by Franck Mercurio, Publications Editor

3/4/2025

Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, exhibition design, South Asian Art, Islamic Art, antiquities, Contemporary Art

What goes into designing a museum exhibition like Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior?

by Bruce Petrie, President, Board of Trustees

11/14/2024

SketchCAM, Isabella, Jaume Plensa

Let’s see how this works with Isabella, the museum’s outdoor sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa.

by Rose Milnes, Curatorial Assistant for South Asian Art, Islamic Art, and Antiquities

6/17/2024

South Asian Art, Islamic Art, antiquities, Gulistan, Sa'di

There’s always that time at the Cincinnati Art Museum when magic happens—when departments like curatorial, conservation, and design and installation come together twice a year to rotate light-sensitive works in our galleries, including works on paper and textiles, to preserve the artwork for future generations.

by Kelly Rectenwald, Conservator of Objects

6/13/2024

Jaume Plensa, Isabella, museum grounds

Last week, outdoor sculpture conservators from McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory (based in Oberlin, Ohio) paid a visit to the museum.

by Kiara Galloway, Web Content Management Intern

5/31/2024

Jaume Plensa, Isabella, outdoor art, outdoor sculpture, museum grounds

Located outside the museum’s Longworth wing, Isabella by artist Jaume Plensa (Spanish, b. 1955) stands peacefully in an open bed of grass unto herself. Her eyes are closed, and her expression is peaceful as though she is in a deep restful slumber.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

4/27/2023

Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander artists, CAM collection

Enjoy these works by Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander artists.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

2/6/2023

Black History Month, Google Arts & Culture, Yesterday, today and tomorrow, Homage: What was, Is, To Come

February is Black History Month, and we’re celebrating by sharing stories of contemporary Black artists through Google Arts & Culture’s Black History and Culture hub.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

6/1/2022

LGBTQ+, permanent collection, Bernice Abbott, Nick Cave, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Isaac Julien, Ellsworth Kelly, Germaine Krull, Lucas Samaras, Andy Warhol

Enjoy these works in the museum’s permanent collection by artists who identify as LGBTQ+, or that address themes of LGBTQ+ representation and experience.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

5/3/2022

Asian American Pacific Islander Art, collection highlights, permanent collection, Bukang Kim, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Nam June Paik, Esther Shimazu, Kataro Shirayamadani

Enjoy these works in the museum’s permanent collection by artists who identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

11/12/2021

fashion, Fashion Arts & Textiles, Cynthia Amnéus, Issey Miyake

Cincinnati Art Museum x Idlewild Woman x Issey Miyake

by Conservation

6/24/2021

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

This week in objects conservation: Anytime an object is selected for display our objects conservator assesses its condition to determine whether it is stable, or whether it needs conservation treatment before display.

by Conservation

5/27/2021

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

These two ceramic pieces have the same condition issues we see in many ceramic objects conserved in the early to mid 20th C.

by Cincinnati Art Museum

5/7/2021

Asian Art, Asian American Pacific Islander Art, Rookwood Pottery Company, Nam June Paik, Bukang Kim, Kitaro Shirayamadani

Enjoy these works by artists who identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander in the museum’s permanent collection.

by Conservation

4/29/2021

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

This week we have a 16th C mug decorated with ships, seas, and animals.

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

4/26/2019

paintings, conservation, inpainting, Isaak Soreau, flemish still life, flyspecks, insects

Sometimes our paintings conservator might find an ancient flyspeck on a painting.

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

12/15/2017

curatorial, Anila Agha, interpretation, South Asian Art, Islamic Art

On a recent visit to London’s Tate Modern, I came across an installation of Pak Sheung Chuen’s A Travel without Visual Experience in a display of the museum’s permanent collection in the newly-opened and installed Blatvatnik Building.

by Conservation

7/27/2017

conservation, behind the scenes, plate, Islamic Art, video, CAMConservation, objects conservation

Conservation

by Conservation

6/1/2017

behind the scenes, conservation, Pottery, Islamic Art, objects conservation

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by Conservation

5/4/2017

behind the scenes, conservation, Pottery, Islamic Art, objects conservation

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by Conservation

8/11/2016

behind the scenes, Islamic, Pottery, Iraq, X-ray, objects conservation

Posted by: Conservation