BMA announced 'lights at the end of the world': 11 large-scale handwoven tapestries exploring Black life and liberation through the Chesapeake Bay. Nov 8, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 in Baltimore.
Photo: Diedrick Brackens, "blood compass" (2024) / Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art has announced 'lights at the end of the world': about 11 large-scale handwoven tapestries and sculptural weavings by Diedrick Brackens, Nov 8, 2026 through Feb 28, 2027.
Brackens works in hand-dyed cotton, weaving West African, Southern quilting, and European tapestry traditions together to explore Black life and liberation through the Chesapeake Bay.
Mark the date: Baltimore, in COZĀRT's priority region.
Opened Oct 16 in Washington DC through May 2, 2027. Nearly 100 objects tracing 450 years of Black women engaging Shakespeare: Wheatley, Morrison, Angelou, Hansberry. Free at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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