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Top 5 Museums To Visit This Week

From free admission days to some last-chance exhibit dates, this week happens to be a great time to visit one (or many) of Cincinnati’s remarkable museums.

Top 5 Permanent Museum Exhibits

Rotating exhibits are great, but it's nice to be able to depend on a few good permanent ones, too.

Photographer Nancy Ford Cones Gets Her Due

The Taft Museum of Art and FotoFocus expose a new generation to the Loveland artist who broke barriers and gained national notoriety in the 1910s and 1920s.

Asha Ama Bias-Daniels Uses Design to Explore Identity

Asha Ama Bias-Daniels, the Taft Museum of Art’s 2021 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, will display her creativity and help others find their own during programs scheduled for April 12–26.

Local Wedding Album: Jen Davis & Sarah Sturges

The Taft Museum of Art painted a serene backdrop for Jen’s and Sarah’s nuptials. The couple celebrated their wedded bliss in an outdoor garden ceremony and reception, surrounded by their loved ones.

Fashion Lovers and History Buffs Will Love “Dressing Downton”

The Taft Museum of Art’s new exhibit focuses on the hit show's fascinating costumes.

Bow Down to the Bling

From silk sashes to grand dragons, the Taft Museum rolls out the glories of the Qing Dynasty.

Top 5 Events This Week: Nov 12-18

1. Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times
We probably don’t need to tell you that the Dead Sea Scrolls are a very big deal. But in case you didn’t know, the 2,000-year-old documents are some of the earliest Biblical texts in existence. If you go to one more museum exhibit this year, make it this one. Nov 17 at Cincinnati Museum Center, cincymuseum.org/dead-sea-scrolls

2. Star Power: Edward Steichen’s Glamour Photography

There’s a reason that Vogue and Vanity Fair have nearly always represented the height of glamour, and that reason is former chief photographer Edward Steichen. The famous artist created some of the magazines’ most iconic photos of models, musicians, and movie stars like Katherine Hepburn, Gary Cooper, and Gloria Swanson. The Taft Museum of Art gathers dozens of these shots together with period magazines and even a vintage camera. Thru January 27 at Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., downtown, (513) 241-0343, taftmuseum.org

Top 5 Events This Week

It’s hard to avoid the civic pride this week. See a festive steel drum show at our local music conservatory, check out the much-anticipated new riverfront park, or settle in for a summery night in OTR. Plus: Taft Museum puts on its French hat and Colin Hay visits Oakley.

Thom Shaw: Dead Man Working

Cincinnati is woefully small for black artists. It’s not that everybody knows everybody else; it’s that everybody knows everybody else’s business. Case in point: Back in November 2005, when Thom Shaw fell gravely ill shortly after being named the Taft Museum of Art’s Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, the news crackled across the black grapevine at gallery receptions, jazz shows, even the grocery store. Everyone was concerned. For two decades, Shaw, a world-renowned printmaker, had battled a succession of illnesses exacerbated by diabetes. But that fall, he slipped into a coma caused by a severe neck infection brought on by kidney failure. He came close to death...then got a reprieve. Last May, concern for his health bubbled across the local scene again when an infection of flesh-eating bacteria led to the amputation of his right leg. And yet, less than two months later, Shaw fastened on a mocha-brown prosthesis and headed back to the studio. Super-animated Batman fight sounds seemed to hang in the air, narrating the resilient artist’s fight to live: KAPOW! KIDNEY FAILURE...BANG! DIABETES...TAKE THAT, MORTALITY!

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