceVisual Art0 CommentsE. Brady Robinson When TT The Artist brings her Baltimore club music documentary Dark City: Beneath the Beat to the Parkway Theatre...

"Eventually, it might dawn on you that in studying the drawings you are looking at a drawing of a photocopy of a newspri...
06/24/2019
Green Curry, Yellow Curry; Blue Pill, Red Pill: Rirkrit Tiravanija at the Hirshhorn – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

"Eventually, it might dawn on you that in studying the drawings you are looking at a drawing of a photocopy of a newsprint reproduction of a photograph of a protest. We are a number of steps from the source—which is striking, given that the Hirshhorn itself looks directly onto the National Mall, where so many meaningful protests have taken shape. For a moment, a thought occurs: Is Tiravanija offering a cool critique of anyone who maintains a safe distance from protests, relying upon the easy vicariousness offered by reproductions? The idea appeals—but then quickly recedes, as we are distracted by the din and the smell of curry in the middle of the room. But might that, then, actually be the point of the installation? Is Tiravanija also critiquing the vapid and self-congratulatory liberalism of an art world that gathers around free food and contents itself with images of protest rather than the hard work of actual protest?" -- Kerr Houston on Rirkrit Tiravanija 's "(who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green)" at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden curated by Mark Beasley

http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/green-curry-yellow-curry-blue-pill-red-pill-rirkrit-tiravanija-at-the-hirshhorn.html

Green Curry, Yellow Curry; Blue Pill, Red Pill: Rirkrit Tiravanija at the Hirshhorn Kerr HoustonJune 24, 2019Art and CultureArt GalleryFeature StoryReviewsVisual ArtWashington DC0 Comments Oh, it’s a classic art world choice, isn’t it? Do you want the red curry, or the yellow, or the green? And ...

Highlights: what happened to Malaysia’s missing airplane, Judge Judy is judging you, US immigration centers are called C...
06/23/2019
The Internet is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

Highlights: what happened to Malaysia’s missing airplane, Judge Judy is judging you, US immigration centers are called Concentration Camps, Lil Nas X combines rap and country, Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman are in love, Joy Harjo is the first Native American US Poet Laureate, Harvard did the right thing, the memory of summer is better than the reality, the weirdness duality of zoos, and the oral history of Serious Eats.

THE INTERNET IS EXPLODING: 10 MUST-READ ARTICLES THIS WEEK BY A.F. Oehmke

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The internet was wild this week but also not…? Rihanna is the world’s richest female musician, lesbians cruises are apparently GOAT, and Italy really doesn’t like vaccinations—GET VACCINATED AND VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN, PEOPLE!!!! Highlights: what happened to Malaysia’s missing airplane, J...

Friday Gallery Roundup is back this week with reviews of "Appetites and Objects" at the Baltimore Jewelry Center, Amy Bo...
06/21/2019
Friday Gallery Roundup: Baltimore Jewelry Center, Creative Alliance, Gallery 1448 – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

Friday Gallery Roundup is back this week with reviews of "Appetites and Objects" at the Baltimore Jewelry Center, Amy Boone-Mccreesh's "More or Less" at Creative Alliance, and Vondel Mahon's "When Art Meets Science: The Artistry of Medical Illustration" at Gallery 1448. http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/friday-gallery-roundup-baltimore-jewelry-center-creative-alliance-gallery-1448.html

Friday Gallery Roundup: Baltimore Jewelry Center, Creative Alliance, Gallery 1448 BmoreArt StaffJune 21, 2019Art and CultureBaltimoreFeature StoryVisual Art0 Comments This week: You’d be surprised at what someone can do with a set of flatware at the Baltimore Jewelry Center’s Appetites and Objec...

"An eye-grabbing collage of beads, mirror fragments, fabric, and bullet casings figure into the work’s realization. The ...
06/20/2019
Listening to the Saints: Oletha DeVane at the Baltimore Museum of Art – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

"An eye-grabbing collage of beads, mirror fragments, fabric, and bullet casings figure into the work’s realization. The Mary figure stands in the expected our-lady-of-the-sorrows pose, head bowed, arms down and palms out. Her skin is black. Sprouting from her head is a constellation of tiny orbs attached to pins, as if the usual seven swords have multiplied into a halo of black dots noting where a body fell on a city map. She’s less the iconic church Mary but a figure far more potent, the Black Madonna of Czestochowa or the Haitian vodou spirit Erzulie, and if you grew up with a Santería-adjacent variety of Mexican Catholicism, you’ll be tempted to genuflect before her." -- Bret McCabe on a sculpture by Oletha Devane-Kojzar, originally published in Issue 06: Home of the BmoreArt Journal of Art + Ideas. The artist's "Traces of the Spirit" just opened at The Baltimore Museum of Art's Spring House. http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/listening-to-the-saints-oletha-devane-at-the-baltimore-museum-of-art.html

Listening to the Saints: Oletha DeVane at the Baltimore Museum of Art Bret McCabeJune 20, 2019Art and CultureBaltimoreFeature StoryVisual Art0 Comments Oletha DeVane’s Solo Exhibit at the BMA’s Spring House Oletha DeVane’s “Saint for My City” can turn any room into a sacred space. The mixe...

"My feelings about Pride are immense, but then Pride is immense. The banners, the signs, the leather and the glitter, th...
06/19/2019
Pride 2019 in Photos – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

"My feelings about Pride are immense, but then Pride is immense. The banners, the signs, the leather and the glitter, the noise, the odors, the bubbles and the pom-poms, the dogs in rainbow tutus, all of it coming together in a shared discourse of struggle and celebration—this could have been overwhelming. But I was mostly just soaking it all in. I felt delirious. I also felt at home." -- Priyanka Kumar on Baltimore Pride 2019 (also the writer's first Pride in the US), with photos by Maria Sanchez.

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Pride 2019 in Photos María SánchezJune 19, 2019Art and CultureBaltimoreFeature StoryPerformancePhotography0 Comments This was my first Pride in the US. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, and the way Baltimoreans new and old spoke to me about it built up a bit of hesitation. Wait till you rea...

Baltimore's best contemporary art residency shouldn't be such a well kept secret...http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/03/house...
06/18/2019
House Guests: Evergreen Museum & Library’s Residency for Contemporary Artists – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

Baltimore's best contemporary art residency shouldn't be such a well kept secret...

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House Guests: Evergreen Museum & Library’s Residency for Contemporary Artists Rebekah KirkmanMarch 18, 2019Art and Culture0 Comments Tony Auth installed dirt bikes at the Evergreen Museum & Library for his 2017 artist residency, but he had to clean them thoroughly before he did. And drain them of ...

This week: Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist Talks at The Walters Art Museum / Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, ...
06/18/2019
BMOREART’S PICKS: BALTIMORE ART OPENINGS, GALLERIES, AND EVENTS JUNE 18-24 – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

This week: Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist Talks at The Walters Art Museum / Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Focacciatown: An operetta by Lex Brown at the The Baltimore Museum of Art, AIRBORNE Exhibition Weekend hosted by the Merriweather District, Barbara Bourland in conversation with Cara Ober at Greedy Reads, Elegant Rendezvous with Joyce J. Scott at The Peale Center, The Monument Quilt Project at Reginald F. Lewis Museum, The BIG Show Opening + Performance at @Creative Alliance, and Olga Presents A Stand-Up Show or The Alibi Play at the Baltimore Theatre Project.

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BMOREART’S PICKS: BALTIMORE ART OPENINGS, GALLERIES, AND EVENTS JUNE 18-24 Rebecca JulietteJune 18, 2019Art and CultureBaltimoreBmoreart's PicksEventsFeature StoryNews0 Comments This week: Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist Talks at the Walters, Focacciatown: An operetta by Lex Brown at the BMA, AIR...

"Barbara Bourland’s new novel about a young female artist earnestly making paintings in NYC in the early ‘90s captures a...
06/17/2019
Required Reading for Artists: Barbara Bourland’s Fake Like Me – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

"Barbara Bourland’s new novel about a young female artist earnestly making paintings in NYC in the early ‘90s captures all of the magical pain of being an artist: the stupid crazy miracle of an art career, the romantic lies artists tell themselves, the f**ked-up unfairness of the art market, the callow superiority of art-world gatekeepers, the brave but fragile ways artists hurl themselves into action, the mirage of others’ success."

TODAY: A Book Review of Fake Like Me by Cara Ober

Catch Cara Ober and Barbara Bourland in conversation this Friday at 7 at Greedy Reads / Barbara Bourland in conversation with Cara Ober

http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/required-reading-for-artists-barbara-bourlands-fake-like-me.html

Required Reading for Artists: Barbara Bourland’s Fake Like Me Cara OberJune 17, 2019Art and CultureCareerFeature StoryProfessional DevelopmentVisual Art0 Comments A New Novel Explores the Battles that Play Out in Every Artist’s Head While Deliciously Skewering the Art World I’ve just finished ...

Highlights: Losing the “it”-ness of master recordings, editing a diaristic life, the history of my wife as a meme and Bo...
06/16/2019
The Internet is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

Highlights: Losing the “it”-ness of master recordings, editing a diaristic life, the history of my wife as a meme and Borat, how we consume, praise, and critique millennial women through television, the weaponization of deepfakes against the companies who should be regulating them, the black market of collecting Kool-Aid, the unethical world of donating human bodies to science, a dead whale’s ears may help scientists understand the damage being done to our oceans, Drake composed new music for the NBA Finals, and Billy Porter’s performance that hijacked the Tonys.

THE INTERNET IS EXPLODING BY A.F. Oehmke

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The Internet is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week A.F. OehmkeJune 16, 2019Art and CultureFeature StoryInternetThe Internet is Exploding0 Comments The internet was just okay this week. Social media is turning #BlueforSudan, Art Basel and Andrea Bowers f**ked up, the US Women’s Soccer team ...

LAST CHANCE to see "1,500 Red-Crowned Cranes" at Cardinal. Check out the show today and read Nora Belblidia's profile of...
06/15/2019
Bonnie Jones’s Hyphenated Spaces – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

LAST CHANCE to see "1,500 Red-Crowned Cranes" at Cardinal. Check out the show today and read Nora Belblidia's profile of artist Bonnie Jones. http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/bonnie-joness-hyphenated-spaces.html

Bonnie Jones’s Hyphenated Spaces Nora BelblidiaJune 12, 2019Art and CultureFeature StoryVisual Art0 Comments Bonnie Jones is teaching me how to fold a paper crane. Starting with a square, I connect the corners, fold once, fold again, copying each careful crease. I watch it shape-shift from cootie ...

Dispatches from last weekend's 2019 Baltimore Vintage Expo, with photos by Jill Fannon! Attendees and sellers showed up ...
06/14/2019
What They’re Wearing: Photos from the Baltimore Vintage Expo – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

Dispatches from last weekend's 2019 Baltimore Vintage Expo, with photos by Jill Fannon! Attendees and sellers showed up in all their vintage finery.

SIX2SIX Society
Hunting Ground
Keepers Vintage
Milk & Ice Vintage
The Parisian Flea
Bijoux Jewels
Bottle Of Bread
Wishbone Reserve
UNION Craft Brewing http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/what-theyre-wearing-photos-from-the-baltimore-vintage-expo.html

What They’re Wearing: Photos from the Baltimore Vintage Expo Cara OberJune 14, 2019Art and CultureCraftFeature StoryLiving with Art0 Comments I discovered the Goodwill as a teenager and my wardrobe has been a random-ass playground since then. Once a month they hosted a “fill a bag for $1” sale...

A current resident artist of the Creative Alliance, Jani Hileman is one of the nonprofit’s youngest live-in residents ev...
06/13/2019
Art AND: Jani Hileman – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

A current resident artist of the Creative Alliance, Jani Hileman is one of the nonprofit’s youngest live-in residents ever. Hileman keeps herself busy assisting photographer
Joseph Hyde (a BmoreArt contributor), working at Clay Monster Pottery, and pitching in around the Creative Alliance—a favorite job is hanging up the marquee letters. Suzy Kopf met up with Hileman in her studio at Creative Alliance to talk about why Baltimore is a great place to live as a young artist (despite those pesky red light cameras!), feminism is essential, and clothes are a drag.
http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/art-and-jani-hileman.html

Art AND: Jani Hileman Suzy KopfJune 13, 2019Art and CultureArt GalleryBaltimoreFeature StoryVisual Art0 Comments Jani Hileman didn’t intend to be a ceramist but some things are inevitable. “I always thought as a kid if I got really good at one thing, I could do that and let it take me around the...

There’s a Japanese folktale that says if you fold a thousand paper cranes you get a wish. “The aim is 1,500, maybe I hav...
06/12/2019
Bonnie Jones’s Hyphenated Spaces – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

There’s a Japanese folktale that says if you fold a thousand paper cranes you get a wish. “The aim is 1,500, maybe I have like 1,100,” Bonnie Jones says. Most of those are hanging in the window of Cardinal Space, where Jones’s first solo gallery show, 1,500 Red-Crowned Cranes, runs through June 15. The title is a reference to the endangered birds that winter in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, a 160-mile-long no man’s land which has become a de facto wildlife preserve. The area was established in 1953 as part of the Korean Armistice Agreement to end the Korean War, and it serves as a buffer between the two countries.

“There was something about that space that spoke to me from the perspective of thinking about Korean identities or Asian-American identities, hyphenated identities, in between one thing and another thing,” Jones says.

Nora Belblidia wrote about Bonnie Jones and her installation at Cardinal, which closes this weekend.

http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/bonnie-joness-hyphenated-spaces.html

Bonnie Jones’s Hyphenated Spaces Nora BelblidiaJune 12, 2019Art and CultureFeature StoryVisual Art0 Comments Bonnie Jones is teaching me how to fold a paper crane. Starting with a square, I connect the corners, fold once, fold again, copying each careful crease. I watch it shape-shift from cootie ...

This week: Connect + Collect IV: Philippa PB Hughes and Zoë Charlton at Motor House, Dawn Bond and Lindsay McCulloch at ...
06/11/2019
BMOREART’S PICKS: BALTIMORE ART OPENINGS, GALLERIES, AND EVENTS JUNE 11 – 17 – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

This week: Connect + Collect IV: Philippa PB Hughes and Zoë Charlton at Motor House, Dawn Bond and Lindsay McCulloch at Cade Art Gallery, Baltimore Pride, Christine Ferrera's Cats, Criminals, and Comedians! at The Mercury Theater, 2019 Sondheim Finalists Exhibition opening at The Walters Art Museum, artist talk for Blackface: A Reclamation of Beauty, Power, and Narrative at Galerie Myrtis, and Susan Dorsey’s artist reception at Hamilton Gallery.

http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/bmorearts-picks-baltimore-art-openings-galleries-and-events-june-11-17.html

This week: Connect + Collect IV: Philippa Hughes and Zoë Charlton at the Motor House, Dawn Bond and Lindsay McCulloch at Cade Art Gallery, Baltimore Pride, Christine Ferrera’s Cats, Criminals, and Comedians! at Mercury Theater, 2019 Sondheim Finalists Exhibition opening at the Walters, artist tal...

TIPS FOR BEATING THE SYSTEM! "I always counsel artists about the process of donation and sales..." says Doreen Bolger. "...
06/10/2019
Tax Tips for Artists, How to Price Your Work, and Museum Acquisitions: Connect + Collect III with Doreen Bolger and Taha Heydari – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

TIPS FOR BEATING THE SYSTEM! "I always counsel artists about the process of donation and sales..." says Doreen Bolger. "For example, artists are always exchanging work with each other. But if you exchange work with a friend, you should each hand each other a check for $100 or some established value. And then you attach the cancelled check to the reverse or a xerox of it to the reverse of the work, because then you’ve paid for it and you can take an appreciated value when your best friend becomes a famous artist. This just beats the system a little bit, which I think artists should be able to do. I’m hoping that eventually the tax code will be changed so that artists can contribute work at its appreciated value to museums because it would be so important for the preservation of artist’s reputation and the growth of collections."

http://www.bmoreart.com/2019/06/connect-collect-iii-doreen-bolger-and-taha-heydari.html

Tax Tips for Artists, How to Price Your Work, and Museum Acquisitions: Connect + Collect III with Doreen Bolger and Taha Heydari Cara OberJune 10, 2019Art and CultureBaltimoreCareerFeature StoryProfessional Development0 Comments On Thursday, April 17, BmoreArt hosted a Connect + Collect panel with D...

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"It doesn't have to be broccoli! There are credit cards involved." Just a snipped captured by Jill Fannon from our THIRD Connect + Collect Panel with @Taha Heydari and Doreen Bolger on why buying the art of your place and time is not only a good investment - it's fun. We hope you join us for the fourth C+C Panel on Wednesday June 12 with Zoë Charlton and Philippa PB Hughes. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connect-collect-iv-philippa-hughes-and-zoe-charlton-tickets-59893478005

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