The Baltimore Museum of Art has announced the acquisition of approximately 118 artworks over the past six months. The new additions to its collection—purchases, gifts, and promised gifts—span periods, cultures, and mediums, strengthening the BMA’s holdings of art from around the globe as well as work by Baltimore-area artists.
The acquisitions include 64 works gifted by Baltimore resident Constance R. Caplan, a former BMA board chair who has been actively engaged with the institution for more than 50 years. Her gift includes pieces by Janine Antoni, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Fernanda Gomes, Robert Morris, Stephen Parrino, Richard Tuttle, Lee Ufan, Jack Whitten, Lisa Yuskavage, and others.
Other acquisitions include paintings by Oswaldo Guayasamín, Amy Sherald, Louis Fratino, and Stanton MacDonald-Wright; sculptures, mixed-media works, and installations by Rina Banerjee, Ali Eyal, Sanaa Gateja, and Reverend Joyce McDonald; ceramics by Siphiwe Nala and Heidi Lau; photographs by Curran Hatleberg and Oumar Ka; and works on paper by Tarsila do Amaral, Margaret Burroughs, and Ben Shahn.
“Over the past several years, the BMA has invested strongly in several important strategies: enhancing the scope and meaning of collection diversification; developing deep relationships with private and public collaborators who share our institutional ideals; and uplifting Baltimore’s vibrant and growing artistic community. The acquisitions announced today are a beautiful and exciting encapsulation of those priorities,” said Asma Naeem, the BMA’s Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director.
Below, a look at seven works newly acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art.
