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July 14 - October 20, 2017 - The exhibition also includes sculpture, drawing and weaving to expand upon the themes of division and connection. Precariously balanced on tables and mirrors, Benson’s hybrid instruments stir uneasiness in the viewer as their off-kilter nature suggests perpetual turmoil. In a sister work shredded flags combine all the emblems of the countries where the brothers’ immedi...

May 05 - August 27, 2017 -

April 1, 2017 – August 13, 2017 - ​This exhibition describes as a painter, Louis C. Tiffany was captivated by the interplay of light and color and this fascination found its most spectacular expression in his glass “paintings”. Explore iconic and celebrated Tiffany windows and lamps that highlight the contributions of Tiffany Studio artists including chemist Arthur Nash and designers Agnes Northro...

February 11, 2017 – May 7, 2017 - This exhibition celebrates his prints capturing the beauty of Japan’s landscape and architectural monuments in a way that is totally modern in its individualized expression, not unlike the era’s action painting in the West. This exhibition of his later woodcuts will be the first solo exhibition of the artist’s work in the United States.

February 11, 2017 – May 7, 2017 - This exhibition introduces Japanese samurai culture and arts from the 16th–19th centuries. The 130 warrior-related objects are selected from the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum and Gary Grose, a local collector. In addition to 11 full suits of armor and a wide variety of arms, this exhibition will also feature the museum’s related Japanese art works, incl...

February 10 - June 18, 2017 -This exhibition emerges out of performance work Anderson is doing with readings of scripts established through interviews of black men. Prompted by the provocative question, “When did you know you were black?” he produces a series of intimate interviews/recollections as to the origin and genealogy of black consciousness . While there is no one consensus of black though...

December 10, 2016 – June 11, 2017 - This exhibition brings together the pictures of an ethereal, serene world that will invite visitors to consider meanings beyond visible details. A sense of mystery prevails in the scenes William Clift, Linda Connor and Michael Kenna capture. Featuring lyrical interpretations rather than documentary fragments, their black-and-white photographs reveal moments stee...

November 18, 2016 - February 26, 2017 - The exhibition features twelve recent photographic prints made from the original negatives, as well as examples of the negatives themselves. These astounding images conjure the Queen City’s vibrant past.

October 29, 2016 – January 22, 2017 - This exhibition celebrates the talent, highlighting the museum’s legacy of nurturing working artists and exhibiting art generated in the local community. Approximately 35 artworks, selected by a jury of regional arts professionals, will be on view.

October 22, 2016 - January 15, 2017 - The 41 photographs in this exhibition can be viewed as documentation, as art, and as promotion. The photographers presented America’s natural splendor in a way that was accepted as scientific and factual, but they also constructed a vision of the West as a land ripe for development, exploitation, tourism and, in some cases, preservation. Several of the photogr...