November 21, 2025 – March 1, 2026
Western & Southern Galleries (Galleries 232 and 233)
Ticketed. Free for Members.

Celebrating more than seven decades of humor, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine examines the unforgettable art and satire of MAD, from its start in 1952 as a popular humor comic book to its evolution into a beloved magazine that spoke truth to power and attracted generations of devoted readers. Always historically and socially timely—and always very funny—MAD’s influence and cultural impact is explored through iconic original illustrations and cartoons created by the magazine’s “Usual Gang of Idiots,” the many artists and writers who have been the publication’s mainstays for decades.

May 3–October 26, 2025
Rosenthal Education Center (REC)
Free, drop-in.

Drawing inspiration from L.A. Roberts’ panoramic landscape painting Yosemite Valley, 2025 Rosenthal Education Center Artist in Residence Karen Saunders’s interactive installation You and Me and the Space Between: Our Expedition Starts Now invites you to step into a landscape painting—a playful space to explore scale and awe. 

October 10, 2025–January 4, 2026
Vance Waddell and Mayerson Galleries (Galleries 124 and 125)
Free. Exhibition does not require separate tickets.

At first glance, artist Paul Scott’s transfer-printed tableware may look familiar—like something you have seen in your grandparents’ china cabinet or a second-hand shop. Look closer and you will notice subtle differences that add up to a powerful narrative shift. Scott (British, b. 1953) subverts this seemingly unassuming blue-and-white “cultural wallpaper” to create sharp, thought-provoking social commentary. Working with new ceramic forms or repurposing antique pieces, Scott breaks, reassembles, erases, and adds details using screenprinting, engraving, and collage processes to create new “historical” patterns. Broadly, his works address updated narratives about art, history and American experiences.

September 19, 2025 – January 18, 2026
The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234 & 235)
Free. Exhibition does not require separate tickets.

Rediscovered Treasures features the hidden gems of East Asian art rediscovered through advanced research or conservation in the Cincinnati Art Museum. Most of these 60 highlighted works entered the museum in the late 19th or early 20th centuries when the museum had no staff to identify Asian art. As a result, many were not fully documented or accessioned. The rediscovery of these objects over the past decades and their subsequent accession and conservation have not only changed the identities of many individual art works, but also the overall dynamics of the entire collection. Together, they also shed new light on the early and consequential cultural and artistic exchanges between Cincinnati and East Asia.

August 5–November 6, 2025 • Gallery 213

Beginning in the 1950s, Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), through his conceptual work and large-scale collages (or “combines”), defined a new era of American art.

July 8–November 5, 2025 • Conversations Gallery

How can simple shapes and the suggestion of movement speak so deeply about transcendent experience and human connection?

June 13–September 21, 2025
Western & Southern Galleries (Galleries 232 and 233)
Ticketed. Free for Members. Save $2 when purchasing tickets online.

Farm to Table: Food and Identity in the Age of Impressionism explores the intersections of art, gastronomy, and national identity in fin-de-siècle France. The exhibition showcases over sixty paintings and sculptures, including the work of Claude Monet, Eva Gonzalès, Victor Gilbert, Paul Gauguin, Jules Dalou, and Vincent van Gogh, artists who examined the nation’s unique relationship with food.

April 18–August 31, 2025
Vance Waddell and Mayerson Galleries (Galleries 124 and 125)
Free. Exhibition does not require separate tickets.

In the early 1550s, Jacopo Tintoretto (1518–1594) made a series of large paintings depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis for the Scuola della Trinità, a charitable organization in Venice. Painted just as the artist was coming into his maturity, these canvases display a fusion of Michelangelo’s forceful conception of the figure, Titian’s renowned colorism, and Tintoretto’s own vigorous brushwork, dynamic compositions, and command of the workshop system. The paintings mark the beginning of Tintoretto’s rise as the powerhouse of Venetian Renaissance painting—a position he would hold for the next four decades.

April 4–August 24, 2025
The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234 & 235)
Ticketed. Free for members. Save $2 when purchasing tickets online.

Gear up to see a cast iron velocipede designed in the mid-1800s, a 1901 Wolff-American Ice Bicycle engineered to traverse a frozen course, a seafoam green 1950s Huffy Radiobike designed so riders could cruise to their tunes of choice, and Pee-Wee Herman’s customized 1953 Schwinn DX Cruiser starring in Tim Burton’s 1985 film, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.

February 14–May 4, 2025
Western & Southern Galleries (Galleries 232 and 233)
Ticketed. Free for Members. Save $2 when purchasing tickets online.

The Cincinnati Art Museum presents Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, a career-spanning exhibition of the internationally renowned, New York-based artist. For more than three decades, Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, Lahore, Pakistan) has been reframing South Asian visual histories through a contemporary feminist perspective. 

January 14, 2025–January 11, 2026 • Gallery 136

Highlighting the work of 10 contemporary Japanese female artists who are challenging the boundaries of design in ceramics and fashion, this multimedia special feature explores their exceptional achievements through the lens of influence. 

Now Open • Gallery 105

Through a lifetime of focused collecting, the Weston's collection came to encompass the works of many eminent artists, including Hofmann, de Kooning, Wesselmann, Dine, Saar, Dubuffet, Duchamp, LeWitt, and others.

November 11, 2025– March 1, 2026 • Gallery 213

Drawn from the museum’s rich collection of photography, this installation invites you to consider how photographers have pictured objects—from enticing advertisements to sophisticated artistic statements. 

November 6, 2025–March 8, 2026

Works by four internationally acclaimed living artists: Samira Abbassy, Kamrooz Aram, Chitra Ganesh, and Reena Saini Kallat. Seen together, these artworks represent the contemporary collecting strategy of the Department of South Asian Art, Islamic Art, and Antiquities. Working with artists and galleries, CAM is building a collection reflective of the vibrant artistic networks across South and West Asia, as well as the region’s diasporic communities in the US, Canada, and UK.