August 15–November 30, 2023 • Gallery 213

With works drawn from the museum’s collections, Ohio Voices explores prints and drawings created from 1925 to the present by accomplished African American artists with Ohio connections. The exhibition also celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Donald P. Sowell Endowment Committee, a museum affiliate group established in tribute to Donald P. Sowell (1929–1989), an important Cincinnati artist and art educator.

June 23–October 15, 2023 • Western & Southern Galleries (Galleries 232 and 233)

The year 2023 marks the 50^th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), perhaps the most innovative and influential artist of the 20^th century. The Cincinnati Art Museum is celebrating his legacy with an unprecedented exhibition, the first to examine Picasso’s lifelong engagement with landscape. Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds brings to our galleries paintings and sculptures by the artist from some 25 public and private collections across the United States and Europe.

June 9–October 8, 2023 • The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234)

Works of art connect us. Yet mystery surrounds both our experiences of making them and our encounters with them. 

Drawn from the collection of Richard Rosenthal and his family, this exhibition celebrates a promised gift to the Cincinnati Art Museum and features 38 works by self-taught artists from diverse cultures and circumstances.

March 17–September 24, 2023 • Vance Waddell and Mayerson Galleries (Galleries 124 and 125)

Roberto Lugo (Puerto Rican-American, b. 1981) draws from his lived experience and deep knowledge of ceramic history to create works that elevate the stories of those historically absent from the decoration of extravagant examples of pottery.

April 11–August 10, 2023 • Gallery 213

One of a periodic exhibition series highlighting the museum’s rich photography collection, Looking at Animals presents rarely seen pictures and familiar treasures alongside exciting new additions.

March 28 – July 9, 2023 • Gallery 138 & 139

Drawn from our holdings, this installation celebrates Japanese fashion from our collection of prints, east Asian, and fashion arts.

February 3–May 7, 2023 • The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234)

Despite O’Keeffe’s long and complex association with the American photographic avant garde, no previous exhibition has explored her work as a photographer.

November 29, 2019–February 12, 2023 • Gallery 222

Experience the creative and technical breakthroughs of leading contemporary female artist and hear their stories in this new installation of works from our collection.

November 11, 2022–February 5, 2023 • Western & Southern Galleries (Galleries 232 & 233)

Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art considers the compelling visual language of dance in the arts from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan region from the first to the twenty-first century. Through religious, courtly, and everyday objects, the exhibition illustrates how dance occupies a uniquely important place in the region.

April 19, 2022–January 22, 2023 • Forecourt

A painting in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, and currently displayed just off the museum’s lobby, opens a window onto the overlapping layers of history, culture and identity that have united and divided Ukraine and Russia over the past five centuries.

September 30, 2022–January 15, 2023 • Vance Waddell and Mayerson Galleries (Galleries 124 and 125), with additional installations elsewhere in the museum.

Commissioned by the Cincinnati Art Museum, Natural World is a collaboration between artists John Edmonds and David Hartt, poet and scholar Jason Allen-Paisant, and organizing curator Nathaniel M. Stein. The project explores meanings of nature and naturalness through overlapping dialogues with history, collections, and institutions. 

December 15, 2020­–January 8, 2023 • Gallery 136

The latest in an ongoing rotation of loaned and recently accessioned Japanese ceramics, this new display features the work of artists who have mastered techniques from the traditional to the radical to achieve artistic revelations.

October 7, 2022–January 1, 2023 • Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234)

The 60 works of art on display—drawn from the collections of leading U.S. and Asian museums—decode the symbolic language of horses in Chinese art and reveal rich information about China’s history and culture.

January 14, 2023–January 7, 2024 • Gallery 136

Japanese artists working with ceramics today ride the current of tradition while launching into exciting new waters as they push the boundaries of clay. Discover recent acquisitions alongside beloved favorites from the museum’s dynamic collection of contemporary Japanese ceramics.

An Ode to the Cultural Influences that Inspire Nations
December 2, 2023–January 21, 2024 • Western & Southern Galleries (Galleries 232 and 233)
Free

This year’s exhibition presents the work of 15 accomplished artists of color from across the Midwest, showcasing their unique perspectives on the immense influence of Black & Brown culture.

November 10, 2023–February 25, 2024 • Vance Waddell, Mayerson, and Kreines Galleries (Galleries 125, 124, and 123)
Free

Over the course of a 40-year career, White created powerful, evocative interpretations of the Black experience with a confidence and technical skill that defined his mastery as a draftsman, printmaker, and painter.

December 15, 2023–April 7, 2024 • The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234)
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Featuring 120 pieces by 33 artists, the groundbreaking exhibition showcases works that reinterpret Traditional Stories and iconography, express contemporary issues affecting Indigenous Nations today, and meld Indigenous Traditions and Knowledge with the aesthetics and properties unique to the medium of glass.

December 5, 2023–April 18, 2024

Queer Possibility suggests ways of seeing relationships between photography and queerness.

November 14, 2023–June 2, 2024 • Gallery 105

The civic monument The Burghers of Calais is among the most revered and recognizable works by Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917), hailed as the founder of modern sculpture.

March 4, 2023–June 30, 2024 • Gallery 222+223

Experience the varied narratives and techniques explored by local and internationally-recognized ceramists in diverse forms—ranging from vessels and sculptures to large-scale installations. This is a celebration of the museum’s commitment to collecting and sharing new clay-based art since its founding in 1881.