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October 15, 2016 – January 8, 2017 - The exhibition explores the significance of the forest interior, or sous-bois, to the art of Vincent van Gogh. Into the Undergrowth traces the evolution of the artist’s style and techniques through this special group of landscape paintings spanning his career. Featuring more than 20 works on loan from American, Asian, and European collections, this exhibition a...

October 8, 2016 – January 1, 2017 - This will be a major exhibition of photographs, prints, books, and other artworks made in Lexington, Kentucky, during the third quarter of the 20th century. The Lexington Camera Club, an organization devoted to the art and craft of photography, anchors the exhibition. This exhibition is the Art Museum’s signal presentation for the FotoFocus 2016 Biennial, a regi...

July 11, 2016 - November 13, 2016 - This exhibition describes how printmakers, for over six centuries have represented felines in their work. Across the centuries, cats appear starting with Albrecht Dürer’s Adam and Eve where a cat coyly waits to pounce on a mouse to the intimate domestic scene in Rembrandt van Rijn’s Virgin and Child with a Cat and Snake. From Francisco Goya’s nightmarish The Sle...

May 14 - November 14, 2016 - In this exhibition is the new selection from the sketchbooks of Cincinnati favorite Elizabeth Nourse (1859–1938) features portrayals of cats and dogs. Although the artist is best known for her sensitive depictions of people, animals also appear throughout her sketchbooks. These drawings showcase Nourse’s close observations of animal appearance and behavior, as well as ...