What 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 […]
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Pulitzer 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 […]
Pianist 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 […]
Art 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 (Guitars/Keys) began […]
Art 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 hypnotizing indie punch. The […]
May 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 […]
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Social and Community Engaged Art: The Genuine and the Artificial
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 musical interpretation […]
Be 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 dimensions […]
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 […]
Callahan Lecture: Illustrating Victorious Lives: Jaina Narrative Painting
On Saturday, March 8, the BMA welcomed Robert J. Del Bontà, Ph.D., who led the discussion Illustrating Victorious Lives: Jaina Narrative Painting. Dr. Del Bontà examined the illustrated manuscripts that detail the lives of the Jainas, through the lens of the Svetambara and Digambara. Seeing these illustrated narratives side by side was both rare and informative, and it was the first lecture on this topic held at the BMA.