Last week, I walked through MICA’s The Narcissism of Minor Differences exhibit and was struck by not only its powerful images and overarching themes, but also its implicit message. Individually,...
I had a few minutes before a meeting in Mount Vernon last Friday, so I walked around looking for street art. Here's what I found near the Congress Hotel.
As usual, there's a lot happening this weekend, but these events are particularly noteworthy and definitely worth your time. At the Meyerhoff on Friday and Sunday, the BSO will be playing a...
I recently stopped by the Creative Alliance to check out Food Network, the latest project by Baltimore Development Cooperative, winners of last year's Sondheim Prize. More activist expo and...
On the way to work, I heard an NPR segment about artist Luke Jerram placing 60 pianos around New York City for a summer-long art project that begins today. Called "Play Me, I'm Yours," it's designed...
I once witnessed a fatal motorcycle accident, and one of the most haunting images from that experience was coming across a scuffed Nike tennis shoe (belonging to one of the victims) sitting on...
MICA's excellent Warren Seelig retrospective, Textile per se, closes this weekend. If you haven't seen this Maine-based artist's work, pop in for an eye-popping experience. This isn't your average...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I know immediately what that would be. In college, in '92, a friend and I took a pilgrimage to Howard Finster's Paradise Garden, and it...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Michael Cataldi did two installation series in Baltimore several years ago called Tire Swings and Flower-Pot-Holes. He would carry a spool...
If you haven't checked out the Laure Drogoul retrospective (Follies, Predicaments, and Other Conundrums) at MICA, you have a few more days. It's a fascinating, whimsical, absurd, and sprawling show...
