Making a Playlist for Discovering Ansel Adams
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!
John C. Lutz Rediscovered
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.
Reframing the World’s Fairs
1/16/2024
If we look at just one example—the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago—we can see how these celebrations of artistic and scientific achievements also communicated complex messages about identity and race.
Illuminating the Exhibition Process
12/21/2023
As a curator, I’m often asked how long it takes to bring an exhibition together. The answer is . . . it varies.
Accra and London, via Detroit
11/13/2023
In early October, I was delighted to participate in a scholars’ day at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). For those outside the museum biz, a scholars’ day is a convening of curators, academics, and sometimes expert collectors, artists, and gallerists, who gather to share a deep dive on an artist or movement featured in a special exhibition.
A Killer Look: Miniature Votive Shield with Head of Alexander the Great as Gorgoneion
10/11/2023
As the new Curatorial Assistant for South Asian Art, Islamic Art, and Antiquities, finding “my favorite piece here at the museum is a serious task! The possibilities for finding “the one” are endless.
New Acquisition: A Vibrant Quilt by Woomin Kim
9/22/2023
We recently acquired a work by Woomin Kim, a young Korean-born artist who lives and works in Queens, New York.
Photographs from the Collection: Looking At Animals
4/11/2023
From April 11–August 10, 2023, the hallway gallery at the top of the museum’s Great Hall staircase will be full of critters.
The Dress of Tomorrow
10/6/2022
“The woman of tomorrow will wear pleats and tights, and live in a house spun from glass fiber, with patent-leather walls and no furniture at all.”
The Voices, Talents and Mission behind Terence Hammonds’ Protest Platters
9/1/2020
This summer, the Art Museum acquired this Protest Platter designed by local artist Terence Hammonds.
Extra Brilliant: Gorham Silver Deposit on Rookwood Pottery
3/24/2020
Keen-eyed visitors to our current exhibition, Gorham: Designing Brilliance, will notice a familiar Cincinnati name on two of the objects: Rookwood Pottery.
Research for upcoming exhibition 'Galloping through Dynasties'
3/2/2020
In late 2019, I received a research grant from the Center for Chinese Studies in Taipei to conduct research on the catalogue of our upcoming exhibition Galloping through Dynasties.
Behind the scenes in Curatorial: Making a Book with Candor
11/4/2019
Take a behind the scenes look at Candor Arts with Nathaniel M. Stein, Associate Curator of Photography.
Out from storage: French portraits
7/13/2018
About a month ago the Cincinnati Art Museum welcomed two new faces into our nineteenth-century European galleries – a girl with a song book in her lap and young man in uniform.
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