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Modernisms, Curated by Susan Isaacs
The Jewish Museum of Maryland THROUGH FEB. 15, 2026
Curated by professor and multidisciplinary artist Susan Isaacs, this exhibition showcases 13 Baltimore individuals whose work engages with modernist art theories such as Post- Impressionism, Fauvism, German Expressionism, Cubism, Art Deco, Surrealism and Bauhaus. The Jewish Museum of Maryland reopened in March 2025 after an extensive 18-month renovation on aimed at redefining the visitor experience and engaging the community.
Paws on Parchment The Walters Art Museum THROUGH FEB. 15, 2026
A cat lover’ s dream exhibition,“ Paws on Parchment” explores how medieval people thought about, engaged with and admired cats through the animals’ presence in global manuscripts. Notably, this exhibition marks the first time the Walters’ Flemish“ pawprint” manuscript from the 1470s is publicly shown.
Fantastic Realities: Truth Stranger than Fiction
American Visionary Art Museum OCT. 4, 2025 – AUG. 31, 2026
Enter a surreal suspension of time and space, where private worlds imagined by visionary artists, scientists and cultural futurists unfold in vivid, handcrafted detail. From pastel spirit portals to soap-carved universes and clay dystopias on stalled subway trains, each work in“ Fantastic Realities” invites us to ponder our convictions and their origins. In an age of deepfakes and disappearing truths, these constructed realities ask: What world are we living in— and what world might we dare to build instead?
IMAGE: Stephanie Lucas, Tomorrow the Dogs( Demain led Chiens), courtesy of the American Visionary Art Museum
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The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China and Korea
Baltimore Museum of Art SEPT. 21, 2025 – MAR. 8, 2026
Part of the BMA’ s Turn Again to the Earth environmental initiative,“ The Way of Nature” demonstrates a way of living where mountains, seas, animals, plant life and insects are symbolically meaningful and historically pervasive in visual culture. More than 40 artworks from Japan, China and Korea encourage us to be mindful of our footprint and experience the natural world as foundational to our existence.
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Kiln: Arita kilns; Imari-style Dish Decorated with a Meandering River and Falling Maple Leaves. Late 17th-early 18th century Japan, Hizen province. Baltimore Museum of Art, Gift of Frederick Singley Koontz, Baltimore, in Memory of Laurance P. and Isabel S. Roberts. BMA 2006.54
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