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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
MAXIMILIAN FRANZ
Once, perhaps a decade ago, Mark Bradford told me that his ambition as an artist was to “elbow his
way to the table” occupied by the boys of Abstract Expressionism. Picture a party with Jackson Pollock,
Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and Robert Motherwell, and one quickly understands his urge to advance
a more inclusive picture of abstraction. Bradford’s push to enter that pantheon began in the late-1990s
with a series of paintings on roughly square bed linens. To the surface of the linen he applied in careful
horizontal rows hundreds of Permanent Wave Endpapers to form a grid as precise as a fast-moving hand
could conjure. Nodding to the hand-wrought asceticism of Agnes Martin, while employing materials drawn
directly from his experience working as a young man in a beauty salon in South Central Los Angeles,
Bradford sketched with startling clarity the critical terms of what we now call Social Abstraction. Thus
began a career-long commitment to painting with paper, to engaging and advancing the formal history
of abstraction, and to forcing the discourse of non-objective painting to contain and contend with the
social conditions of the world we all occupy. Fast forward some 25 years, and My Grandmother Felt the
Color (2016), a new work by Bradford shown on the opposite page, hangs in the galleries of the BMA
alongside works by Jack Whitten, David Hammons, Ross Bleckner, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, all under
the banner of Social Abstraction, no longer a speculative category but a central term in a new art history.
In May of 2017, the Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious international art event, will open its
doors to the global public for the 57th time. With The Baltimore Museum of Art acting as co-commissioner,
Mark Bradford will represent the United States at the Biennale, his paintings and sculptures occupying
the same Jeffersonian pavilion as generations of now-canonical forebears. Interestingly, the BMA was
once before the commissioning entity for the U.S. Pavilion. In 1960, the Museum organized an exhibition
entitled Abstract Expressionism featuring work by Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, and
Theodore Roszak. Fifty-seven years later, Mark Bradford’s pavilion will open to the public, cementing
his place in art history, and establishing a permanent seat at the table alongside his esteemed AbEx
predecessors. Mark had to elbow his way to that table, but now with his ascendance complete the
complexion of that party has changed forever, the table is far bigger, and everyone is welcome.
COVER:
Joan Miró. Page from the
book A toute épreuve. 1958. The
Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of
Mrs. Nelson Gutman, in Memory of
her Husband’s Birthday, June 21st,
BMA 1959.148.51. © Successió
Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York / ADAGP, Paris 2017
Christopher Bedford
BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director
RIGHT: Mark Bradford. My
Grandmother Felt the Color.
2016. Courtesy the artist and
Hauser & Wirth. Photograph
by Joshua White.
BMA BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
OFFICERS
Clair Zamoiski Segal, Chair
James D. Thornton, Vice Chair
Frederick Singley Koontz,
Immediate Past Chair
Alexander C. Baer, Vice President
Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Vice President
Sandra Levi Gerstung, Vice President
Michael Rosenbaum, Vice President
Susan B. Katzenberg, Treasurer
Ann Allston Boyce, Secretary
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TRUSTEES
Clair Zamoiski Segal, Chair
James D. Thornton, Vice Chair
Virginia K. Adams
Ann Allston Boyce
Diane Cho
Stiles Tuttle Colwill
Nancy L. Dorman
Amy Elias
Nupur P. Flynn
Susan B. Katzenberg
Frederick Singley Koontz
Donald J. Peters
Michael Rosenbaum
Virginia K. Adams
William Backstrom
Alexander C. Baer
Ann Allston Boyce
Diane Cho
Stiles Tuttle Colwill
Ellen R. Dame
Gwen Davidson
Nancy L. Dorman
Amy Elias
Nupur Parekh Flynn
Sandra Levi Gerstung
John A. Gilpin
Martha Glenn
Amy Gould
F. Mackey Hughes
Patricia H. Joseph
Barbara Katz
Susan B. Katzenberg
Frederick Singley Koontz
Robyn Brenza Kress
Madeline E. Lacovara
Daniel Leraris
Jennifer O’Hara Martin
Amy Frenkil Meadows
John Meyerhoff
Fiona Ong
Rhonda Overby
Donald J. Peters
Michael Rosenbaum
Kirsten Sandberg
Alan Schwartz
Clair Zamoiski Segal
Jean Silber
William Taylor IV
James D. Thornton
Kenneth Ulman
Mark Wagner
David W. Wallace
David Warnock
Leana S. Wen
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Constance R. Caplan
Suzanne F. Cohen
Anthony W. Deering
Janet E. Dunn
Katherine M. Hardiman
Margot W.M. Heller
Louise P. Hoblitzell
J. Woodford Howard, Jr.
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
Mary B. Hyman
Jeanette Kimmel
Jeffrey A. Legum
Charles W. Newhall III
James S. Riepe
Frederica K. Saxon
Louis B. Thalheimer
Ellen W.P. Wasserman
Calman J. Zamoiski, Jr.
NATIONAL TRUSTEES
Bernice Barth
Sylvia de Cuevas
Monroe Denton
Barbara Duthuit
Brenda Edelson
Phillips Hathaway
Joseph Holtzman
Stephen Mazoh
Edward S. Pantzer
The Honorable Allan H. Kittleman
The Honorable Joan M. Pratt
The Honorable Catherine Pugh
The Honorable Steven R. Schuh
The Honorable Bernard C. “Jack” Young
EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES
The Honorable Barry Glassman
The Honorable Larry Hogan
The Honorable Doug Howard
The Honorable Kevin Kamenetz
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CLOSING JANUARY 29
MITRO HOOD
EXTENDED HOURS DURING THE FINAL WEEKS
“ … a deeply stirring exhibition.”
– The Boston Globe
Don’t miss the opportunity to see this
acclaimed exhibition featuring more than 90
paintings and drawings by the French modern
master Henri Matisse and one of America’s
greatest postwar artists, Richard Diebenkorn.
The BMA is the only East Coast venue for
this specially ticketed exhibition, which closes
January 29 before traveling to San Francisco.
Due to Popular Demand
Extended Morning & Evening
Exhibition Hours January 5–29
Saturday & Sunday
10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thursdays
10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Tickets at
ARTBMA.ORG
Members
See it Free!
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Matisse/Diebenkorn is co-organized by
The Baltimore Museum of Art and the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
The exhibition is curated in Baltimore by
BMA Senior Curator of European Painting
& Sculpture Katy Rothkopf.
Major support for Matisse/Diebenkorn has been
provided by The Henry Luce Foundation and
Terra Foundation for American Art. This exhibition
is supported by an indemnity from the Federal
Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The
Baltimore presentation of the exhibition is made
possible by Ellen W. P. Wasserman, Jeanette C.
and Stanley H. Kimmel, Tony and Lynn Deering,
and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Corporate sponsorship is provided by Bank of
America and Education Partner Transamerica.
M E M B E R S O N LY
Matisse/Diebenkorn
Members Closing Party
Friday, January 20, 6:30–8 p.m.
See page 16 for details.
SPECIAL EVENT
Curatorial Talk: Katy Rothkopf
on Matisse/Diebenkorn
Thursday, January 12, 7 p.m.
FREE; Tickets required
(Snow Date January 19)
Hear Senior Curator Katy Rothkopf’s insights
on the conception and development of
Matisse/Diebenkorn and how the artists’
works have been paired in this landmark
exhibition. Before the event, see Matisse/
Diebenkorn during extended evening hours.
Tickets for the exhibition may be purchased
at artbma.org or in person at the East Lobby
Box Office. There is no fee for the talk, but
tickets are required due to limited capacity.
ABOVE, INSTALLATION VIEW LEFT TO RIGHT: Henri Matisse. Interior,
Flowers and Parakeets. 1924. The Baltimore Museum of Art:
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta
Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA1950.252. ©2017 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Richard Diebenkorn. Girl with Plant. 1960. The Phillips
Collection, Washington, D.C., 1961,0519. ©2017 The
Richard Diebenkorn Foundation
Richard Diebenkorn. Woman on a Porch. 1958. New Orleans
Museum of Art, museum purchase though the National
Endowment for the Arts Matching Grant, 77.64. ©2017
The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation
SPECIAL EVENT
Participating Vendors
10 Grand Press
Center Street Studio
BALTIMORE
CONTEMPORARY
PRINT FAIR
Crown Point Press
SPECIAL EVENTS
Artist Talk:
James Siena
Thursday, March 30, 7 p.m.
FREE
MARION ETTLINGER
Durham Press
Flatbed Press
Gemini G.E.L.
Goya Contemporary
Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
FREE for Members!
Non-Members: Tickets are $15 for both days or $10 for one day
Students & Teachers: Free with valid I.D.
Visit artbma.org to purchase tickets.
Graphicstudio
Island Press
Jungle Press Editions
Lower East Side Print Shop
MAXIMILIAN FRANZ
Mary Ryan Gallery
Paulson Fontaine Press
Petrichor Press
Segura Arts
Tamarind Institute
Tandem Press
Universal Limited Art Editions
Wingate Studio
SPECIAL INVITATION
Print Fair Preview,
Sale, and Reception
Friday, March 31, 6–8:30 p.m.
James Stroud of Center Street Studio at the 2015 Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair
“Best Art Sale”
– Baltimore Magazine
Make plans now to come to this highly anticipated showcase
of limited editions, drawings, multi-part portfolios, and photographs
by established and emerging artists from approximately 20 vendors
from around the United States.
New collectors and curious art enthusiasts are always welcome.
Take advantage of the Fair’s intimate and inviting setting to talk
to printers and gallerists to learn more about the art, artists, and
printmaking techniques. Visit artbma.org/go/printfair for complete
information.
The Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair is presented every two years
by the BMA’s Print, Drawing & Photograph Society. For more information about PDPS events, see page 21 or call 443-573-1789.
Proceeds from the Print Fair support contemporary acquisitions for
the BMA’s collection of works on paper.
Preview the Fair before it opens
to the public and enjoy a private
reception with printers, gallerists,
and BMA curators. Invitations
will be mailed to: Contributor
Members at the Sponsor level
and above ($550+); members
of the Joshua Johnson Council;
Print, Drawing & Photograph
Society; and Friends of Modern
and Contemporary Art. Upgrade
your BMA Membership to the
Sponsor level to receive your
invitation! Call 443-573-1800 or
upgrade online at artbma.org.
James Siena
Join renowned artist James Siena
in conversation with BMA Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings
& Photographs Ann Shafer.
Siena (American, b. 1957) is a
New York-based artist whose
vibrantly colored concentrations
of freehand geometric patterns
are driven by self-imposed,
predetermined sets of rules, or
“visual algorithms.”
Siena works across a diverse
range of media, including painting,
drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. His work is held in numerous
prestigious public and private collections across the U.S., including
the BMA; Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston; San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art; and The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, The Museum of
Modern Art, and Whitney Museum
of American Art in New York.
Artist & Editions
Award Announcement
Sunday, April 2, 3 p.m.
FREE with Print Fair admission
Established in 2002, the $1,000
award recognizes the work of a
leading artist or master printer who
has made a substantial contribution to the imagery, themes, and
techniques of printmaking today.
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NEW EXHIBITIONS
OFF THE SHELF:
MODERN &
CONTEMPORARY
ARTISTS’ BOOKS
March 12–June 25, 2017 | May Galleries
Fifty renowned artists, such
as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró,
Ed Ruscha, and Kiki Smith,
are represented in this fascinating exhibition of 40 prints
and nearly 60 artist’s books.
An artist’s book—an artwork conceived of
and produced in book form—often reflects
the collaborative work of writers, visual artists,
printers, and publishers. It is fitting that an exhibition of such a collaborative art form is the
result of a collaboration between the BMA
and The Johns Hopkins University’s Program in Museums and Society. Led by Rena
Hoisington, BMA Senior Curator of Prints,
Drawings & Photographs, 11 undergraduate
students from JHU, Loyola University
Maryland, and the Maryland Institute College
of Art helped to organize the exhibition during
the spring 2016 course “Paper Museums.”
Organized thematically, Off the Shelf unfolds
through more than 12 groupings of works,
including themes ranging from animals to
artists, notable collaborations, and publishers
such as Petersburg Press.
Among the exhibition highlights are Bestiary,
or The Parade of Orpheus (1911), a book of
elaborate animal woodcuts by Raoul Dufy
with poems by Guillaume Apollinaire; Ready
for Anything (1958), Joan Miró’s whimsical
color woodcuts with text by Paul Éluard;
1¢ Life (1964), 61 vibrant color lithographs
by Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol,
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and others that accompany poems by Walasse
Ting; and The Departure of the Argonaut
(1986), a gigantic bound volume with 48
color lithographs by Francesco Clemente and
letterpress text by Alberto Savinio.
Digital images of several of the artists’ books
will be available for visitors to examine on
iPads in the exhibition. Facsimiles of some of
the books, as well as English translations of
some of the foreign language texts, will also
be available.
Curated by Rena Hoisington, Senior Curator
of Prints, Drawings & Photographs.
This exhibition is generously supported by The
Johns Hopkins University through a grant from
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Additional
support has been provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts.
M E M B E R S - O N LY E V E N T S
SPECIAL EVENTS
Council Opening
Reception
Members Night
Off the Shelf
Thursday, March 9, 6–8 p.m.
Thursday, March 16, 6–8 p.m.
Experience Off the Shelf at this
exclusive event for donors to
the BMA Council and Corporate
Council Campaigns. Arrive at
6 p.m. for a special introduction
to the exhibition by Senior
Curator of Prints, Drawings &
Photographs Rena Hoisington.
Get an insider’s look at the
BMA’s new exhibition, Off the
Shelf, during this exclusive
evening with food, demonstrations, and an opportunity to meet
JHU’s Museums and Society
students who helped to develop
the exhibition. Invitations admit
two and will be mailed.
Books and Brunch:
May Castleberry and
BMA Senior Curator
Rena Hoisington
Saturday, April 15, 11:30 a.m.
FREE; Reservations required
May Castleberry, Editor of
Contemporary Editions at The
Museum of Modern Art, is the
brilliant mind behind three of the
collaborative projects featured
in the exhibition Off the Shelf.
Join her for an in-depth conversation with BMA Senior Curator
Rena Hoisington to talk about
working collaboratively with
artists, writers, printers, and
designers. Stay for a light brunch
reception following the talk. Visit
artbma.org to reserve your space.
Avant-Garde
Book Club
Sundays, March 19, April 30,
and May 21, 3 p.m.
FREE; RSVP is not required
Join poet Param Anand Singh
for an in-depth conversation,
innovative writing and spokenword exercises. Each gathering
focuses on a single artist’s book.
For more information, call 443573-1836 or email jbraiterman@
artbma.org.
Book-Making
Workshop
Thursday, April 6, 6–8:30 p.m.
Join artist and co-founder of
Ink Press Productions Amanda
McCormick for a special book
making event in the BMA Studio.
Bind your own book, sip on
spirits, chat with fellow creatives,
and enjoy an after-hours tour of
books in the BMA collection. All
supplies, tools, and refreshments
are provided for this hands-on
experience—just bring your
curious spirit. Tickets on sale at
artbma.org. Space is limited.
LEFT:
Artist: Francesco Clemente.
Author: Alberto Savinio. Translator: George
Scrivani. The Departure of the Argonaut.
1983–86, published 1986. The Baltimore
Museum of Art: The Ryda Hecht Levi
Collection of Illustrated Books, Bequest
of Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore, BMA 2009.23.
Courtesy: Mary Boone Gallery, New York.
© Francesco Clemente
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FRONT ROOM:
ADAM PENDLETON
March 26–August 13, 2017 | Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Gallery
Featured twice in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, Adam Pendleton
(American, b. 1984) has recently garnered attention as an artist
whose work speaks to socio-political issues of the moment.
The foundation of Pendleton’s work is the
Black Dada Manifesto, which he wrote in
2008. The text combines blackness and
Dada, a nonsense word referring to the
absurdist art movement that developed in
response to the devastation of World War I.
Dadaists created illogical artwork in order to
critique the systems of society that lead to
war. Similarly, Pendleton employs irrationality
as a means of re-envisioning race in America.
In the artist’s words: “Black Dada is a way to
talk about the future while talking about the
past. It is our present moment.”
With an eye to both historical and current
events, the multi-disciplinary artist addresses
race through painting, collage, sculpture,
video, publishing, and performance. In his
two-dimensional work, he re-contextualizes
history by transforming pictures and language
sourced from books and films. Pendleton
imbues the appropriated photos and text
with new meanings through a process that
involves photocopying, reformatting, cropping,
and layering before applying the new imagery
to canvas, paper, vinyl, or Mylar. The words
and images take on different significance
when fragmented or juxtaposed with seemingly unrelated forms. By rendering language
illegible and removing photographs from their
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original context, the artist encourages the
viewer to open their mind to different perspectives on the past, present, and future.
SPECIAL EVENT
In the Contemporary Wing’s Front Room
Gallery, Pendleton will present floor-to-ceiling
vinyl works on three gallery walls overlaid
with nine paintings, collages, and screenprints
from his ongoing series. The dramatic installation will be in the grayscale palette of a
photocopier—the machine he calls “the
queen of the studio.”
Saturday, March 25, 2 p.m.
FREE
Pendleton, born in Virginia, is based in
New York. His work has been shown at The
Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum
of American Art, the New Museum, the Venice
Biennale, and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
His solo exhibition, Becoming Imperceptible,
travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Cleveland in January 2017.
Curated by Helene Grabow, Curatorial
Assistant for Contemporary Art.
This exhibition is generously sponsored
by Eddie C. & C. Sylvia Brown.
RIGHT: Adam Pendleton. Untitled (A Victim of American
Democracy). 2016. Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Talk:
Adam Pendleton
Hear Adam Pendleton in conversation with Curatorial Assistant
Helene Grabow on the body of
work the artist has produced
since writing his 2008 Black
Dada Manifesto. Learn what the
up-and-coming multi-disciplinary
artist means when he says,
“Black Dada is a way to talk
about the future while talking
about the past.”
Sponsored by the Friends of
Modern and Contemporary Art
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BLACK BOX:
TAMAR GUIMARÃES & KASPER AKHØJ
February 8–June 11, 2017 | Ryda H. and Robert Levi Gallery
SPECIAL EVENT
Panel Discussion:
Documenting
the Spirit
Saturday, April 1, 4 p.m.
FREE
How can a spiritual experience
be captured and shared through
the arts and media? Artists
Guimarães and Akhøj, along with
practitioners and scholars of
different religious and spiritual
traditions, will consider whether
media can convey spirituality and
provide even non-believers with
a visceral understanding of spiritual experience. The panel will
be moderated by CAMS Director
and documentary filmmaker
Dr. Bernadette Wegenstein.
The many spirit mediums of Palmelo, Brazil,
are featured in Captain Gervasio’s Family
(2013–2014) by Tamar Guimarães (Brazilian,
b. 1967) and Kasper Akhøj (Danish, b. 1976).
The 14-minute black-and-white film is a
meditative look at the mediums who communicate with the dead and engage in psychic
healing practices. By juxtaposing details of
the modernist buildings for which Brazil is
known and the mediums engaged in such
activities as holding hands to form a healing
“magnetic chain,” the filmmakers suggest
parallels between modernist architecture’s
ideals and social organization and that of the
Spiritist community.
Captain Gervasio’s Family is presented in
partnership with The Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Advanced Media Studies
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(CAMS). Guimarães and Akhøj will be in
residence at JHU this spring. Throughout
their work, the Copenhagen-based collaborators explore the structure of social space and
hierarchies, within both small communities
and geographically or racially defined groups
of people.
This exhibition is presented in collaboration
with The Johns Hopkins University’s Center
for Advanced Media Studies and organized
by Senior Curator of Contemporary Art
Kristen Hileman.
ABOVE: Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj.
Still from Captain Gervasio’s Family. 2013–2014.
Courtesy of the artists, Galeria Fortes Vilaça and
Ellen De Bruijne Projects
TIMELESS WEFT: ANCIENT TAPESTRIES
AND THE ART OF LOUISE B. WHEATLEY
February 1–July 30, 2017 | Jean and Allan Berman Gallery
This intimate exhibition celebrates the 40-year
career of Maryland artist Louise B. Wheatley.
Internalizing the lessons of ancient masters,
Wheatley creates art that is unmistakably a
reflection of her own unique vision and her
self-imposed sense of technical perfection.
In her late teens, the artist forged a connection with Pre-Columbian and Egyptian Coptic
textiles. Years later, she began spinning
and weaving and found that she preferred
the practices of ancient times. Her admiration for ancient textiles’ colors inspired her
lifelong quest to learn about vegetable dyes
by growing dye plants in her own garden
and processing them by hand. Her desire to
understand fibers led her to grow and harvest
cotton and flax, as well as raise her own
sheep for wool.
Some of Wheatley’s works recall the composition and specific methods of Coptic textiles,
including intricate and technically difficult
border designs, the use of slanted wefts,
and flying needle techniques. Less directly,
Wheatley emulates their brilliant colors,
connection to nature, celebration of earth’s
fertility, and exploration of philosophical and
religious thought.
Curated by Anita Jones, Curator of Textiles.
This exhibition is generously supported by
the Estate of Margaret Hammond Cooke.
ABOVE: Maker:
Louise B. Wheatley. Seed Manta. 1999. The
Baltimore Museum of Art: Lilian Sarah Greif Bequest Fund,
BMA 1999.162
LEFT:
Fragment with Thyrsus-shaped Tunic Ornament.
Egypt. 6th–7th century. The Baltimore Museum of Art:
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and
Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA 1950.2016.2
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QUEER
INTERIORS
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Commons, Joseph Education Center
BIG TABLE GALLERY:
BODY LANGUAGE
PHOTOS BY MITRO HOOD
Explore ideas relating to the human figure in the Contemporary Wing’s recently refreshed
Big Table Gallery. This new immersive installation, Body Language, surrounds visitors with
images of the body as well as a variety of mirrors—square, security, fun-house, and two-way.
On the Big Table is a hands-on activity fabricated by Morgan State University’s Built
Environment Applied Research Lab that lets you combine illustrations of real people from
Baltimore and their clothing styles.
Queer Interiors is part of BMA’s Commons
Collaboration initiative, which commissions
an artist and non-profit to work together on
an installation and offer a series of public
programs related to the BMA’s ongoing
exhibition Imagining Home. Conceived and
produced by Rahne Alexander and
Jaimes Mayhew, Queer Interiors explores
many aspects of LGBTQI+ communities
through their multimedia installation, including
the crowd-sourced LGBTQI+ Home Movie
Quilt projected onto a gallery wall.
Join us for a suite of related programs that
connects the art and ideas in Queer Interiors
with the non-profit partner The LGBT
Health Resource Center at Chase Brexton.
Programs continue through August.
LGBTQI+ Home Movie Day
January 28, 2 p.m. | Free
Submit your home movies to the LGBTQI+
Home Movie Quilt on view at the BMA and
get expert advice on converting home movies
to archival formats with Rahne Alexander in
collaboration with Siobhan Hagan of Home
Movie Day.
BIG TABLE
CONNECTIONS
Select first Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Big Table Gallery
Free; Drop-In
Connect to innovative art and artists, explore big ideas, and participate in creative
activities in the BMA’s Contemporary Wing.
Hear experts from related fields share their
insights in the galleries, then participate in
art-making activities that delve into the ideas
behind the artwork.
February 4 – Strange Fruit
Join Jenné Afiya, artist and cofounder of
the BALTI GURLS, in conversation with
The Johns Hopkins University professor
Dr. Niloofar Haeri and singer and BMA
security officer Kellen Johnson, for a special
performance and an in-depth conversation
on Alison Saar’s Strange Fruit on view in the
Contemporary Wing.
Becoming: A Living Altar
February 25, 2 p.m.
Free; Registration required
Celebrate the beauty of Black LGBTQ people
with Rooted Collective through movement,
music, and poetry. The Rooted Collective is
a gathering of Black LGBTQ people who define, dream, and expand on the ways in which
we heal from oppression and practice joy and
pleasure. For more information or to register,
call 443-573-1836 or email jbraiterman@
artbma.org.
Continue the conversation on Twitter at
#BMAbigtable. For more information, call
443-573-1832 or visit artbma.org.
Jaimes Mayhew and Rahne Alexander. Photo by Jill Fannon.
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MITRO HOOD
ARTIST CONVERSATION
Guerrilla Girl Frida Kahlo
in conversation with
Senior Curator Kristen Hileman
Sunday, March 12, 3 p.m.
FREE; Reservations required
In conjunction with the closing of Front Room: Guerrilla Girls, hear
from one of the legendary Guerrilla Girls artist-activists, Frida Kahlo,
in conversation with Senior Curator of Contemporary Art Kristen
Hileman. The conversation will reflect on the Guerrilla Girls’ legacy
and the importance of the group’s work to expose sexism and racism
in the art world, politics, and popular culture. Consider the merits and
challenges of anonymity as an intentional strategy for social change,
and examine museums as sites for social and political discourse.
AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY MONTH
Creativity Exchange:
Intersections Between Black Artists
& Black-Owned Businesses
Saturday, February 11, noon–5 p.m.
Vendor Fair: noon–5 p.m.
Workshop: 12:30–1:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion: 2–3 p.m. with reception by Dovecote Café to follow
FREE; Reservations required
Closing March 12, Front Room: Guerrilla Girls features a selection of
48 protest posters and other projects from the feminist collective’s
Portfolio Compleat, acquired by the BMA in 2015.
With a combination of audacious graphics, telling statistics, and provocative humor, the Guerrilla Girls use humor to call attention to the
ways in which museums, private collectors, publications, and the art
market have historically marginalized female artists and artists of color.
Front Room: Guerrilla Girls and the Artist Conversation are generously
sponsored by Virginia K. Adams, Sherry Christhilf, Suzanne F. Cohen,
Nancy Dorman, Nupur Parekh Flynn, Sandra Levi Gerstung, Joanne Gold,
Nancy Hackerman, Patricia Joseph, Madeline E. Lacovara, Jennifer O’Hara
Martin, Amy Frenkil Meadows, Rachel Rabinowitz, and Clair Zamoiski Segal.
Special thanks to Alpha Graphics.
Participate in a lively discussion with Baltimore-based artists and entrepreneurs Myrtis Bedolla of Galerie Myrtis, Pierre and Jamyla Bennu
of Exit the Apple and Oyin Handmade, and Jay Jacksonrao, CEO of
TNP Studios. Hear about the unique ways they develop innovative
projects. Chat with panelists, network during the reception and vendor
fair, and participate in a free workshop to creatively strengthen your
business skills. Space in the workshop is limited. Reserve your tickets
at artbma.org. For more information, contact Jessica Braiterman at
443-573-1836 or [email protected].
This event has been generously co-sponsored by the Joshua Johnson
Council and MICA’s Business of Art and Design MPS Program.
ABOVE: Selections from Guerrilla Girls’ Portfolio Compleat 1985–
2012. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Women’s Committee
Acquisitions Endowment for Contemporary Prints and Photographs,
BMA 2015.47.1–95. © Guerrilla Girls
ABOVE: Afro-punk jewelry by Baltimore City mixed media artist
Sarah Dorsey available at the vendor fair.
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MITRO HOOD
OPEN HOURS
Select Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Commons, Joseph Education Center
FREE
Open Hours is a monthly program hosted at the BMA with topics
proposed by the public. Events promote community and connect to the
theme of home as explored in the ongoing exhibition Imagining Home.
For more information or to propose a program, please contact Katie
Bachler at 443-573-1828 or [email protected].
January 21 – Home Movie Day
Join Rahne Alexander in collaboration with Siobhan Hagan of Home
Movie Day for this special LGBTQI+ Home Movie Day. Share your
films, get expert advice on converting them to archival formats, and
submit them to Alexander’s LGBTQI+ Home Movie Quilt.
February 18 – BALTI GURLS
Join the BALTI GURLS, a women of color artist collective based in
Baltimore with a particular focus on new media and cross-disciplinary
practice, whose mission is to cultivate platforms and “creative safe
space” for other women of color. BALTI GURLS will facilitate a workshop and activity around the idea of self-care practices.
March 18 – Quilting and Storytelling with Grandmother Edna
Join local artist and storyteller Grandmother Edna for a workshop and
display about quilts and the stories they tell. Share your own story in
the workshop part of the event.
April 15 – A Home Movement Workshop
Join Baltimore-based modern dance troupe The Collective
for a group movement workshop related to the theme of home.
Open Hours is generously sponsored by PNC Bank.
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Artworks created by Healthcare for the Homeless clients.
BMA OUTPOST
The BMA Outpost is a portable museum that takes up temporary
residence in a variety of communities throughout Baltimore
City, led by the BMA’s Amy and Marc Meadows Education Fellow
Katie Bachler.
Conceived in conjunction with the BMA’s new Joseph Education
Center, the BMA Outpost exhibits replicas of works from the BMA’s
collection and generates content from its participants, all related to
the idea of home through time and across cultures. For more information, visit artbma.org/events/series/outpost.html.
FEBRUARY
MAXIMILIAN FRANZ
FREE FAMILY
SUNDAYS
ARTFUL TEXTILES
February 5 – Weave a Coptic-Inspired Textile
Drop-in workshops: 2–5 p.m.
FREE; No registration required
Ellis A. Gimbel Children’s Studio,
Joseph Education Center
February 12 – Quilt Hearts
February 19 – Wild Woven Designs
February 26 – Make Macramé Hangings
Join us every Sunday for
activities the entire family can enjoy. Explore your creative side with
hands-on art-making workshops
in response to works on view.
MARCH
WORDS AND BOOKS
March 5 – Sculpted Words
March 12 – Pop-Up Books
Family workshops are held in
the beautifully renovated studio
in the Joseph Education Center,
located on the first floor of the
Museum. Space is limited.
Baltimore City and
Baltimore County
Public Schools
Student Art Exhibitions
April 26–April 30
Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer
Galleries
FREE
This year the BMA is hosting
a student art extravaganza
with concurrent exhibitions of
works from both Baltimore City
and Baltimore County public
school students.
March 26 – Print a Mini Pocketbook
APRIL
JANUARY
SEEDS OF CHANGE
WORKS ON PAPER
April 2 – Leaf Prints
January 8 – Make Paper Crowns
April 9 – Baby Animal Paintings
January 15 – Sculpt Paper Animals
April 16 – Make Seed-Infused Paper
January 22 – Cut Paper Silhouettes
April 23 – Print Landscapes
January 29 – Collage Portraits
April 30 – Flower Cards
ART IS FOR EVERYONE
For the past 29 years, the BMA has hosted an annual
countywide student exhibition, Art is for Everyone, presenting the artwork of Baltimore County public school
students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
The breadth of the county schools’ art program is
highlighted by a variety of two-and three-dimensional
artworks, including sculpture, photography, drawing,
painting, and digital art.
MITRO HOOD
Free Family Sundays are generously
sponsored by PNC Bank.
March 19 – Draw Animal Comics
RECEPTION
Baltimore County Student Reception
Sunday, April 30, 1–4 p.m.
FYI…FOR YOUR
INSPIRATION 2017
Now for the tenth year, the BMA hosts fyi…For Your
Inspiration, a citywide student exhibition presenting
artwork by 400 students from pre-kindergarten
through 12th grade at 90 Baltimore City public
schools. Experience the creativity and imagination
of Baltimore youth in a range of artworks using traditional and surprising materials and techniques.
RECEPTION
Baltimore City Student Reception
Saturday, April 29, 1–4 p.m.
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MEMBER EVENTS
& PROGRAMS
MATISSE/
DIEBENKORN
MATISSE/
DIEBENKORN
Members Closing Party
Vernissage
Friday, January 20, 6:30–8 p.m.
PHOTOS BY MAXIMILIAN FRANZ
Exclusive evening hours, just for
Members! Don’t miss this opportunity
to get a last look at Matisse/Diebenkorn.
Enjoy music, a cash bar, and incredible
art before the crowds roll in. FREE
for Members.
October 20, 2016
The BMA hosted a special fundraising
dinner to celebrate the exhibition Matisse/
Diebenkorn and honor lenders and sponsors
from across the country.
1. BMA Director Christopher Bedford and
BMA Board Chair Clair Zamoiski Segal
(left) greet Suzi Cordish and Maryland
First Lady Yumi Hogan.
2. Trustee Stiles Colwill (left) with
Sophie Matisse, Henri Matisse’s great
granddaughter, and her husband
Amar Zribi
3. Exhibition co-curators Janet Bishop of
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
and Katy Rothkopf of the BMA
4. Dorothy Kosinski, Director of The
Phillips Collection, with Tom Krahenbuhl
and Eliza Rathbone
5. SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra with
Clair Segal and Trustee Peggy Heller
Council Private Preview
October 22, 2016
Art After Hours
Friday, January 20, 8–11 p.m.
Art After Hours takes a new direction in 2017! In addition to creative cocktails, music,
and after-hours access to the galleries and exhibitions like Matisse/Diebenkorn,
Art After Hours will include a variety of performance art experiences beginning with
a TASK Party in January. TASK is an improvisational event created in 2002 by artist
Oliver Herring, whose work is currently on view. Throughout the event, participants
collectively dream up instructions and carry them out with the materials provided. The
BMA will start the party with some creative tasks and materials in a designated area,
then let the party take over with participants contributing to a TASK Pool and carrying
out those inspired tasks. Examples from other TASK Parties include making as many
paper airplanes as you can in 10 minutes and launching them, making a name tag
with a fake name and introducing yourself to 10 people, and creating and giving away
paper crowns to someone you’ve never met. The possibilities are endless!
BMA Trustees, Council donors, and guests
enjoyed hearing from BMA Senior Curator
Katy Rothkopf and then immersing
themselves in the exhibition at the Council
preview and reception.
6. Richard Diebenkorn’s daughter, Gretchen
Diebenkorn Grant, and Richard Grant
7. Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs
Jay Fisher with BMA Trustee Fiona Ong
8. Carla Katzenberg and Myrna Goldberg
Members Preview Party
October 22, 2016
9.–12. Members filled the galleries and
enjoyed a special reception, which
included a live drawing activity inspired
by the iconic work in the exhibition.
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PHOTOS BY MAXIMILIAN FRANZ
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MEMBER TRAVEL
The BMA is pleased to offer exceptional
travel opportunities to its Members. Travel
with fellow art enthusiasts, enjoy expert
guides, and experience extraordinary public
and private collections. Participation is
limited, and trips do sell out. Travel eligibility
varies by Membership level.
Day Trips
Domestic Travel
Contributor/Sustainer level
and above ($275+)
International Travel
Contributor/Sponsor level
and above ($550+)
To receive updates and reminders about
Member travel opportunities, call the
Members Hotline at 443-573-1800 and
sign up for Member eNews at artbma.org.
IWAN BAAN
All Membership levels
An Art Lover’s Tour of Paris
May 23–29, 2017
Enjoy an exclusive week in Paris discovering some of its newest and most important
museums with BMA Senior Curator Katy Rothkopf. Your trip includes visits to two of
Paris’s newest museum attractions: the Louis Vuitton Foundation (pictured above) and the
recently renovated Picasso Museum. A VIP tour is planned for the Marmottan Museum
and the Centre Pompidou. Brancusi’s Studio and the Quai Branley Museum, featuring
indigenous art of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, are also part of the itinerary.
Paris is Katy’s favorite city—don’t miss this opportunity to explore its treasures with her!
First-class accommodations at the Hotel Westminster, many meals, extensive museum
sightseeing, and expert tour guides are all included in this deluxe tour. For more
information, call 443-573-1809.
An Art Lover’s Tour of Paris is open to $550+
Sponsor Members. Upgrade to the Sponsor
level to enjoy international travel with the BMA.
LARRY ALBEE
Member Day Trip: Glorious Gardens
Friday, May 19, 2017
Discover the grandeur and history of two of the region’s
most luxurious mansions, Longwood Gardens and
Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. Travelers will
learn about the many treasures collected in these beautiful
homes as well as enjoy free time to explore the magnificent
grounds. Lunch, transportation, and gratuities are included.
Please call 443-573-1800 for details and pricing.
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COUNCIL
EVENTS
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Members Family
Valentine Party
Saturday, February 11, 10 a.m.–noon
FREE; Registration required
Celebrate Valentine’s Day by bringing
your littlest loved ones to the BMA! Join
us for a special Members-only morning
with art activities, cookie decorating,
and more! Visit artbma.org for details.
RSVP required. Call 443-573-1800; email
[email protected]; or visit artbma.org.
BMA COUNCIL
AND CORPORATE
COUNCIL TOURS
In thanks for their generous support of the
Museum, donors to the BMA Council and
Corporate Council Campaigns are invited
to enjoy these private tours and receptions.
Shifting Views: People & Politics
in Contemporary African Art
Thursday, February 23
Tour: 5:30 p.m.; Reception: 6:30 p.m.
MAXIMILIAN FRANZ
Meet the BMA’s new Associate Curator
for African Arts Shannen Hill and discover
Shifting Views, featuring seven artists who
each offer pointedly political perspectives
on the lives of Africans and their diasporic
descendants.
Off the Shelf: Modern &
Contemporary Artists’ Books
Tuesday, March 14
Tour: 11:30 a.m.
Rena Hoisington, Senior Curator of Prints,
Drawings & Photographs, will delve into the
complex collaborations between writers,
visual artists, printers, and publishers that are
required to create these amazing artworks in
book form.
Print Fair Benefits for Members
Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
BMA Members receive free tickets to the Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair—named Best
Art Sale by Baltimore Magazine! For one weekend every two years, select printers and
gallerists from across the country convene in Baltimore for an exciting showcase of limited
editions, drawings, multi-part portfolios, and photographs. Whether you are an experienced collector searching for just the right piece or an art lover treating yourself to a day
of remarkable prints, you receive unrivaled access to experts. Proceeds from the Print Fair
support contemporary acquisitions for the BMA’s collection of works on paper.
For more information on the Print Fair’s events, including a special preview reception on
Friday, March 31, see page 5 or visit artbma.org/go/printfair.
Mark Bradford and Social Abstraction,
with Front Room: Adam Pendleton
Wednesday, April 19
Tour: 5:30 p.m.; Reception: 6:30 p.m.
Christopher Bedford, Dorothy Wagner Wallis
Director; Kristen Hileman, Senior Curator
of Contemporary Art; and Helene Grabow,
Curatorial Assistant, will explore the ideas
behind the work of these two innovative and
important artists.
Upgrade your support to the BMA
Council with a gift of $1,500 or more
and receive invitations to these exclusive Council events. Call the Members
Hotline at 443-573-1800 to join.
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CORPORATE
COUNCIL
CORPORATE COUNCIL
FAMILY NIGHT
Wednesday, April 5, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
STEPHEN SPARTANA
Join us for a fun and kid-friendly evening of
art-making, light fare and drinks, and access
to Off the Shelf: Modern & Contemporary
Artists’ Books.
CORPORATE ANNUAL
FUND DONORS
FISCAL YEAR 2016
The BMA salutes its Corporate Partners for
their outstanding support and commitment to
the arts. For more information on becoming
a member of the Corporate Council and how
your employees might benefit, please call
443-573-1808.
FOUNDER’S LEVEL
$25,000+
T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.
CHAIRMAN’S LEVEL
$10,000–$24,999
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Lord Baltimore Capital Corporation
PNC Bank
Venable Foundation
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
DIRECTOR’S LEVEL
$5,000–$9,999
American Trading and Production Corporation
Bloomberg Philanthropies
DLA Piper LLP
LifeBridge Health
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
The M&T Charitable Foundation
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EXECUTIVE LEVEL
$2,500–$4,999
Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management
Brown Advisory
Cho Benn Holback + Associates, Inc.
D.F. Dent and Company, Inc.
Investment Counselors of Maryland
Marquette Associates
Maryland Transit Administration
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Ziger/Snead LLP Architects
CONTRIBUTOR LEVEL
$1,000–$2,499
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Brown Capital Management
Corporate Office Properties Trust
FreedomCar
Greenspring Associates, Inc.
HMS Insurance Associates, Inc.
Hord Coplan Macht, Inc.
Legg Mason Global Asset Management
Marshall Craft Associates
Merritt Properties
Mueller Associates, Inc.
Murthy Law Firm
Pritchett Controls, Inc.
PwC
RK&K
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
$500–$999
Bonsai Fine Arts, Inc.
Jones Lighting Specialists
Loane Bros., Inc.
Lupin, Inc.
Paris West Optical
RSM US LLP
$250–$499
Corrigan Insurance Agency, Inc.
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Payal Arts International
Rudolph’s Office & Computer Supply
The Ward Center for the Arts
at The St. Paul’s Schools
IN-KIND DONORS
Baltimore Business Journal
Cavanaugh Press
Christie’s DLA Piper LLP
Gertrude’s
Pepe’s
Shawe Rosenthal LLP
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
FRIENDS
GROUPS
JOIN A BMA
FRIENDS GROUP!
Get closer to the heart—
and art—of the Museum.
Friends Group Members meet other art
enthusiasts, enjoy cultural outings, visit private
collections, and connect with curators, artists,
and art experts. Unless otherwise noted, all
events below are exclusively for Members of
Friends Groups and are free for Members of
those groups.
All BMA Members are welcome to join a
Friends Group. Call the Members Hotline
for more information: 443-573-1800.
FRIENDS OF THE ARTS OF AFRICA, THE
PACIFIC, AND THE AMERICAS (FAPA)
For more information, call 443-573-1745.
Curatorial Tour: Shifting Views: People &
Politics in Contemporary African Art –
Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m. – Dr. Shannen Hill,
Associate Curator for African Arts, will discuss
the practices and political motivations of the artists represented in this focus exhibition featuring
contemporary African works on paper from
the BMA collection. Reception follows. RSVP
required; space is limited.
FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN WING (FOAW)
For more information, call 443-573-1768.
Conversation – Wednesday, March 1, 6 p.m. –
Members are invited to meet the BMA’s new
Director Christopher Bedford and hear his
exciting plans for the BMA’s future. Reception
to follow.
Lecture – Wednesday, April 12, 6 p.m. –
Alexandra Kirtley, Curator of American and
Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, will speak on her sensational exhibition,
Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for A Grand
Philadelphia House. Reception to follow.
Private Collection Tour – Sunday, May 7 –
FoAW Members are invited to an exclusive
tour of a stunning collection of American Art.
Attendance is limited; RSVP required.
A South African Colouring Book Enters
BMA Collection
Thanks to generous contributions to the BMA’s art acquisition funds,
the Museum recently acquired one of the most important works of
contemporary African art—A South African Colouring Book (1974–75),
by Gavin Jantjes (b. Cape Town, 1948). This suite of screen prints with
mixed media is the fourth edition in a series of 20.
A South African Colouring Book sharply critiques apartheid and people of
all colors who accepted its legal enactment. Its title calls up the Population
Registration Act (1950), which divided South Africans into one of four
categories based on skin color, and a series of increasingly restrictive laws
that required black people to carry identity passbooks at all times to justify
their movements.
The 11 works include reproductions of Ernest Cole’s (1940–1990)
famous photographs of apartheid’s effects, which he smuggled out of
South Africa and published in the United States in House of Bondage
(Random House, 1967). Jantjes juxtaposes these with the words of
apartheid’s architects and anti-colonial activists, and directives like “Colour
This Slavery Golden” or “Colour These Blacks White.” In each work, an
accountant’s tidy grid runs across the page, but the images and words
atop it adamantly resist neat categorization.
Colour This Labour Dirt Cheap is included in the exhibition Shifting Views: People &
Politics in Contemporary African Art. From Gavin Jantjes’s A South African
Colouring Book. (1974–75). The Baltimore Museum of Art: Art Acquisition Fund,
Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia & Pacific Islands Acquisition Fund, BMA 2016.115.5.
© Gavin Jantjes
In acquiring this suite the BMA joins other prestigious institutions that own
subsequent editions, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
African Art, the Tate Modern, and the South African National Gallery.
BMA Associate Curator Shannen Hill analyzed its political foundation
in her book Biko’s Ghost: The Iconography of Black Consciousness
(University of Minnesota Press, 2014) where the artist’s deep investment
in Black Consciousness is also historicized for the first time.
FRIENDS OF MODERN AND
CONTEMPORARY ART (FoMaCA)
For more information, call 443-573-1763.
PRINT, DRAWING & PHOTOGRAPH
SOCIETY (PDPS)
For more information, call 443-573-1789.
Curatorial Tour – Wednesday, January 11,
6 p.m. – Take advantage of this opportunity to
hear from the force behind Matisse/Diebenkorn,
Senior Curator Katy Rothkopf, and stay to enjoy
the magnificent works in the serene after-hours
atmosphere. Reception follows. FoMaCA
Members only. RSVP required; space is limited.
Winter Seminar Series – Saturday,
February 4 (Snow Date: February 11)
Session 1 – 10:30 a.m. – Jay Fisher, Deputy
Director of Curatorial Affairs, will speak
about the early 19th-century development
of lithography.
Session 2 – 1 p.m. – Printmaker and art
historian Trudi Ludwig Johnson will lecture
on Honoré Daumier’s prints.
Artist Talk: Adam Pendleton – Saturday, March
25, 2 p.m. – Adam Pendleton’s work is grounded
in his 2008 Black Dada Manifesto. Learn what
the up-and-coming multidisciplinary artist means
when he says, “Black Dada is a way to talk about
the future while talking about the past.” Free and
open to the public.
Curatorial Tour: Shifting Views: People &
Politics in Contemporary African Art –
Thursday, April 27, 6 p.m. – Discover a new
perspective on contemporary African works
from the collection with Shannen Hill, Associate
Curator for African Arts. Hill will speak about the
practices and political motivations of the artists
represented in this focus exhibition. Reception
follows. RSVP required; space is limited.
JOSHUA JOHNSON COUNCIL (JJC)
For more information, call 443-573-1816.
Annual Trip – To Be Announced –
Explore the new National Museum of African
American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Open to JJC
members and prospective members. $
Lecture – Thursday, April 13, 6 p.m. – Local
collector Patricia Walters will share images and
commentary on the artworks in her far-reaching
collection of African American art. Open to JJC
Members and prospective members.
Trip – Saturday, May 20 – PDPS will spend the
day at Princeton University Art Museum and
Firestone Library. $
Collection Visit – Sunday, April 23 – PDPS will
visit the collection of Drs. Virginia Adams and
Neal Friedlander.
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MEMBERS
SPRING
SHOPPING
DAYS
ONGOING
EXHIBITIONS
APRIL 7–9
Celebrate
Spring
with Extra
Savings!
Kimono & Obi: Romantic Echoes
from Japan’s Golden Age
Through January 15, 2017
Black Box: John Waters’
Kiddie Flamingos
Through January 22, 2017
Save 20% on all of
the artful items at the
BMA Shop during
these three days
of double discounts
for Members.
Matisse/Diebenkorn
Through January 29, 2017
Front Room: Guerrilla Girls
Through March 12, 2017
On Paper: Finding Form
Through April 30, 2017
FRIDAY, APRIL 7
SATURDAY, APRIL 8
10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Shifting Views: People & Politics
in Contemporary African Art
Through June 18, 2017
SUNDAY, APRIL 9
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Imagining Home
Through August 1, 2018
NEW
EXHIBITIONS
New Shop Hours
Begin February 1
Timeless Weft: Ancient Tapestries
and the Art of Louise B. Wheatley
February 1–July 30, 2017
TUESDAY
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY–SATURDAY
10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Black Box: Tamar Guimarães
& Kasper Akhøj
February 8–June 11, 2017
SUNDAY
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Off the Shelf: Modern &
Contemporary Artists’ Books
March 12–June 25, 2017
Front Room: Adam Pendleton
March 26–August 13, 2017
APRIL 7–9
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0
2
DOUBLE
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PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER MYERS
DISCOUNT
MITRO HOOD
BMA AT A GLANCE
JANUARY
1
12
S U N DAY
W E DN ES DAY
F RI DAY
First Fridays Curatorial Tour:
Shifting Views with Associate Curator
Shannen Hill, 2 p.m.
8
28 SATURDAY
29 SUNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Collage
Portraits, 2–5 p.m.
1 8 WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: Cone Wing
Highlights, 2 p.m.
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FRIDAY
Matisse/Diebenkorn: Members
Closing Party, 6:30–8 p.m.
Art After Hours, 8–11 p.m. $ H
Free Family Sunday: Make Paper
Crowns, 2–5 p.m.
Collection Tour: African Art, 2 p.m.
Commons Collaboration:
LGBTQI+ Home Movie Day, 2 p.m.
Free Family Sunday: Sculpt Paper
Animals, 2–5 p.m.
S U N DAY
11 W E DN ES DAY
Collection Tour: American Wing
Highlights, 2 p.m.
1 5 S UNDAY
Collection Tour: Contemporary Wing,
2 p.m.
6
25 WEDNESDAY
Curatorial Talk: Matisse/Diebenkorn,
with Senior Curator Katy Rothkopf,
7 p.m. (Snow Date: January 19, 7 p.m.)
BMA Closed: New Year’s Day
4
THURSDAY
2 1
S ATURDAY
Open Hours: Home Movie Day, 2 p.m.
ABOVE:
Installation view of Matisse/Diebenkorn showing
left: Richard Diebenkorn. Ocean Park #105. 1978.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, museum purchase,
Sid W. Richardson Foundation Endowment Fund and The
Burnett Foundation, 1991.12.P.P. ©2017 The Richard
Diebenkorn Foundation. Right: Richard Diebenkorn.
Ocean Park #79. 1975. Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased with a grant from the National Endowment of the
Arts and with funds contributed by private donors, 1977,
1977-28-1. ©2017 The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation
2 2 S UNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Cut Paper
Silhouettes, 2–5 p.m.
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BMA AT A GLANCE
FEBRUARY
1
2 5 S ATURDAY
Commons Collaboration:
Becoming: A Living Altar, 2 p.m.
F RI DAY
First Fridays Tour: Timeless Weft
with artist Louise B. Wheatley, 2 p.m.
4
Council Tour and Reception:
Shifting Views, 5:30 p.m. *
W E DN ES DAY
Collection Tour: African American
Artists, 2 p.m.
3
2 3 THURSDAY
2 6 S UNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Make Macramé
Hangings, 2–5 p.m.
S AT URDAY
Big Table Connections: Strange
Fruit, 2 p.m.
5
S U N DAY
Free Family Sunday: Weave a
Coptic-Inspired Textile, 2–5 p.m.
8
W E DN ES DAY
Collection Tour: BMA Contemporary
Wing, 2 p.m.
12 S U N DAY
MARCH
1 Exhibition Tour: Imagining Home,
2 p.m.
18 S AT URDAY
Open Hours: BALTI GURLS, 2 p.m.
19 S U N DAY
Free Family Sunday: Wild Woven
Designs, 2–5 p.m.
22 W E DN ES DAY
Collection Tour: Antioch Mosaics,
2 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: Asian Art, 2 p.m.
3 15 WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: European Painting
& Sculpture, 2 p.m.
1 6 T HURSDAY
Members Preview Party: Off the
Shelf: Modern & Contemporary
Artists’ Books, 6–8 p.m.
Open Hours: Quilting and Storytelling
with Grandmother Edna, 2 p.m.
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Free Family Sunday: Draw Animal
Comics, 2–5 p.m.
Avant-Garde Book Club, 3 p.m.
FR IDAY
First Fridays Curatorial Tour:
Surrealist works on view with Associate
Curator Oliver Shell, 2 p.m.
22 WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: African Art, 2 p.m.
25 SATURDAY
5 S UNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Sculpted
Words, 2–5 p.m.
8 WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: American Wing
Highlights, 2 p.m.
Free Family Sunday: Quilt Hearts,
2–5 p.m.
15 W E DN ES DAY
Council Tour: Off the Shelf: Modern &
Contemporary Artists’ Books, 11:30 a.m.
18 SATURDAY
11 S AT U RD AY
Members Family Valentine Party,
10 a.m.–noon
Creativity Exchange: Intersections
Between Black Artists and BlackOwned Businesses, noon–5 p.m.
See page 13 for details. H
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9
THURSDAY
Council Opening Reception: Off the
Shelf: Modern & Contemporary
Artists’ Books, 6–8 p.m.
Artist Talk: Adam Pendleton, 2 p.m.
26 SUNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Print a Mini
Pocketbook, 2–5 p.m.
29 WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: American Wing
Tiffany & Friends, 2 p.m.
3 0 T HURSDAY
Print Fair Artist Talk: James Siena,
7 p.m.
1 2 S UNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Pop-Up Books,
2–5 p.m.
Artist Conversation: Guerrilla Girl
Frida Kahlo with Senior Curator Kristen
Hileman, 3 p.m. H
3 1 F RIDAY
Baltimore Contemporary Print
Fair Preview, Sale, and Reception,
6–8:30 p.m.
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APRIL
1 S AT U RD AY
Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair,
10 a.m. –8 p.m. $, Members FREE
Panel Discussion: Documenting
the Spirit, 4 p.m.
2 S U N D AY
Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair,
10 a.m. –5 p.m. $, Members FREE
Free Family Sunday: Leaf Prints,
2–5 p.m.
5
W E DN ES DAY
Collection Tour: Cone Wing
Highlights, 2 p.m.
6
T H U RS DAY
Book-Making Workshop: 6 p.m. $ H
7 F RI D AY
Members Spring Shopping Days,
10 a.m.–8 p.m.
First Fridays Curatorial Tour:
Off the Shelf with Senior Curator
Rena Hoisington 2 p.m.
8 S AT U RD AY
Members Spring Shopping Days,
10 a.m.–8 p.m.
9 S U N D AY
Members Spring Shopping Days,
10 a.m.– 5 p.m.
Free Family Sunday: Baby Animal
Paintings, 2–5 p.m.
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1 2 WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: American Wing
Portraits, 2 p.m.
1 5 S ATURDAY
Books and Brunch: May Castleberry
in conversation with Senior Curator
Rena Hoisington, 11:30 a.m. H
Open Hours: A Home Movement
Workshop, 2 p.m.
1 6 S UNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Make
Seed-Infused Paper, 2–5 p.m.
1 9 WEDNESDAY
Collection Tour: Contemporary Wing,
2 p.m.
Council Tour and Reception: Mark
Bradford and Social Abstraction, with
Front Room: Adam Pendleton, 5:30 p.m.
FREE TOURS!
Wednesdays @ 2 p.m.
Exhibition and Collection Tours: Enjoy
docent-led tours of the BMA’s collection
and changing exhibitions.
NEW DATES—First Fridays @ 2 p.m.
Curatorial Tours: Meet the BMA’s art
experts and learn about their exhibitions
and collection areas during these intimate
curator-led tours.
Saturdays @ Noon
BMA Highlights: Get to know some of the
treasures of the BMA’s collection in this
45-minute, docent-led tour.
Sundays @ 2:30 p.m.
Sunday Shorts: Discover the wonder of a
single work of art or gallery in this half-hour,
docent-led tour.
2 3 S UNDAY
Free Family Sunday: Print
Landscapes, 2–5 p.m.
2 6 W EDNESDAY
Exhibition Tour: Imagining Home,
2 p.m.
2 9 S ATURDAY
Reception: Baltimore City Public
Schools Student Art Exhibition,
1–4 p.m.
NEW BMA
HOURS!
Beginning February 1, the
BMA’s new hours will be
Wednesday through Sunday
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
3 0 S UNDAY
Reception: Baltimore County Public
Schools Student Art Exhibition,
1–4 p.m.
Free Family Sunday: Flower Cards,
2–5 p.m.
Avant-Garde Book Club, 3 p.m.
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Item details (clockwise): Abstract Expressionism (Royal Academy of Arts) $65. Desktop
Mobilabstract Arc $60. Notebook Pantone (Pack of 10) $19.95. Telephone Wire Bowl $40.
Biko’s Ghost (BMA’s Dr. Shannen Hill) $29.95. Kid Made Modern (Todd Oldham) $17.95.
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NEW SHOP HOURS BEGIN FEBRUARY 1:
Tuesday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Wednesday–Saturday 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
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John Shields’
GERTRUDE’S AT THE BMA
Celebrity chef John Shields’ elegantly
casual restaurant serves delicious
regional cuisine. Visit Gertrude’s for
brunch or for one of our tasty events
and treat yourself to something special!
Visit gertrudesbaltimore.com to make
reservations online, or call the restaurant
at 410-889-3399, and our staff will be
happy to assist you with your reservation.
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GERTRUDE’S HOURS
Monday
Closed
Tuesday*–Friday 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.
*Closed 2:30–5 p.m. on Tuesdays
Special Times
at Gertrude’s*
Whether it’s dinner for two or a small
group of friends coming together,
an evening at Gertrude’s is the perfect
place to make it a date. Reservations
are recommended, especially for
Valentine’s Day, Easter Sunday, and
Mother’s Day. Make reservations
at opentable.com or by calling 410889-3399.
Weekly special nights include
Tuesdays with Gertie, where entrees
are $15 on the Gertie’s Café Menu
(including crab cakes), Half Price Wine
on Wednesdays (by the glass or by the
bottle), and Friday night Happy Hour,
featuring wine flights and small plates.
Enjoy live music while you dine on
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Saturday Brunch 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Dinner
5–9 p.m.
Sunday Brunch 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Dinner 5–8 p.m.
Afternoon Tea
The first Friday and Saturday of each
month, join us at Gertrude’s for an
elegant three-course tea featuring
savories and sweets. Such a delightful
way to spend an afternoon! Reservations are a must and can be made by
calling the restaurant.
* Please note that the BMA Member
10% discount is not offered for
Afternoon Tea, Valentine’s Day,
Easter Sunday, or Mother’s Day.
Weddings and Special
Occasions
Celebrations at Gertrude’s dazzle the
senses. With our view of the BMA
Sculpture Garden, outdoor terrace,
tenting capabilities and beautiful starlit ceiling, Gertrude’s will make
your event truly memorable—be it
a corporate function, garden party,
storybook wedding, or other special
occasion celebrations. Gertrude’s can
accommodate up to 180 guests for a
station/buffet menu event, and 100
guests for a seated & served dinner.
Ceremonies with 120 attendees can
be accommodated on Gertrude’s
terrace overlooking the BMA Sculpture
Garden. Call 410-889-3399 to
schedule your next party.
MUSEUM
INFORMATION
BMA HOURS & ADMISSION
Wednesday–Friday
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday*
11 a.m.–6 p.m.
* NEW HOURS BEGIN
FEBRUARY 1
Wednesday–Sunday
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays,
New Year’s Day, July 4,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day
In the event of inclement weather,
please call 443-573-1700 for
information on Museum closings.
Free general admission—
for everyone, every day!
There may be a charge for certain
special exhibitions. Only BMA
Members receive unlimited free
admission to ticketed exhibitions.
Ongoing support for free admission
at the BMA has been provided
through generous endowment gifts
from the Cohen Family Fund for Free
Admission, Lord Baltimore Capital
Corporation, Mary J. and James D.
Miller, James S. Riepe Family Foundation, and the DLA Piper Fund.
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BMA TODAY is published three times
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Museum of Art.
Editors: Anne Brown & Jessica Novak
Designer: Lisa Pupa
Issue number 153
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