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The Making of Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior — An Insider’s Account

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

3/20/2025

Curatorial Blog, Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, exhibition design, exhibition development

What the public sees over a span of a few months—whether a gallery rotation, a new show, a series of events, or the flying banners placed above the museum’s entryway—actually takes years to create by countless individuals across the institution and beyond.

Secret Geometry – SketchCAM

by Bruce Petrie, President, Board of Trustees

3/11/2025

SketchCAM, Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, geometry

In this edition of SketchCAM, we look at the amazing exhibition Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior in a way you might imagine belongs in math class. Using our simple tools of pencil and sketchbook, we'll reveal the “secret geometry” of great artwork.

Designing Collective Behavior: From Inspiration to Reality

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?

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Safe Travels

by Cecile Mear, Conservator of Works on Paper

2/6/2025

Alice and Carl Bimel, Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, Indian painting, paper conservation, CAMConservation

My initial examination of the painting revealed that some of the paint was poorly attached to the paper support, so before the work went into the gallery, it made a stop in the paper lab.

2024 Wrapped

by Cincinnati Art Museum

12/18/2024

Year in Review, Charles White: A Little Higher, Whitfield Lovell: Passages, Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Discovering Ansel Adams

Join us as we look back on our noteworthy milestones and accomplishments of the past year.