“The Fabric of India,” Cincinnati Art Museum, through January 6, 2019
“The Fabric of India” exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum illustrates the country’s diversity through 170 handmade objects dating from the 15th century to today.
“It was a joy to pay attention”: “Measure” by Anna Von Mertens at the Radcliffe Institute
I married into a quilting family. One corner of our wedding quilt lists all the names of the women and men who helped piece it
“It was a joy to pay attention”: “Measure” by Anna Von Mertens at the Radcliffe Institute
I married into a quilting family. One corner of our wedding quilt lists all the names of the women and men who helped piece it
Judi Parks “Search & Destroy” – San Francisco Punk rock 1976-79
Judi Parks’s show “Search & Destroy” consists of twenty four beautiful black and white images taken at the San Francisco club Mabuhay Gardens in the
Truth or Dare: A Reality Show
On display now at 21c Museum is Truth or Dare: A Reality Show. Featuring work from around the world, the exhibition is host to over
Margie Livingston at Greg Kucera Gallery
Margie Livingston doesn’t just push paint around. She layers it, folds it, quilts it, weaves it, mends it, and drags it behind her on a
Two FotoFocus shows at The Lloyd Library
Anyone drawn to museums knows that the stacks, the storage space for everything not on exhibition, have an irresistible fascination. Lloyd Library & Museum, 917
PLEIN AIR: Art Made Outdoors
“En plein air”: ORIGIN from French, meaning ‘in the open air’ This term in the painter’s glossary denotes art made outdoors, and/or images traditionally about
Fotofolio: Suz Fleming
“Impermanence” Suz’s statement: I started Impermanence several years ago and continue to work with this series. Without specifically addressing my Japanese heritage, these images are
Pulling Off All the Old Masks Just to See the Flowers Bloom Again Tres Taylor at Caza Sikes Gallery
This show at the Caza Sikes gallery in Oakley consists of eight large works meant to be viewed in a specific order, as the central
The Clay Alliance
Several small arts organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area fly under the radar. Clay Alliance is one of them. Studio San Giuseppe at Mount St.
Q&A: Sophie Lindsey and the art of minute-but-meaningful social intervention
In many ways, Sophie Lindsey’s artistic practice can be compared to finding a penny face-up on the sidewalk. It happens in the context of your
Film Review: "The Price of Everything" Paints a Valuable Group Portrait of Art Market Players
“The Price of Everything,” a 98-minute documentary directed by Nathaniel Kahn, tenders a panoptic window on the contemporary art market’s upper echelon via a carefully
“Four Soldiers” by Hubert Mingaerelli
I was wandering around in Joseph Beth Booksellers a few weeks ago, and a caption by English novelist Hillary Mantel, whose books on King Henry
“Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan
“Washington Black”, a new and much praised novel by the African-Canadian author Esi Edugyan, is a real romp of an epic. It centers around a slave
“Early Work” by Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin’s debut novel, “Early Work”, show us a very young writer of amazing talent. The novel’s about a group of young/would-be writers, all of
“A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl” by Jean Thompson
The often underrated or undernoticed Jean Thompson’s back with another of her superb family sagas, this one called “A Cloud in the Shape of a
October Issue of Aeqai Online
The October issue of aeqai has just posted. We have numerous reviews, this month, of FotoFocus shows; this year’s theme is “Open Archives” and it’s
Performing Masks: Gillian Wearing at Cincinnati Art Museum
Masks serve multiple metaphorical and social functions in the world. In ancient Rome, wax masks were cast directly from the faces of the dead, preserving
Reverent Encounters: "Re-Adorned" | Catharsis at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Tucked into a passageway on the second floor of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s new building, re-Adorned | Catharsis displays the lavish results of collaboration among
I’m Also Going to Breathe: Ann Segal’s “Through the Lens of Time” at Cincinnati Mini Microcinema, October 6-October 20, 2018
Ann Segal hasn’t done an ad for the iPhone camera, but—if it weren’t for her decision a long time ago to walk away from the
Preservation Par Excellence: Union Terminal Restored For Posterity
One of America’s most architecturally significant buildings will be reopening in November after a substantial $230 million restoration by GBBN Architects: Cincinnati’s Union Terminal. Completed
“Paris to New York: Photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott,” Taft Museum of Art, through January 20, 2019
In my mind Eugène Atget (1857-1927) and Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) are intrinsically linked, like peanut butter and jelly, or, for the grownups, gin and tonic.
Karon Davis' "Muddy Water" Immerses Gallery Visitors in Flood Victims' Distress
Karon Davis’ sculpture installation at Wilding Cran Gallery transports you into an eerie dreamlike flooded world where time has been suspended and all that remains
TK TK
Maren Hassinger’s “Interlock” sculpture looks like a coiled stretch of rope hanging on the wall, its frayed ends a tangle of strands. As first encountered
Riffing on Picasso Caza Sikes Gallery, Cincinnati’s invitational exhibit Channeling Picasso
Picasso’s genius as an artist hovers over the cultural landscape like a giant zeppelin. Not just in the 20th century but into our 21st century
GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World
Cincinnati Museum Center is the current host of The National Guitar Museum’s traveling exhibit designed as an ‘all ages’ display and interactive experience. With a
Hubbs Review
As a genre, portraiture is fraught territory. The intertwining of concerns, recognition and identification, or representation in its social and cultural complexities, is always going
New World Refugees and Immigrants Photograph the Experience of a New Life in America
University of Cincinnati Clermont College Park National Bank Art Gallery September 4 – October 31, 2018 Park National Bank Art Gallery September 4 – October
“Jewish Cincinnati: A Photographic History” J. Miles Wolf’s Exhibit at The Skirball Museum Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Local photographer J. Miles Wolf delivered several unique facets in his exhibit “Jewish Cincinnati: A Photographic History” at Cincinnati Skirball Museum on the campus of
Profile of Robert Flischel
Robert Flischel is someone who can’t get enough of looking. He speaks of seeing abstraction in porches, in tool heads, in 300-year-old pavement – “all
Jens Rosenkrantz illustrates the road-tripper’s world-view in “Small Towns and Long Views”
Road trips: an integral part of the ethos of modern man. If you haven’t taken a character-building, eye-opening road trip yourself, you’ve surely travelled —
Fotofolio – Audra J. Shields
“These are my words, essay 1” Audra’s statement: I am very comfortable in solitude and silence and have always been drawn to the more unfrequented,
A Touching Tribute
When people pass away, there’s always a reverent sense of loss, thinking about how the world will never be the same without them in it.
Film Review: "Gunshi Kanbei," A Saga of Power and Betrayal in Feudal Japan
You likely haven’t heard of taiga dramas, and even more likely, have never watched one. Let me employ my first contribution as AEQAI’s film critic
Daniel Mason’s “The Winter Soldier”
World War I continues to inspire many a novelist, partly because both the social and political structures of Europe died in the trenches of that
Stephen Markley’s “Ohio”
The novelist Stephen Markley, author of the new book “Ohio”, is new to me. “Ohio” describes life in a small town in Northeastern Ohio, where
Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Unsheltered”
A new novel by Barbara Kingsolver, one of America’s finest writers, is a real literary event, so I ordered “The Unsheltered” the day it was
September Issue of Aeqai Online
The September issue of Aeqai has just posted. We waited one extra week to post so that we could begin to cover some of the
From Heart to Brush
Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World Cincinnati Art Museum September 7, 2018–January 27, 2019 Long before the Middle East came into the political
Outside In: Chris Engman’s Prospect and Refuge at the Weston
Chris Engman’s Prospect and Refuge teaches us not to trust our eyes. On display at the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery through
Artistic Detritus, the Circulation of Power, and Intervening in the Historic Record at The 8th Floor
“…[power is] a multiple and mobile field of force relations where far-reaching, but never completely stable effects of domination are produced.”[1] –Michel Foucault, The History
“Flyover Country” at the Xavier University Art Gallery, September 29-October 27, 2018
There is nothing ordinary about Erika NJ Allen’s photographs of downtown Cincinnati. Taken with a pinhole camera set at an exposure of nine days, the
As American as Whale Oil: “Loomings” by Christopher Volpe
In high school and college classrooms, Herman Melville’s 1851 novel “Moby-Dick, or, the Whale” is commonly used to illustrate Romantic and Naturalist themes. While it’s
Clothes Encounter Behringer-Crawford Museum FotoFocus Biennial 2018 Exhibit
“Style is where you find it …”, these words stood out when starting a journey through the past, looking at the storied history of photographer
Jeff Keen's Idiosyncratic Worlds of Collaged Films and Cinematic Drawings
“We are all collage artists today, switching from one channel to another, re-editing as we go,” the late British artist Jeff Keen (1923-2012) once declared.
Raquel André Collection Of Lovers Performance and Photography
The performance of Collection Of Lovers begins with the audience filing in as André recites names over a droning and ominous soundtrack. The recitation of
“Remembrances by PJ Sturdevant,” Xavier University Art Gallery, through October 27, 2018.
When I walked into native Cincinnatian PJ Sturdevant’s 1exhibition, “Remembrances,” at Xavier University, my head exploded with a jumble of images of the work of other
Phillip Levine shows “Stories” at Prographica/Koplin Del Rio in Seattle’s Pioneer Square
Phillip Levine’s sculptures are a sculptor’s dream. These are sculptures to learn from, more eloquent than any text and more accessible. To see the work
Best of America NOAPS Exhibit @ Eisele Gallery
Subjectwise, still lifes, interiors, portraits, landscapes and plein air scenes, there is a little something for everyone in this year’s curated exhibition at Eisele Gallery.