12/12/2024
Basket of Fruit, a still life by American artist John Francis (1808–1886), was last conserved here at CAM in 1975.
12/9/2024
In November I travelled to Louisville, Kentucky, to help install two drawings by Cincinnati-based artist Gee Horton at KMAC Contemporary Art Museum.
12/4/2024
In his painted portrait of Mary Joy Johnson from 1939, the celebrated artist Diego Rivera (1886–1957) explored a unique artistic direction, creating a work highlighting the sitter’s individuality and style while subtly echoing an enduring connection to his Mexican heritage
11/27/2024
We've watched our fair share of Bluey, Paw Patrol, and Minions with seven grandkids; but when we encourage kids to be creators themselves, we move from screen to sketch, from passive to active.
11/21/2024
This month’s Evenings for Educators offers an exciting chance to explore the legacy of photographer Ansel Adams and learn how his mastery of light and shadow can inspire students to create truly impactful photographs.
11/14/2024
Let’s see how this works with Isabella, the museum’s outdoor sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa.
11/13/2024
*Warning: puns and silly wordplay ahead! If that’s not your thing, this may not be the pLACE for you!
11/13/2024
You might not think that black and white nature photography and music go hand in hand, but for photographer Ansel Adams they did—and in the exhibition Discovering Ansel Adams, they do for CAM as well!
10/24/2024
Whether planning a lavish party or a more intimate get-together, holding your wedding at the Cincinnati Art Museum helps support our mission of inspiring people and connecting communities through the power of art.
10/22/2024
More than 2,000 years ago, people living in the Nazca Desert in Peru discovered an artform using the unique earthen materials of their harsh environment.
10/10/2024
In the textile conservation lab, a three-piece 1890s cotton muslin ensemble arrived for treatment!
10/3/2024
The dark grime on its surface is thick and unevenly embedded in the layers of a degraded wax coating.
9/27/2024
For this edition of SketchCAM, let’s take our sketchbook and pencil into Discovering Ansel Adams, featuring the landscape photography of Ansel Adams (1902–1984) on view from September 27, 2024 to January 19, 2025.
9/26/2024
After a very close and extended examination by our conservator , it seems certain Madonna and Child was originally part of an Italian Renaissance altarpiece.
9/24/2024
If you have not seen the exhibition The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, go now—it closes soon on Sunday, September 29!
9/18/2024
You ever have had a project lingering around your house or work that just … bugs you? A thing that needs to be done if only someone would just DO it? This bodice was one of those projects!
9/4/2024
SketchCAM is a quick sketch showing how the museum’s mission and art work together. Our mission: Through the power of art, we contribute to a more vibrant Cincinnati by inspiring its people and connecting our communities.
8/29/2024
A few weeks ago, we posted about cleaning this landscape painting by British artist John Constable (1776–1837). The conservation treatment proceeded as quickly as we expected.
8/28/2024
Titled Wind Sculpture (SG) IX, Shonibare made this large-scale (22 feet tall!) mixed-media work from stainless steel, hand-painted glass, and reinforced polyester.
8/26/2024
The pieces in Rodin | Response: FIELD family secrets are a mixture of Rodin’s own sculptures with works from students in the DAAP School of Art at the University of Cincinnati.
8/22/2024
Denison Museum at Denison University (Granville, Ohio) will show nine Cincinnati Art Museum pieces in different media from August 29 to November 29, 2024, in their exhibition Portraying Identity .
8/15/2024
ho could've guessed back then that graffiti, this revolutionary art form, would become a powerhouse influencing the art world, graphic design, and global media.
8/8/2024
This week in objects conservation, we are cleaning marble.
8/7/2024
The Cincinnati Art Museum recently acquired the painting Black Sunday of 1937 by John C. Lutz, the only Black artist in Cincinnati (and one of four in Ohio) hired on the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the government program that provided employment during the Great Depression.
8/1/2024
We brought this lovely landscape, Waterloo Bridge by British artist John Constable (1776-1837), into the conservation lab to be examined for the British catalog project. Not conserved for more than 60 years, the painting’s varnish is now noticeably yellow.
7/26/2024
Being #1 is nothing new for Kendrick Lamar.
7/25/2024
One of Bellow’s larger lithographs, Introducing John L. Sullivan, is torn in places along its right side; these tears could worsen with handling if not mended.
7/18/2024
Wanting to do a little more analysis of this piece, I took the jacket back to the museum’s Conservation lab and created a toile, which is like a test version of a pattern used to study and perfect how an original flat pattern works.
7/11/2024
This pair of art deco lamps, designed by Joseph Urban, was last on view in 2022 as part of the exhibition Unlocking an Art Deco Bedroom by Joseph Urban.
7/4/2024
A few weeks ago, two scientists from the Center for Archaeometry & Art Research Palatinate (CAAP) in Germany spent the morning in one of our European galleries to analyze Toilette of Venus, a painting by French artist Simon Vouet (1590–1649).