BmoreArt’s Picks: April 14-20 This Week: Lecture by Dr. Myers Perry at Goucher, Dr. Denise Murrell curator talk at the BMA, More Than Trust opening reception at Design Distillery, MICA’s PANTOMIME multi media event + RECLAIM fashion show, Collis Donadio installation at Pikesville Armory, Lola Flash opening reception + artist talk at Silber Gallery, Ekene Ijeoma’s Inviting Light debut, opening receptions for 2026 Baker Artist Award Finalist Showcase + James Bouché at Current Space, The Active Power of Touch opening reception at The Peale, CAC’s World Art Day Open House, Douriean Fletcher opening day celebration at The Walters, and an “Art of the Collectors” panel discussion at Galerie Myrtis — PLUS curatorial applications open at MOCA Arlington and more featured opportunities! BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas. For a more comprehensive perspective, check the BmoreArt Calendar page, which includes ongoing exhibits and performances, and is updated on a daily basis. To submit your calendar event, email us at [email protected]! Artist Talk: Material Witness: Art, Memory, and the Politics of Presence Tuesday, April 14 :: 4-6pm@ Goucher Hyman Forum This talk explores Afrofuturism, a field encompassing scholarly inquiry, as well as artistic and cultural production. Dr. Myers Perry will address its visual languages of materiality, spatiotemporality, and Black liberation in visual arts, music, and film. Presented by Goucher Art Galleries, VMC, and Studio Art Curator Talk: Denise Murrell—Matisse and Martinique in Context Thursday, April 16 :: 6-7:15pm@ Baltimore Museum of Art Join us for an illuminating lecture by Dr. Denise Murrell that explores her work as the inaugural Fellow of the Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies and guest curator of Matisse and Martinique: Portraits and Poetry. Dr. Murrell is a distinguished art historian and curator whose work has reshaped scholarly and public understanding of 19th- and 20th-century art through the lenses of race, representation, and modernism. Dr. Murrell brings her acclaimed scholarship to a rarely explored moment in Matisse’s work, exploring his brief visit Martinique in the 1930s and his collaborations with Caribbean and international models and artists through illustration. This event will include ASL interpretation and live captioning by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and assistive listening devices are available. Please see Accessibility at BMA for additional resources to support your visit. If there are any additional accommodations or resources we can provide to support your attendance, please call 443-573-1701 or email [email protected]. Advance notice is appreciated but not required. More Than Trust: Visual Art Group Exhibition | Public Opening Reception Thursday, April 16 :: 6-9pm@ Design Distillery It is our pleasure to present the visual art exhibition More Than Trust at Design Distillery, one of the biggest contemporary art galleries in Baltimore City, combining striking interior design elements with meaningful art. Curated by Alex French, this exhibition features over 30 artists from New York City and Baltimore who begin with vulnerability, they’re ok with not being ok, while working towards self-discovery. They look within and reach out to us, sharing pieces of themself, both experience and artefact made of something somehow more than trust. This three-month-long group exhibition opens Thursday, April 16th 2026 with a reception from 6-9pm generously supported by Union Craft Brewing, at Design Distillery in the Inner Harbor, directly across from the Baltimore Museum of Industry (1414 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD USA). Read more of this week’s picks at BmoreArt. ...read more read less