Unique Vision Celebrated in Two Exhibitions: Otherwise: Keith Benjamin, Ben Clark, Richard Emry Nickolson at Thunder Sky Gallery Uncanny at Visionaries and Voices Gallery
The story of the founding of the Raymond Thunder Sky Gallery and Visions and Voices Gallery, both in Northside, is as compelling as the art
“Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light,” Cincinnati Art Museum, through August 13, 2017
As an undergraduate studying art history in the late ’60s, I lusted after a Thonet rocker, which I pronounced “thon-it,” and a hanging Tiffany lamp.
Climax of the next scene, an Outsiders Exploration of Virtual Worlds
I’ve always had mixed feelings about video games. I am no gamer but I have spent my fair share of time crouched on the couch
The Enigmatic Visions of a Former Wine Merchant: Jean Dubuffet
What makes Jean Dubuffet’s art so captivating? Dubuffet Drawings, 1935-1962, which closed April 30 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, offered insight into elusive
Zephyr Gallery: Project 17: Ritual Geography
Zephyr Gallery has a twenty year history in Louisville, moving from location to location as the community needs and sees fit. Project 17: Ritual Geography
Growing Pains and Revolution at the MFAH: Ron Mueck and “Adiós Utopia”
I can barely get through a day in Houston—and even international art websites—without seeing Ron Mueck’s sideways head. An alumnus of Jim Henson’s creature shop
Puentes No Muros: Bridges Not Walls
Mi Casa es Su Casa – My home is your home – is a Spanish phrase that reflects recent efforts of local artists M. Katherine
KMAC Couture: Art Walks the Runway; Louisville’s soiree into the couture fashion world
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft has been a part of the Louisville arts community since 1989 (formally the Art and Craft Foundation). Since
Say it with Fashion
Did she know? Did designer Maria Grazia Chiuri know that in late September, 2016 she would start the modern interpretation of the protest-by-tshirt trend? (reminder:
Tony Pinto Reignites His Practice through “Artist Seen” at Shoebox Projects
Spearheaded by Kristine Schomaker, founder of Shoebox PR and Art and Cake, Shoebox Projects is a month-long residency program for Los Angeles-based artists. Not only
Rachel Fischer LOW TIDE
Rachel Fischer’s installation at Box 13 Art Space in Houston, in the Front Box, opened on the eighteenth of March and closed on the twenty-second
Fern Canyon: Paintings by Claire Sherman at the KMAC
The day that I visited the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts on Main Street, the sun was shining through their gigantic windows facing out
It Girl
Depending on age and interest in popular culture, the term It Girl means different things to different people. To some it relates to the young
Kate Carlson’s Running
Kate Carlson’s “Running” is a beautifully sparely written, nearly minimalist, narrative about three young Western on the run in Athens, Greece. They are two men,
Margaret Drabble’s The Dark Flood Rises
Margaret Drabble is one of England’s finest novelists, along with her equally brilliant novelist sister, A. S. Byatt, although they don’t seem to speak to
Parisa Reza’s The Gardens of Consolation
Parisa Reza’s novel The Gardens of Consolation is one of the most beautifully written of the year to date. The Iranian Reza examines the life
March Issue of Aeqai Online
Since the Editor Daniel Brown’s computer stopped working on Friday, March 17, we are simply notifying our readers that the March issue of Aeqai has
“Calling” by Kate Kern at the Weston Art Gallery
The realm of artist Kate Kern is the ethereal space of imagination, wherein she depicts an actual, tangible place that is like this world, but
“Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris,” Taft Museum of Art, through May 17, 2017
It was just before Valentine’s Day, when I saw the lavish “Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris” exhibition at the Taft Museum
KayWalkingStick at the Dayton Art Institute
I can’t decide if I should leap for joy or feel cheated by the art world when I discover yet another marvelous woman artist who
Short Circuits and Exposed Networks: The Wired at Weston Gallery
Artworks today enter digital markets of circulation. Even the seemingly dematerialized, non-commodifiable works of land art and conceptual art are subject to economies of reproduction
"Dressed to Kill: Japanese Arms and Armor” Cincinnati Art Museum through May 7, 2017
On the quiet Tuesday that I visited the “Dressed to Kill: Japanese Arms and Armor” exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum, there were only a few
Why I Continue to Fight
In 2012, I found out that I had breast cancer. To avoid recurrence (since both my mother and grandmother had suffered the same), I opted
Inside the Judgment Zone
People can be so truculent, never missing an opportunity to censure others. That’s what makes Planet Fitness’ storied promise of a “Judgement [sic] Free Zone”
Faith and Family: “Rembrandt and the Jews: The Berger Print Collection” at the Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College, March 5-April 30, 2017
Rembrandt’s apparently substantial interest in things Jewish has been matched by western culture’s interest in Rembrandt’s interest in things Jewish. This has led to a
Twice the First Time, a contemporary fusion of hip hop, visual art and performance
Twice the First Time, a contemporary fusion of hip hop, visual art and performance Twice the First Time was not the performance I expected. Sitting
Explorations in Color
This show in the Main Art Gallery of the Fine Arts Center at Northern Kentucky University features four Cincinnati artists, Mike Agricola, Tina Tammaro, Celia
Painting in the Network: Algorithm and Appropriation at University of Louisville’s Cressman Center for the Arts
Painting in the Network: Algorithm and Appropriation, which is currently up at University of Louisville’s Cressman Center for the Arts, and curated by Chris Reitz,
"Birds of Paradise" at Marta Hewett Gallery
The birds in Kevin Veara’s paintings are vividly alive in their stylized natural world. Birds of Paradise, an exhibition of a dozen or so of
THE CASTLE OF DEBRIS —Tatsuya Tatsuta’s formative abstract representation of Lacanian desire
“There are only 2 tragedies in life: not getting what one desires, and getting it.” —Oscar Wilde The Castle of Debris is situated first from
The Return to Beauty: Asian Influences on Contemporary Landscape Art
Chinese and Japanese art come from radically different traditions and assumptions than Western art. “Chinese painters are always painting essences, not likenesses,” according to Curator
Shippers, Preparers, Framers, Conservators – Part II
This article is the second of a two-part series about shippers, framers, conservators and preparers in the Greater Cincinnati area. Look no further than 1309
Letter from Lebanon: Sifr (Zero), or the illusionary yet corrupting value of money
Every time I visit Lebanon, I am amazed by the prevailing creative energy that permeates everyday life. This energy is chaotic, screaming, often in your
Paige Williams
Editor’s Note: Aeqai is pleased to republish Megan Bickel’s interview with Paige Williams. The inverview was originally published on Five-Dots. Paige Williams has exhibited in Germany,
Noel Anderson’s “Study for a Blak Origin Moment” at Miller Gallery
Noel Anderson’s “Study for a Blak Origin Moment” appears at Miller Gallery, located in an upscale neighborhood of Cincinnati. The show runs in conjunction with
Fotofolio – Tim Freeman
“Firmament” Tim’s statement: “And God made
Anne Wehrley Bjork at B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Anne Bjork, an artist whose work I was unfamiliar with until visiting the gallery; is originally from New Mexico and now resides in and is
Poem By Louis Zoellar Bickett
IN THE DREAM I was a baby held by my Mother tightly to her breast. Her long black hair brushed against my face. She smelled
Paul Auster’s “4 3 2 1”
Paul Auster’s 886 page new novel, titled ” 4 3 2 1″, may well be an American masterpiece. Skipping early American literature, which I often
January/February 2017 Issue of Aeqai Online
Aeqai’s back with a double issue, January/February, 2016, and the new issue has just posted. We hope that you’ll find our slight increase in cultural
“The Trump L’Oeil Olé!” SOFT REGARDS: INSTALLATION BY ELENA HARVEY COLLINS AND LIZ ROBERTS Weston Art Gallery DEC. 9, 2016–JAN. 29, 2017. A Déjà Revue by Regan Brown
“I read a theory once that the human intellect was like peacock feathers. Just an extravagant display intended to attract a mate. All of art,
“Max Beckmann in New York,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, through February 20, 2017
In “Max Beckmann in New York,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art has brought together 14 works painted when the artist lived in the city in
Report from New York: Walking between Dreams in Three Immersive Cinematic Exhibitions
This winter, three major New York institutions hosted exhibitions of immersive, moving image installations. In many ways the works featured in these shows were direct
Feeling History: “The Poetry of Place” at the Cincinnati Art Museum, December 10, 2016-June 11, 2017
“The Poetry of Place” is a small show at the Cincinnati Art Museum, with only 18 photographs by only three artists, William Clift, Michael Kenna,
Caroline Wells Chandler: Crocheting Utopia
This essay hopes to provide readers a theoretical analysis of the queer abstraction of Caroline Wells Chandler (b.1985), a contemporary New York painter. The methodology
Color Beauty Vision – Carl Solway Gallery
Color is the lush and unapologetic feature that binds the three artists whose solo presentations opened Friday, February 3rd, 2017 at the Carl Solway
Ruins in Drinking Glasses: Michael Dopp's "Capriccio" at Roberts & Tilton
“Capriccio,” Michael Dopp’s show in Roberts & Tilton’s small secondary gallery, features 18 ink drawings brimming with symbolism. From afar, their washy Old Masterish monochromaticity
“Pieced together: Expression, Memory, Identity”
“Pieced together: Expression, Memory, Identity” YWCA, Women’s Gallery, 898 Walnut St. Cincinnati, Ohio Artists: Jamie Van Landuyt, Elizabeth Leal and Sara Caswell Pearce Through April
Resolutions: 1. More Art
To start the new year right, Wash Park Art Gallery offers an exhibit of twenty artists, both painters and photographers, that will run through February
George Rush Walls, Windows, Rooms, People At the Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio
George Rush complicates the privacy of domestic and gallery space with his exhibition Walls, Windows, Rooms, People at the Weston Gallery. Using changes in texture,