Vive la France!

The BMA has recently added this stunning pair of candlesticks to its permanent collection. Made in 1872, the candlesticks reflect the 19th-century interest in past cultures and styles and the […]

Recent Acquisitions: Pure Abstraction

Werner and Sarah-Ann (Wynn and Sally) Kramarsky have been collectors, curators, and collaborators in the realm of Post-Minimalist and Conceptual art for decades. After amassing a large collection, they opened […]

Recent Acquisitions: Sunita, Sita, and Nirmala

The three girls seen in this photograph, Sunita, Sita, and Nirmala, were participants in Balika Mela, a fair for young girls held annually in the Lunkaransar block of Rajasthan, India. […]

The Samurai Spirit

The Museum has just acquired an outstanding collection of Japanese samurai material, which has been on loan and on view at the BMA for many years. As one of the […]

Our Common Ground

Founded in 1951 as a department of the city of Birmingham, the Museum of Art was subject to the same Jim Crow laws that variously established “separate but equal” accommodations […]