From the Nazis’ exploitation of artworks to the protection and restitution efforts of the “Monuments Men,” art and politics were frequently intertwined in the World War II era. This exhibition focuses on the fate of 200 of the finest European paintings from the Berlin State Museums that traveled to the United States soon after the […]

Future Retrieval, the studio collaboration of Cincinnati-based artists Katie Parker and Guy Michael Davis, appropriates imagery and forms from historical objects to create new art that bears meaning in our twenty-first century world. Their practice is rooted in ceramic art, but also incorporates a diverse mix of media and techniques combine age-old methods with new […]

The Cincinnati Art Museum will present a major re-evaluation of the work of Frank Duveneck, the most influential painter in Cincinnati history, with the first comprehensive exhibition in more than thirty years. Through his brilliant and inspiring work as a painter and printmaker and as a charismatic teacher, Duveneck’s impact on the international art world […]

The museum will once again present Anila Agha: All The Flowers are for Me. The popular exhibition, first displayed in 2017, features Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha who creates immersive installation by manipulating lights. Light emanates from the center of a laser-cut steel cube, enveloping the gallery in intricate shadows that ripple and change as […]

Explore the role of women in art and art history at the Cincinnati Art Museum through works from the museum’s permanent collection created from the seventeenth century to today. Art from across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia in a range of mediums will be featured together, including oil on canvas, ceramic, prints, photography, and […]