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 , object conservation , behind the scenes , plate , Islamic Art

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by Conservation

6/1/2017

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

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by Conservation

5/4/2017

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

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by Conservation

8/11/2016

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

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