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Current Exhibitions

Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light

April 1, 2017 – August 13, 2017 | Explore iconic and celebrated Tiffany windows and lamps that highlight the contributions of Tiffany Studio artists including chemist Arthur Nash and designers Agnes Northrop, Frederick Wilson and Clara Driscoll.

William Kentridge: More Sweetly Play the Dance

April 26, 2017 – January 28, 2018 | Contemporary South African artist William Kentridge’s More Sweetly Play the Dance makes its North American museum premiere at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America

June 10, 2017 – September 3, 2017 | View extraordinary examples of art created by self-taught or minimally trained artists between 1800 and 1925. The exhibition features more than 60 works. Included are rare and very fine portraits by such artists as Ammi Phillips and John Brewster, Jr.

Anila Quayyum Agha: All The Flowers Are For Me

June 17–October 15, 2017 | Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha creates immersive installations by manipulating light. In All the Flowers Are for Me (Red), light emanates from the center of a laser-cut steel cube, enveloping the gallery in intricate shadows that ripple and change as you walk through the space.

Special Features

C A M P G R O U N D

C A M P G R O U N D, on view now, is a large-scale, animated neon installation on the west wall of the French Wing at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Mementos of Affection

May 27, 2017 – November 2018 | Mementos of Affection: Ornamental Hairwork in Jewelry and Portrait Miniatures will delve into the dual themes of why these keepsakes were created and cherished: love and mourning.

Fashion and Technology

July 1 – December 3, 2017 | Focusing on three areas—textile dyes, printing processes, and lacework—Fashion and Technology explores the impact of innovations in textile production on fashion in the nineteenth century.

Digital Exhibitions

The Art Academy of Cincinnati and World War I

Exploring the Art Academy of Cincinnati's connection to WW1 through The Mary R. Schiff Library and Archives.

Rembrandt: Master Printmaker

Deeply loved for his richly emotional art, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606–1669) is one of the world’s most recognized artists. Over the centuries, countless references to the Dutch master have ingrained his name and images into our lives.

Robert S. Duncanson

The history of African American artistic identity in the Queen City during the 19th century is best studied through the work of Robert S. Duncanson.

Frida Kahlo: Photographic Portraits by Bernard Silberstein

This collaboration between the Cincinnati Art Museum and the University of Cincinnati centers on Bernard Silberstein’s portraits of celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.