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Current Special Features

A special feature is a temporary presentation of artworks from the museum’s collection, or a select arrangement of artworks lent from other institutions, organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum. Special features are smaller and more focused in scope than exhibitions. Some museums call these “focused exhibitions” or “rotations.”

 

The Thing Is: Photographs from the Collection

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. 

 

A woman with three eyes on a red background

New Acquisitions in the Department of South Asian Art, Islamic Art, & Antiquities

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.

A Black woman wearing a flower crown

Tamary Kudita: African Victorian and Birds of Paradise

May 3, 2025–April 5, 2026 • Gallery 104

Tamary Kudita (b. 1994) makes photographs that examine African identity in relation to the social and historical forces that frame individuals’ lives.

Influence(d): Female Innovators in Contemporary Japanese Design

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. 

Modern and Contemporary Craft

July 27, 2024–February 22, 2026 • Gallery 222 & 223

Created over the last seven decades by artists representing seven global nationalities, these artworks highlight the use of glass, ceramic, fiber, and wood to explore themes including human emotion, storytelling, and respect for our natural world.

Thin LED strips form a tire swing and an angular brush pile

C A M P G R O U N D

October 30, 2014–TBD • Exterior Installation

On view now is a large-scale, animated neon installation on the west wall of the French Wing at the Cincinnati Art Museum.