ENTERTAINMENT
By Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun | December 8, 2012
With its bell tower, arched windows and handsome red-brick facade, the structure at 1427 Light St. looks like what it once was — an elementary school. Nothing about the 1890 building suggests that for the past 33 years, School 33 has been one of Baltimore's premier showcases for contemporary local art. That's about to change, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation that will help enhance the reputation of the nonprofit, city-run arts group with its neighbors, throughout the city and nationwide.
NEWS
By Jean Marbella, The Baltimore Sun | June 1, 2012
For the Contemporary Museum , which abruptly announced last month that it was suspending operations, the challenge going forward may be implicit in its name: How does it stay contemporary? The museum began exhibiting cutting-edge art in Baltimore 23 years ago, helping to create an appetite for nontraditional works. Now it hopes to reinvent itself in an increasingly crowded cultural landscape. "Things have changed from those days," said Rebecca Hoffberger, whose opening in 1995 of the American Visionary Art Museum on Key Highway is one such change.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun | October 4, 2011
More than 10,000 items in the Walters Art Museum — about a third of the total collection — can now be viewed and downloaded online for free, without copyright restrictions. The museum's collection is "basically public domain," said Dylan Kinnett, manager of web and social media at the Walters. "Something like this would be less likely at a museum with contemporary art, where the artist is still alive or the estate is still active. " The free online accessibility, which complements the Walters' free admission policy, allows viewers to see works spanning several eras, from ancient Egypt and the Americas to 18th- and 19th-century Europe.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun | December 30, 2010
There are only two weeks left to bid adieu to Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning and all those other modernists whose brilliant, often challenging works fill the Baltimore Museum of Art 's West Wing. Only two weeks left to stand underneath "Flower Observatory," Olafur Eliasson's massive steel sculpture, and be awed one more time by the magical starscape revealed inside. The 16-year-old West Wing, where a substantial portion of the BMA's valuable contemporary art collection is showcased, is about to undergo an extensive yearlong makeover.
BUSINESS
By Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun | November 16, 2010
The Baltimore Museum of Art on Tuesday night selected Synthesis, a Columbia-based firm, to serve as project manager and owner's representative for a three-year, $24 million renovation. The museum's board of trustees voted unanimously to hire the company, which also served as the project manager for the American Brewery conversion in East Baltimore and for the expansion of the Maryland Science Center . As part of its contract, Synthesis will coordinate the selection of the architectural and construction management firms and will assist the museum in completing the project on schedule and on budget.
NEWS
By Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun | October 12, 2010
The Baltimore Museum of Art 's west wing will be closed for renovations for more than a year, starting on Jan. 17, 2011. The Baltimore Museum of Art 's west wing will be closed for renovations for more than a year, starting on Jan. 17, 2011. The closure is part of the museum's $24 million renovation plan that will upgrade the buildings currently housing the contemporary art, American art and African art collections. Among other things, the west wing renovations will include the addition of state of the art lighting in the 16 galleries, plus the construction of a black box space dedicated to showcasing new media.