David Gerena’s History Of Graffiti Pt 1
David Gerena’s show, History Of Graffiti Pt 1, is displayed now at Cincinnati Art Underground in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. It chronicles his early work in street
Sarah Martin: Expectations at The McGrath Gallery at Bellarmine University
As a preface, I’m writing this piece whilst questioning my intent in writing it. This exhibition had some serious flaws. On one hand, Expectations was
Art in Bloom Shines at the Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cincinnati Art Museum offered Art in Bloom October 26 – 29. Over 5,000 visitors made the trip to see the pairing of artwork with
Character Studies in Post-Cultural Revolution China: “Chinese Dreams” at MassArt
The final moments of the recording of Zhang Huan’s performance piece, “To Raise the Level of a Fish Pond,” make the piece as delightful as
Gallery OTR Joins New Galleries in Greater Cincinnati
A new gallery opened in Over-the-Rhine at 1121 Walnut St. Gallery OTR, which opened on July 28, 2017, is owned and managed by Mark Byron,
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Good Dang Lullabies in my head humming while by myself while you’re upstairs in your magic suit two sizes too big for you
Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”
Jesmyn Ward, whose National Book Award winning novel “Savage the Bones”, took the literary world by storm, has returned with her equally powerful new novel
Alice McDermott’s “The Ninth Hour”
A new novel by Alice McDermott is always a major literary event in America. The territory that she covers in most of her novels, Catholic
Celeste Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere”
Celeste Ng’s new novel, Little Fires Everywhere, is the worst, most offensive novel I’ve read in a very, very long time. Much praised for her
Jennifer Egan’s “Manhattan Beach”
Jennifer Egan’s back with her eminently readable, if flawed, new novel “Manhattan Beach”. She’s one of America’s absolutely finest younger writers, along with Rachel Cusk,
September Issue of Aeqai Online
As the fall season really heats up, both the number of exhibitions soars, and the number of high quality ones appear as well. Aeqai’s September
Report from the 2017 Contemporary Art Grand Tour: Venice, Münster, Kassel
Summer 2017 may very well be one of the most important art seasons in recent memory. In the wake of political turmoil and the record
Crackling Surfaces: Anthony Luensman’s "New Works"
A slow-burning ambiguity inhabits the title of Anthony Luensman’s New Works, which now hang at the Clay Street Press Gallery in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine district. Most
Painting is All Fun and Games, Joseph Winterhalter at DAAP’s Philip Meyers Jr. Memorial Gallery
Joseph Winterhalter: Painting consists of a suite of thirteen new works by this Cincinnati artist; five paintings and eight works on paper dated 2016
The Artist as Cultural Producer, a Defense of New Media, and Re-Shaping Public Attitudes about Contemporary Art
On September 12, 1940 four French boys stumbled into a complex network of caves in southwestern France. Their discovery of innumerable Paleolithic cave paintings dating
The Pushcart of Ideas: A Conversation with Danny Brown
Aeqai’s Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Brown, recently received a Lifetime Achievement award from Marquis Who’s Who, which has been recognizing American accomplishments in a variety of fields
Latin America Colonizes Los Angeles Via Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
Despite Southern California’s large Hispanic population, Latin American art is seldom shown. Aside from some museums’ pre-Columbian sections and paintings by well-known artists like Frida
Connecting Charlottesville and Ohio: A Conversation with Sarah Boyts Yoder
Like most of the country, I watched in shock and horror as white supremacists swarmed the city of Charlottesville in a menacing rally of racist
“Reality of Nature” at Launch LA
Earlier this month, Richard Glasser, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction expressed deep concern about the future of our planet. In his
A Painter’s Family Tree, "Predecessors" at the Contemporary Arts Center
Everyone has a family tree. Painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s exhibition, Predecessors, outlines her family tree poignantly. She gives us the women in her family in
“Ana England: Kinship,” Cincinnati Art Museum, through March 4, 2018
Clay is, essentially, dirt, or, to be more poetic, earth. Many artists use clay metaphorically, including Ana England. However, she takes her material
Timing is Everything
Few exhibitions in our region have been more anticipated than the joint showing of oil paintings by David Mueller and MaryBeth Karaus at Eisele Gallery
Familiar Connections at Miller Gallery
The Miller Gallery in Hyde Park closes a wonderful landscape show on September 29, 2017. The work of three artists is included in the show,
The Place of the Nude: “9th Annual NUDE: Exploring the Uncovered Human Form,” Manifest, August 17-September 15, 2017
A show about the nude can’t help but raise issues about voyeurism any more than it can help raise questions about sexual politics. (I counted,
Edge of Perception, sculptural and mixed media works by Emily Burns and Mallory Feltz at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center through September 24.
Just prior to the great solar eclipse which traversed our country a few weeks ago, I attended the opening of a show at the Kennedy
Review of "Biophilia, Standing Witness" at Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Mt. St. Joseph
An undercurrent of pleasure runs through the exhibition Biophilia, Standing Witness on view now through October 20 at Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Mount St.
Tracy Boyd at Vermillion Gallery
Bold, ambitious and packed with color, Tracy Boyd’s paintings indulge our sight, whether you linger on the drips in the paint or see the horses
Ebb and Flow at Cincinnati Underground
Ebb and Flow (recently closed) is a three-person exhibition at Cincinnati Art Underground, in OTR. The work of Cincinnati artists Kristine Donnelly and Erin Mahorney
A Jewel in the Queen’s Crown
On October 6, 2017, Music Hall, one of Cincinnati’s iconic treasures, will reopen to the public after extensive renovations for the past 18 months. Revered
UnFunction
The most functional items in our lives go unnoticed. The more functional, the more indistinguishable they are from our daily routine. When the doorknob breaks,
Poetry in Bars and Other Solutions
“The spirit of Dada re-emerges in the puberty of every artistic generation,” —Adrian Notz (owner / operator of the Cabarete Voltaire) Believing that
Meet Me at the Horizon, 125 Expansive Paintings in 8.5 x 11 Inch Frames
When you walk into HudsonJones Gallery, at first glance it might appear bare. The one room gallery is flooded with light, flanked with beautiful red
Greenery
Art Beyond Boundaries, a spacious storefront gallery on Main Street in Over the Rhine, features the work of regional artists with disabilities. The current show,
Relation at Brazee Gallery
Relation, an exhibition of Stuart Fink’s intense and intricate sculpture, fills the two relatively small exhibition rooms at Brazee Gallery in Oakley with ease and
“Sight of Hand” at Cincinnati Art Galleries
Cincinnati Art Galleries on East 6th street is presenting the contrasting work of two Cincinnati artists. Leslie Shiels invites you to enjoy her animated brushwork
Fashion and Technology – Part I
With early hints of fall being seen around the city, these next few months are an especially exciting time for the Cincinnati Art Museum and
Two Cathedrals
Two cathedrals have recently arisen in the Over-the-Rhine area of Cincinnati’s urban basin, one a renovation of an historic brewery, the other a fountain complex
Wooden Hill, Home and Garden Shop, in Westwood
Wooden Hill, 3036 Harrison Ave., is a new home and garden shop in Westwood. Owned by Amanda Hogan Carlisle and her husband Kevin Carlisle, the
Two New Galleries Open: 124 W. Pike St. and Caza
Named after its street location, a new gallery called 124 W. Pike St. opened September 15 in Covington in Duveneck Square, listed as an Historic
Society of Professional Journalists, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus chapters
Laura A. Hobson, owner, Hobson Mosaic, received a first place award for best feature writing in the freelance category for a story about the Civic
Mathias Enard’s “Compass”
Compass, a long and erudite novel by Mathias Enard, is the surprise novel of the summer. Winner of the most prestigious French Prix Goncourt, named
Tom Perrotta’s “Mrs. Fletcher”
Tom Perrotta is the most contemporary of American writers chronicling life in the American suburbs, a distinguished tradition in American fiction that probably starts with
Gabriel Tallent’s “My Absolute Darling”
There’s been a huge amount of positive, excited build-up towards the publication of “My Absolute Darling”, a new novel by a new writer, Gabriel Tallent
Cynthia Hoskin’s “Fall’s Bright Flame”
Disclaimer: Cynthia Hoskin is a good friend of mine. I read the novel “Fall Tides” this summer, in galley form, and wrote a review for
July/August 2017 Aeqai Online
The summer (July/August) issue of aeqai has just posted. We have an excellent mix of exhibitions from this region, and others from around the country.
When Landscape was Real Estate: “A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America,” Cincinnati Art Museum June 10-September 3, 2017
A careful visitor to the Cincinnati Art Museum’s very substantial exhibition of paintings, sculptures, furniture, documents, implements, and advertisements of many sorts might well
“Other Wordly,” YWCA Women’s Art Gallery, through September 21, 2017
Mounting the stairs at the YWCA Women’s Art Gallery to see “Other Wordly,” the word that came to mind was “charming” as I encountered
Angela Teng’s “To Have and to Hold” at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Angela Teng’s To Have and to Hold opened on the 13th of May at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, and closed on the 17th of June.
Sleeping Clowns, Screaming Color, and Transcendent Stairwells: Ugo Rondinone at the Contemporary Arts Center
Ugo Rondinone, born and based in Switzerland, is known for sculptures and installations with alternately an absence or an overabundance of color. Referred to by
Kingdoms and Horses: “Treasures of British Painting 1400-2000: The Berger Collection,” Taft Museum of Art June 10-October 1, 2017
One doesn’t immediately think of the British for their heritage of great painting. As Britain rose as a great mercantile power starting in the 16th