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GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203
Downtown
GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
1301 Western Ave.,
Cincinnati,
OH
45203
Downtown
GUITAR is a full immersive exhibition that explores the instrument’s evolution and history, the science of creating sound with wood and steel and the cultural impact on cultures over the past 5,000 years.
GUITAR is a full immersive exhibition that explores the instrument’s evolution and history, the science of creating sound with wood and steel and the cultural impact on cultures over the past 5,000 years.
Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 E. Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Downtown
Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 E. Freedom Way,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Downtown
The exhibit commemorates the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela through photographs by Willman as he revisited many of the locations that played an important role in South Africa’s route to racial equality and Mandela’s personal fight for...
The exhibit commemorates the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela through photographs by Willman as he revisited many of the locations that played an important role in South Africa’s route to racial equality and Mandela’s personal fight for...
Synthetica
Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Downtown
Synthetica
Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Downtown
Artists are often at the leading edge of innovation and experimentation with new materials that spur creative development. Synthetica is a group exhibition of artists working with chemically engineered materials in unconventional ways. Working on two-dimensional surfaces with...
Artists are often at the leading edge of innovation and experimentation with new materials that spur creative development. Synthetica is a group exhibition of artists working with chemically engineered materials in unconventional ways. Working on two-dimensional surfaces with...
Alex Hibbitt: Rhizome
Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Downtown
Alex Hibbitt: Rhizome
Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Downtown
Alex Hibbitt constructs complex modular and suspended sculptures of cast porcelain intersected with cut felt shapes that explore ideas of complexity, connectivity, and the relationships between two- and three-dimensional forms.
Alex Hibbitt constructs complex modular and suspended sculptures of cast porcelain intersected with cut felt shapes that explore ideas of complexity, connectivity, and the relationships between two- and three-dimensional forms.
The Fabric of India
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Uptown
The Fabric of India
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Uptown
This exhibition is the first to fully explore the dynamic and multifaceted world of handmade textiles from India. The exhibition showcases the finest examples from the V&A’s world-renowned collection together with masterpieces from international partners, leading...
This exhibition is the first to fully explore the dynamic and multifaceted world of handmade textiles from India. The exhibition showcases the finest examples from the V&A’s world-renowned collection together with masterpieces from international partners, leading...
Life: Gillian Wearing
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Uptown
Life: Gillian Wearing
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Uptown
Wearing, who won the Turner Prize in 1997 and was appointed O.B.E. in 2011 for services to art, is best known for documenting strangers’ thoughts and confessions through film and photography, as well as re-presenting herself as other artists or family members through the use...
Wearing, who won the Turner Prize in 1997 and was appointed O.B.E. in 2011 for services to art, is best known for documenting strangers’ thoughts and confessions through film and photography, as well as re-presenting herself as other artists or family members through the use...
Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Uptown
Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Uptown
Explores the prominence and pervasiveness of calligraphy in the arts of the Islamic world. Through the display of individual folios and complete manuscripts that date from the ninth through the twentieth century, the exhibition emphasizes the craftsmanship and skill evident in...
Explores the prominence and pervasiveness of calligraphy in the arts of the Islamic world. Through the display of individual folios and complete manuscripts that date from the ninth through the twentieth century, the exhibition emphasizes the craftsmanship and skill evident in...
Mark Fox: Nutzilla
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Uptown
Mark Fox: Nutzilla
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Uptown
This short, light-hearted ‘disaster’ film is part of a series created by Cincinnati-born, now New York-based, artist Mark Fox. In Untitled (nutzilla) a colossal rendition of Mr. Peanut, the Planters company mascot, destroys the museum and some of its collection. First...
This short, light-hearted ‘disaster’ film is part of a series created by Cincinnati-born, now New York-based, artist Mark Fox. In Untitled (nutzilla) a colossal rendition of Mr. Peanut, the Planters company mascot, destroys the museum and some of its collection. First...
Life Drawing Group Sessions
Oxford Community Arts Center
10 S. College Ave., Oxford, OH 45056
North
Life Drawing Group Sessions
Oxford Community Arts Center
10 S. College Ave.,
Oxford,
OH
45056
North
Includes 2-hour drawing session with live model followed by optional sharing and feedback time. Music, coffee, light refreshment, BYOB. No reservations required.
Includes 2-hour drawing session with live model followed by optional sharing and feedback time. Music, coffee, light refreshment, BYOB. No reservations required.
Karl Blossfeldt, Francis Bruguière, Thomas Ruff: No Two Alike
Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Downtown
Karl Blossfeldt, Francis Bruguière, Thomas Ruff: No Two Alike
Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St.,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Downtown
The exhibition, held at the Warren Gallery in London, celebrated the launch of their two books Art Forms in Nature and Beyond This Point. A surprising pair, Blossfeldt and Bruguière intrigued critics as being “quite different from the usual run of photographic shows.” No...
The exhibition, held at the Warren Gallery in London, celebrated the launch of their two books Art Forms in Nature and Beyond This Point. A surprising pair, Blossfeldt and Bruguière intrigued critics as being “quite different from the usual run of photographic shows.” No...
Akram Zaatari: The Fold- Space, time and image
Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Downtown
Akram Zaatari: The Fold- Space, time and image
Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St.,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Downtown
Acclaimed Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari combines the roles of image-maker, archivist, curator, filmmaker and critical theorist to explore the role photography plays in both instituting and fabricating identity. For this exhibition he positions the seemingly simple fold as a...
Acclaimed Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari combines the roles of image-maker, archivist, curator, filmmaker and critical theorist to explore the role photography plays in both instituting and fabricating identity. For this exhibition he positions the seemingly simple fold as a...
Paris to New York: Photographs by Eugene Atget and Berenice Abbott
Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Downtown
Paris to New York: Photographs by Eugene Atget and Berenice Abbott
Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St.,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Downtown
In Paris in the 1920s, the young American photographer Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) encountered the elderly French photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927). Their contact would have profound and lasting effects on the careers and legacies of both artists. Through a sequence of...
In Paris in the 1920s, the young American photographer Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) encountered the elderly French photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927). Their contact would have profound and lasting effects on the careers and legacies of both artists. Through a sequence of...
Antique Christmas
Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Downtown
Antique Christmas
Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
Downtown
Celebrate the holidays at the Taft’s annual display of antique ornaments, toys, and decorations. Each year the Taft Museum of Art has totally new offerings of vintage Christmas treasures, thanks to generous collectors from Cincinnati and beyond. This year’s exhibition...
Celebrate the holidays at the Taft’s annual display of antique ornaments, toys, and decorations. Each year the Taft Museum of Art has totally new offerings of vintage Christmas treasures, thanks to generous collectors from Cincinnati and beyond. This year’s exhibition...
Jingle Bell Rocks Screening
Northside Yacht Club
4227 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223
West
Jingle Bell Rocks Screening
Northside Yacht Club
4227 Spring Grove Avenue,
Cincinnati,
OH
45223
West
The Cincinnati Film Society is partnering with Northside Yacht Club for a limited screening of the documentary Jingle Bell Rocks!. Jingle Bell Rocks delves into the origin stories of an eclectic collection of original, offbeat & astonishing Christmas songs. Come follow the...
The Cincinnati Film Society is partnering with Northside Yacht Club for a limited screening of the documentary Jingle Bell Rocks!. Jingle Bell Rocks delves into the origin stories of an eclectic collection of original, offbeat & astonishing Christmas songs. Come follow the...
Bogart's Movie Night
Bogart's
, Cincinnati, OH 45219
Uptown
Bogart's Movie Night
Bogart's
,
Cincinnati,
OH
45219
Uptown
Enjoy movies at this concert venue.
Enjoy movies at this concert venue.
