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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 Mary W. Baskett Collection

Now on view

Inspired and informed by her scholarly study and deep appreciation of Japanese aesthetics and philosophy, Baskett built her collection with both a curator’s eye and an abiding intuition.

To See and Be Seen: American Female Photographers After the 1960s

July 14–October 25, 2026

To Be and Be Seen presents pictures by nineteen female photographers who examined society, expanded definitions of genre and craft, and explored topics of memory, identity, and the uses and materials of photography—often while working against social and institutional conventions that advantaged men.

Three women in colorful kimonos smile and wave

Gifts from Japan

Now–October 8, 2026

Together, these paintings cover a wide range of subjects, including legendary heroes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, mythical gods, Daoist immortals, landscapes, flower-and-birds, and animals.

A bright yellow, striped pot

Modern and Contemporary Craft

February 28, 2026–thru Summer 2027 • Galleries 222–223

Presenting several recent acquisitions alongside selections from the collection gifted by Cincinnatians Nancy and David Wolf, this gallery highlights the contemporary creative and conceptual possibilities of materials like glass, clay, metal, and wood.

A Black woman wearing a flower crown

Tamary Kudita: African Victorian and Birds of Paradise

May 3, 2025–September 6, 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.

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.