Slavs and Tatars: Long Legged Linguistics, September 20, 2014
Slavs and Tatars joined the Birmingham Museum of Art for ART PAPERS LIVE on Saturday, September 20. This illustrated presentation explored the potential of language as a strategy of both resistance and...
View ArticleVideo: Derrick Adams’“The Entertainer”
On Saturday, March 28, the Museum welcomed artist Derrick Adams, as he performed The Entertainer with STATIC | DISTORTION |INTERFERENCE. The Entertainer is an original performance that incorporates a...
View ArticleArt On The Rocks Exclusive: Clear Plastic Masks
While elbowing their way through New York City life in 2011, vocalist and guitarist Andrew Katz met drummer Charles Garmendia. Brooklyn acquaintances Eduardo DuQuesne (Bass/keys) and Matt Menold...
View ArticlePianist Sean Chen Performs at the Museum
The 18th Annual Lavona Rushton Concert will take place on Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30PM. To see (and hear!) why you should attend, watch this video of our performer Sean Chen: Video from The...
View ArticlePulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Laureate Comes To The Museum
During our ART PAPERS LIVE event, happening Saturday, January 9 at 11AM, the Museum is excited to host a conversation between artist Bethany Collins and Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Laureate Natasha...
View ArticleWhat the Body Can Say
On Saturday, January 9, the Museum partnered once again with Art Papers to present Art Papers Live. During the event, What the Body Can Say, we hosted a conversation between Natasha Trethewey and...
View ArticleBe a Part of the Big Picture
Donate Now Walking down the long hallway toward the American Gallery, you see Albert Bierstadt’s Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California. At just over five feet tall and eight feet wide, the grand...
View ArticleDerrick Adams’“The Entertainer”
On Saturday, March 28, the Museum welcomed artist Derrick Adams, as he performed The Entertainer with STATIC | DISTORTION |INTERFERENCE. The Entertainer is an original performance that incorporates a...
View ArticleMay 2015: Moon Jar
Jar (Dal Hang-ari), Korean, about 1700 Since the 10th century, Korean artists have produced white porcelain. After a long demand for celadon (pale green) ceramics, white porcelain gained popularity in...
View ArticleArt On The Rocks Exclusive: Interview with The Shadowboxers
Hailing from neighboring Atlanta, the Shadowboxers are gaining national attention. The trio sings harmonies paired with jazzy-to-folk guitar, bass, and keys, and their compiled talent packs a...
View ArticleArt On The Rocks Exclusive: Clear Plastic Masks
While elbowing their way through New York City life in 2011, vocalist and guitarist Andrew Katz met drummer Charles Garmendia. Brooklyn acquaintances Eduardo DuQuesne (Bass/keys) and Matt Menold...
View ArticlePianist Sean Chen Performs at the Museum
The 18th Annual Lavona Rushton Concert will take place on Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30PM. To see (and hear!) why you should attend, watch this video of our performer Sean Chen: Video from The...
View ArticlePulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Laureate Comes To The Museum
During our ART PAPERS LIVE event, happening Saturday, January 9 at 11AM, the Museum is excited to host a conversation between artist Bethany Collins and Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Laureate Natasha...
View ArticleWhat the Body Can Say
On Saturday, January 9, the Museum partnered once again with Art Papers to present Art Papers Live. During the event, What the Body Can Say, we hosted a conversation between Natasha Trethewey and...
View ArticleLobby Projects: Artist Talk With Bethany Collins
On Saturday, April 16, the Birmingham Museum of Art debuted its new series, lobby projects, an initiative which invites contemporary artists to create site-specific works in the Museum’s main entrance....
View ArticleArt On The Rocks Exclusive: Amasa Hines
Fresh off the stages of South by Southwest and this weekend’s Bonnaroo festival, Amasa Hines will make their next stop at the Birmingham Museum of Art on June 17 for the first Art On The Rocks of the...
View ArticleArt Papers Live: Extreme Gulf Present
On Thursday, July 28, we partnered once again with Art Papers to present Art Papers Live. During the event, Extreme Gulf Present, the Museum hosted a screening by artist Sophia Al-Maria and...
View ArticleArt On The Rocks Exclusive- Magic at the Museum
The 2016 season finale of Art On The Rocks, sponsored by Dale’s Seasoning, is going to be truly magical. For the first time in the history of the event, the art of illusion will come to life at the...
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