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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.”

 

Think Big: Large-Scale Works from the Contemporary Collection

April 10–August 23, 2026

These 40 works represent multiple media and styles carried out in expansive scale and vision.

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 light-colored bowl with a triangular shape

Fine Lines: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

January 17–August 10, 2026 • Gallery 136

This special feature brings together the work of 17 artists by celebrating the “fine lines” of contemporary Japanese ceramics.

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.