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Latoya M. Hobbs with her painting
Arts+culture
Two paintings join Hopkins' growing collection of contemporary art
Published Oct 16, 2024
The Bloomberg School of Public Health is the new home for two paintings by Baltimore artists Latoya M. Hobbs and Ernest Shaw Jr.
SHAN Wallace speaks at the installation of her photographs at the School of Nursing
Arts+culture
Art finds a new home at Nursing
Published June 17, 2024
Two black and white photographs by Baltimore artist SHAN Wallace are now on display at the School of Nursing—the debut location for the university's new public art initiative
A collage of different sculptures, paintings, and printed photographs.
Arts
Hopkins launches major effort to elevate the arts
Published June 4, 2024
A new initiative led by Dan Weiss, former president of the Metropolitan Museum, aspires to boost the arts across the university
Two siblings hug each other on a Baltimore street corner
Shifting Perspectives
Published Spring 2024
Meet the six Baltimore-based artists whose work will be on permanent display at Johns Hopkins, helping to celebrate the city's flourishing artistic talent and build bridges between the university and surrounding communities / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Black and white photo of two children hugging on a street corner in Baltimore
Arts+Culture
Seeing Baltimore through a new lens
Published March 13, 2024
Meet the six Baltimore-based artists whose work will be on permanent display at JHU, helping to celebrate the city's flourishing artistic talent
Johns Hopkins student and selection committee member Maya Kelsey Johnson, standing, and artist LaToya Hobbs look at a painting titled *How Johnetta Taught Us to Pray II*
Names+Narratives
Baltimore artists to inspire campus conversations
Published Nov 7, 2023
Initiative will bring contemporary works of art to JHU, with a goal of selecting artists and artwork representing a broad range of perspectives
Alumni profile
The art of the selfie
Published Dec 28, 2015
Celebrated painter, JHU alum Raoul Middleman has created a staggering 20,000 paintings, drawings over his 55-year career
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Nazis, stolen art, and George Clooney
Published Jan-Feb 2014 Video
Molly Warnock, an assistant professor of art history, discusses why the Nazis cared so much about art, subject of the forthcoming film 'The Monuments Men' / Gazette
Painter Lennart Anderson to speak at Johns Hopkins
Published Sept 12, 2012
He is regarded as one of the elder statesmen of American representational painting
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Lost, found, restored
Published Fall 2012
Eugene Leake landscape painting had been stuffed in janitor's closet in freshman residence hall / Johns Hopkins Magazine