Gift Mayambi Expresses the Uncertainty of Life With Masks

How the Congolese artist explores complexities of culture through paintings and pen scribbles.

ASM Exhibition Explores “Freaks and Sideshows” of 20th-Century Traveling Circuses

From July 30 to October 4, the American Sign Museum will host a new exhibition displaying banners and signs advertising “freaks” and sideshow acts...

More Than Just a Gourd: Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Debuts at CAM

The immersive mirror room is filled with the contemporary artist’s glowing, polka-dotted, yellow gourds.

Wave Pool Connects Immigrants Through Art

Boris Oicherman, an immigrant himself, focuses the organization on building community.

Step Into the Scandinavian Home at the Taft Museum

The Taft Museum’s newest exhibition uses the Scandinavian home to explore the region’s 19th-century culture and identity.

New Book by Local Professor Explores the Indigenous History Behind Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks

John E. Hancock’s new book documents years of research, photographs, and Indigenous perspectives on Ohio’s only UNESCO World Heritage site.

Young Artists and Writers Stage a Big WAAC Attack

The Art Academy of Cincinnati expands the reach of its annual student artistic journal.

Radical Feminist 20th-Century Fashion at the CAM

The Cincinnati Art Museum welcomes a new free exhibition showcasing pieces from American fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes.

Christopher Schwarz Handcrafts Heirloom Furniture

This local woodworker is practicing a sustainable craft.

Annual Dance Series Features Artistic Collaboration Between Ballet and Mutual Dance Theatre

Cincinnati Ballet principal dancer Sirui Liu is a guest choreographer in Modern Mix ’26, marking a historic crossover between the two dance companies.

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