Baltimore Museum of Art

Dutch genre scenes often show women reading or writing love letters, but in this painting, a woman reads a newspaper. 📰 This unusual subject matter reflects women’s high degree of literacy in the Dutch Republic as well as an interest in current events beyond the home. Baltimore Museum of Art curator Lara Yeager-Crasselt gives us the scoop on this work on loan from The Leiden Collection, New York. . 🖼️ Frans van Mieris, “Woman Reading and a Man Seated at a Table,” probably 1676, The Leiden Collection, New York. 📷 Installation views of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s European Wing. #Baltimore #Maryland #Curator #Artist #Interview #EuropeanArt

Artist Joyce J. Scott responds to adversity by embracing the trickster’s way. In this clip, she shares how her work messes with stereotypes. For Scott, laughter—even the uncomfortable kind—can allow vulnerability in examining stereotypes and their negative consequences. Her humor, wit, and exaggeration work to expose and criticize injustice. 🎟️ TWO MORE WEEKS! Get tickets before the exhibition closes on Sunday, July 14 at artbma.org/scott. . 📷 Installation views of Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams. #Baltimore #Maryland #Beadwork #Art #Museums #Artist #Interview

Dyani White Hawk: Bodies of Water is on view now at the BMA! Learn more about the exhibition, which is part of Preoccupied: Indigenizing the Museum, from Observer Media: . #Baltimore #Maryland #Exhibitions #Artwork #Art

The Art of Pattern: Henri Matisse and Japanese Woodcut Artists is new on view at the BMA! Learn more from Apollo – The International Art Magazine: . #Baltimore #Maryland #Matisse #Art #Museum

"[BMA curators] worked together to create Preoccupied: Indigenizing the Museum to uplift Indigenous perspectives, center Native art, and help Native and Indigenous artists 'claim space' and be heard." Learn more about this wide-reaching project from Baltimore Fishbowl: . #Baltimore #Maryland #Museums #Art #Exhibitions

How do you look at a work of art? 🔍 Asma Naeem, the BMA’s Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director, shares her perspective from the Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams exhibition. 🎟️ CLOSING Sunday, July 14! Get tickets at artbma.org/scott. . 📷 Installation views of Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams. 🖼️ Joyce J. Scott. “I Call Her Name.” 2023. Courtesy of the Artist and Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore. #Baltimore #Maryland #Museums #Director #Interview #Art

"Scott’s fluid and free-spirited work—which also includes forays into comedy, music, theater, and performance of other kinds—is on full view in Walk a Mile in My Dreams..." ARTnews interviews artist Joyce J. Scott on her 50-year retrospective, closing July 14 at the BMA. Read more: . #Baltimore #Maryland #Art #Museums #Exhibitions #Retrospective

Want to add a little art to your summer plans? Baltimore Banner suggests visiting Preoccupied: Indigenizing the Museum. . #Baltimore #Maryland #Museums #Exhibitions #Artwork #Summer

Thunder Thighs, we salute you! 🌟 In 1985, artist Joyce J. Scott and actor-director Kay Lawal-Muhammad created the Thunder Thigh Revue. Inspired by early 20th-century vaudeville variety shows, they participated in a new wave of contemporary women-led comedy. Thunder Thigh Revue addressed politics with slapstick hilarity interlaced with poignant emotion. 💭 Fun Fact: The scrapbook seen in this video is a collection of memorabilia from the Thunder Thigh Revue put together by Kay Lawal-Muhammad’s mother. 🎟️ Learn more about the Thunder Thigh Revue in Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams. Tickets are available at artbma.org/scott. . 📷 Installation views of Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams. 🎥 Footage courtesy of MARMIA (Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive). #Baltimore #Maryland #Performance #Art #Music

Cecilia Wichmann and Leslie Rose are two of the curators behind Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams. Here, they explore “Buddha Transcends Field of Dead Fire,” the very first work visitors encounter in the exhibition. In Scott’s personal pantheon, informed by her world travels and recognition that “there are a lot of Black Buddhists around,” she has developed her own concept of the Buddha, unaligned with specific religious or spiritual traditions. 🎟️ See the exhibition before it CLOSES on Sunday, July 14. Reserve tickets today: https://artb.ma/3IWEk3W . 🖼️ Joyce J. Scott. “Buddha Transcends Field of Dead Fire.” 2004. Collection of Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell #Baltimore #Museum #Curators #Art #Interview #Sculpture