The Baltimore Museum of Art is making another big splash.
Nearly a year after Amy Sherald broke BMA attendance records with “American Sublime,” it will soon be Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys’ turn to take over the city’s premier art museum.
“Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys” will run at the BMA from April 18, 2027, to Aug. 8, 2027, the museum announced Saturday night at its annual BMA Ball gala.
The exhibition will feature approximately 130 works by Black 20th- and 21st-century artists from the personal collection of Swizz Beatz and Keys, the hip-hop and R&B power couple who married in 2010.
Notable artists with works in the exhibit include Maryland Institute College of Art alumna Sherald, Baltimore native Derrick Adams, photographer Gordon Parks, video artist Arthur Jafa and painter Mickalene Thomas, among others.
“Woman in Grayscale (Alicia),” pigmented inkjet print by Derrick Adams. (Glenn Steigelman)
“Man in Grayscale (Swizz),” pigmented inkjet print by Derrick Adams. (Glenn Steigelman)
“With a few of the featured artists calling Baltimore home, this installment feels so meaningful,” Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz said in a statement. “We’re honored to bring Giants to a city whose spirit embodies everything the exhibition celebrates.”
“Seeing these extraordinary artists brought together through the vision and stewardship of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys creates a powerful opportunity to celebrate the innovation and influence of Black artistic practice across generations,” said Asma Naeem, the BMA’s director, in a statement.
“Giants” offers art fans another chance to see Sherald’s acclaimed portraits of Black American life at the BMA.
Sherald’s “American Sublime,” which ran from November 2025 to this April, was a massive hit for the museum. More than 70,000 visitors saw it, according to the BMA, making it the most attended exhibit in at least the last 26 years.
“Giants” will feature Sherald’s 2022 diptych “Deliverance,” which was inspired by Baltimore’s dirt bike culture. The Columbus, Georgia, native lived and worked in Baltimore from 2001 to 2018.
While the BMA is free to enter, “Giants” will require a purchased ticket. Tickets will go on sale in March.
Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, “Giants” debuted in New York in February 2024 and has since toured across the country, with stops at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Most recently, the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields hosted the exhibit.
Before “Giants” opens, locals can enjoy Keys’ music on a Baltimore theater stage: “Hell’s Kitchen,” the Broadway musical based on her life, opens at the Hippodrome on Tuesday and runs through Sunday.