by Conservation

4/8/2021

CAMConservation , conservation , textiles , textileconservation , Elizabeth Hawes , behind the scenes

Precision dyeing and color-matching is an important part of textile conservation and this week, we have a dyed-to-match success to report for this silk Argentine flag from the Elizabeth Hawes Flag Dress.

by Nathaniel M. Stein, Ph.D.

4/5/2021

IOWA , Nancy Rexroth , photography , Appalachia , Light on IOWA , Ann Segal

IOWA was the kind of book that changed the way photography lovers could imagine the expressive possibilities of the medium. It stuck with people.

by Conservation

4/1/2021

ceramics , islamic ceramics , ceramics conservation , behind the scenes , objects conservation , CAMConservation

This week we have an 18thC Islamic ceramic vessel with beautiful underglaze decoration.

by By Dr. Hou-mei Sung

3/29/2021

Utagawa Kōshū , 歌川珖舟 , Japanese Spring Festivals , East Asian Art , Hanging Scroll

Doll-like figures celebrate major Japanese spring festivals in this breathtaking 19th century masterpiece.

by Ainsley M. Cameron, PhD, Curator of South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities

3/25/2021

Women's History Month , Anila Agha , permanent collection

We recently chatted with female artist Anila Quayyum Agha in celebration of Women’s History Month–commemorating and encouraging the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in history.

by Conservation

3/25/2021

#CAMConservation , #Paintings_Conservation , X-raying_paintings , X-ray , X-radiography , hid , #hidden_paintings

Our paintings conservator is examining this very large still-life in preparation for cleaning it.

by Conservation

3/18/2021

Albrecht Dürer , Frist Art Museum , Nashville , Tennessee

Over the winter, Albrecht Dürer: The Age of Reformation and Renaissance, organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum and shown here in the winter of 2017-2018, travelled to the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

by Conservation

3/11/2021

behind the scenes , CAMConservation , conservation , textileconservation , Laura H. Turpin , Dollyver , doll , doll clothes

Conservation of the 24 “Dollyver” family member is finally complete!

by Cincinnati Art Museum

3/4/2021

women breaking boundaries , Women's History Month , permanent collection , Georgia O’Keeffe , Mary Cassatt , Elizabeth Nourse , Elizabeth Catlett , Jeanne Lanvin , Chiyo Mitsuhisa , Nancy Rexroth

Enjoy these works by artists who identify as female in the museum’s permanent collection.

by Conservation

3/4/2021

ceramics , islamic ceramics , Islamic Art , Islamic , behind the scenes , objects conservation

This week in objects conservation: this 16th century Iznik plate is in the lab receiving treatment.

by Conservation

2/25/2021

paintings conservation , CAMConservation , Frank Duveneck , Frank Duveneck: American Master , Edmund Tarbell

Our paintings conservator has started to clean the varnish from this painting by Edmund Tarbell.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

2/23/2021

In 2016, special exhibition 30 Americans brought the work of 30 preeminent Black artists to the Cincinnati Art Museum.

by Jared Marsh

2/18/2021

green team , go green , Green Committee

Over the summer I had the privilege of working as the Pollution Prevention Intern at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

by Conservation

2/11/2021

CAMConservation , 1950s Shoes , 1950s Fashion , 1950s , Historical Shoes , Heels Addict , Stepping in Style , CAMsole , behind the scenes , textiles , textileconservation

22 pairs of women’s shoes from the 1950s are being prepared for an appearance in the galleries.

by Emily Bauman, Curatorial Assistant for Photography & Film Programmer for Moving Images

2/10/2021

photography , Mary R. Schiff Library and Archives , Germaine Krull , modern art , permanent collection

Krull’s groundbreaking modernist work now resides in the Photography Collection at the museum.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

2/5/2021

Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… , Hank Willis Thomas , Robert S. Duncanson , “Something Over Something Else”: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series , Romare Bearden , Black & Brown Faces

Join the Cincinnati Art Museum in celebrating Black History Month by learning more about Black artists in the permanent collection, the contemporary landscape, and the Cincinnati community.

by Conservation

2/4/2021

behind the scenes , Nabataean art , stone conservation , objects conservation , archaeological conservation , petra

The lab is full of architectural stones as we get ready to reinstall our Nabataean galleries.

by Conservation

1/28/2021

paintings conservation , Thomas Satterwhite Noble , monkey art , CAMConservation , cleaning paintings

This life size painting by 19th century American artist, Thomas Satterwhite Noble, is a recent acquisition.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

1/28/2021

Frank Duveneck , Frank Duveneck: American Master

Learn more about Frank Duveneck, the most influential painter in Cincinnati history.

by Conservation

1/21/2021

Paper conservation , Order of Cincinnatus , Eleventh Cincinnati Exposition , Panorama print , CAMConservation , behind the scenes

Last week our paper conservator visited the Contemporary Arts Center downtown to deinstall the museum’s Panorama of the Procession.

by Laura Evers

1/20/2021

guest blog , website , online collection , online exhibition , undergrowth with two figures , van gogh

When you think of the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM), what comes to mind?

by Conservation

1/15/2021

CAMConservation , Order of Cincinnatus , NamJunePaik , behind the scenes

It was laundry day in textile conservation again! This length of Korean silk is part of a sculpture by Nam June Paik (1936-2006).

by Cincinnati Art Museum Digital Team

1/13/2021

Google Arts & Culture , Virtual Tour , Museum at Home , Gallery Experiences , Virtual Experiences , Online Tours

The new Google Arts & Culture virtual tour brings the Cincinnati Art Museum to you—wherever you are.

by Conservation

1/7/2021

behind the scenes , CAMConservation , lusterware , islamic ceramics , objects conservation , ceramics conservation

This bowl, from Iraq, is a beautiful example of lusterware. Luster is an iridescent effect produced by metallic oxides in the overglaze.

by Andrea Gutmann-Fuentes, Ohio History Service Corps Member, AmeriCorps

12/29/2020

AmeriCorps , Ohio History Service Corps , OHSC , behind the scenes

For the past several years, the Cincinnati Art Museum has been a host site for the Ohio History Service Corps (OHSC), an AmeriCorps program dedicated to preserving local history across the state of Ohio.

by CAM Marketing Staff

12/22/2020

2020 , Year in Review , Art Climb , Animal Crossing , Romare Bearden , CAM Connect , A Happening: Day of Giving , Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… , Frank Duveneck: American Master , Women Breaking Boundaries , Anila Agha , Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850–1970 , Treasures of the Spanish World

Despite a rollercoaster of a year, the Cincinnati Art Museum hosted a wide range of virtual and in-person experiences including our first virtual fundraiser, and opened the highly anticipated Art Climb, the new civic art space on the grounds of the museum.

by Conservation

12/17/2020

CAMConservation , behind the scenes , varnish samples

We’re still unearthing treasures as we unpack and settle back into our renovated Paintings/Object lab.

by Conservation

12/10/2020

#CAMConservation , behind the scenes , Elizabeth Boott Duveneck

Soon to move from the paper lab to the gallery is a box decorated with ink and gouache by Elizabeth Boott Duveneck.

by Conservation

12/3/2020

CAMconservation , textileconservation , josephurban , behind the scenes

This bedspread is getting "ready for her close-up."

by Kelly Rectenwald, Associate Objects Conservator

11/25/2020

behind the scenes , green team , go green , sustainability

The Green Team was founded in early 2019 by an interdepartmental team of museum staff dedicated to creating sustainable practices within the museum.