The BMA is a FREE destination for you and your loved ones to enjoy some quality time together over this holiday season!
UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS
Museum Store Sunday
Sunday, December 1st // 12-5PM
FREE EVENT
Please join us for a shopping day dedicated to finding unique, artist-inspired gifts, and supporting local creators! Enjoy special holiday perks like free gift wrapping and complimentary snacks; free coffee and hot chocolate; and specialty drinks from B&B Beverages. In addition, the shop will offer several gift with purchase opportunities. Dive deeper into our collection with art activities like a gallery tour and a scavenger hunt; and stop by our membership table to learn about all the benefits of becoming a museum member.
The event will feature exclusive collections from talented artists and vendors, including:
Jewlrey designer, Yogi Dada - @yogidadaart
Local artist, Vero VanBlaere - @vero_the_traveling_artist
Indian textiles from J. Catma - @j.catma
and unique stationary by Mawu Greetings - @mawu_greetings
All items will be 10% off, while Museum members will enjoy a 20% discount, both in-store and online! Don’t miss this chance to shop, sip, and support the arts—while enjoying a festive day at the museum!
ART AFTER 5
Die Hard
Friday, December 6 // 5 - 9PM
Free Admission
Yippee-Ki-Yay, art lovers! Join us at the BMA after hours for December’s Art After 5, where art meets 80s action. This holiday season, we’re channeling the iconic Die Hard! Step into the ultimate Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza featuring signature cocktails, art-making activities, explosive tunes, exciting games—and a FREE screening of Die Hard in our auditorium, complete with a snack and candy bar. Welcome to the party, pal!
Stay tuned for more details coming soon.
Image Credit: Edited film still of Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988).
Hayward Oubre: Stuctural Integrity
Through February 2, 2025
This exhibition celebrates a key figure in the history of Black American art, Hayward L. Oubre, Jr. (1916 – 2006). Through a broad range of dazzling works of art, the show explores the achievements of a luminary of American modernism. Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity is the first monographic retrospective of Oubre’s artwork, and shares a previously unexamined history of American modernism rooted in the South through 52 sculptures, paintings, and prints.
Presented with generous support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Warner Foundation, the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, and the Henry Luce Foundation.
Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden
Through April 20, 2025
Born and raised in Birmingham, John Rhoden (1916–2001) was an accomplished twentieth-century African American sculptor. With a sculptural sensibility defined by his extensive world travels, sensualism, and a breadth of visual influences, Rhoden worked in a style that was ahead of his time. Featuring approximately fifty sculptures in bronze, wood, and stone, the exhibition illustrates the visual and technical mastery of this award-winning artist.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges, the City of Birmingham, Terra Foundation for American Art, William Penn Foundation, Wyeth Foundation for American Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Henry Luce Foundation.