Widening the Net: Performance Art Overview Part II
Cincinnati is changing. We have seen the revitalization of the urban center and new galleries popping up in each verging neighborhood. Although it has been
Behind the Scenes of an Artist’s Work: Shippers, Framers, Restorers and Conservators Who Make the Artist Shine
Behind the scenes of an artist’s work are shippers, framers, restorers and conservators essential to an artist. Cincinnati has several people working in those fields.
PAINTING IN PUBLIC
Kevin T. Kelly and his son, Jack Kelly, are in the same line of work. They are artists; they make paintings. This is often a
Fotofolio – Lars Anderson
“Shrouded” Lar’s statement: When I look closely at the world,
Letter from New York
We aren’t able to sleep. Or maybe worse, we are. The panic comes and goes, and then it stays. As presidential orders are meted out
“VOULKOS: The Breakthrough Years,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, through March 15, 2017
“VOULKOS: The Breakthrough Years” at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City traces the evolution of Peter Voulkos from
Ella Weber – Artist Profile
I stumbled across the work of Ella P. Weber on Instagram. I was thumbing through my feed as I normally do. I was feeling listless,
Trans rights, melting glaciers, evil-thwarting shields: just another Houston gallery-hop, just another January in America
In a month when most of us are struggling to find a concise slogan for our protest signs, Houston’s inner loop as usual is a
Mind The Gap
Mind The Gap When fashion designers gather to showcase their haute couture collections in Paris twice a year, it’s generally an anything goes scenario.
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Expecting My wife is expecting me to be the man I promised to be when I told her “even when we return to dust,
“The Dispossessed” by Szilard Borbely
The grinding dailiness of poverty is so well delineated in Szilard Borbely’s novel The Dispossessed, that we realize that we may have become inured to
“Transit” by Rachel Cusk
If you haven’t yet discovered the young English writer Rachel Cusk, I urge you to do so. Last year’s offering from her , Outline, was
December Issue of Aeqai Online
The December issue of aeqai has just posted, and it’s a very eclectic group of columns we have for our readers this month. I’m hoping
The Dappled Life: “Van Gogh: Into the Undergrowth” at the Cincinnati Art Museum, October 15, 2016-January 8, 2017
Okay, I’ll go first. In my decades of getting to know and love the Cincinnati Art Museum’s permanent collection, I had never really liked Van
Two Shows at Wave Pool: “Everything Is Nothing with a Twist” and “Domus Candela”
December 3rd marked the opening of two new exhibitions at Wave Pool: the group show Everything Is Nothing with a Twist on the ground floor
Human As Content: Alan Rath at Carl Solway
The windowless white rooms that comprise the Carl Solway Gallery provide an austere setting for the LCD screen-based, chrome-armatured show Alan Rath: New Sculpture. The
Visionary Artists at the Carnegie Arts Center
E is for Edie, An Edith McKee Harper Retrospective Tony Dotson, An American Outsider Solo Exhibition Both exhibitions run from December 9, 2016 through February
Best Fiction of 2016
2016 has been one of the best years for fiction in quite a number of years. The ongoing globalization of literature continues, with superb writers
The Big Chill: “Roe Ethridge: Nearest Neighbor” at the Contemporary Arts Center, October 7, 2016-March 12, 2017
My place to start thinking about Roe Ethridge’s work and sensibility is his “Thanksgiving 1984 (table)” (2009). It captures the artist’s love of surface, an
Making the Specific Universal – A Review of ‘Je danse et je vous en donne à bouffer (I Dance and I Feed You)’ by Radhouane El Meddeb
I’m perched on the kitchen counter, watching my mother cook. It’s dark outside, the company will arrive soon and the air is weighted with smell.
Implosions of Significance
As I reflect on my experience of this year, two dates stand out: June 14 and August 16. On those days, Riviera hotel and casino
On Arts Education and Our Current Political Climate
Throughout my youth, my mother dragged me to more museums than I wished to attend. But in doing so, she instilled in me an understanding
How We Play, or Don't Play: Julian Lorber and Nicole Pietrantoni at Nicole Longnecker Gallery
Adults are often admonished for losing our appreciation for “play”; we find it childish, something we leave behind, and scientists often tell us that our
"Provocateur" by Tyler Shields
Provocateur, Tyler Shields’ new book of photographs, is a weighty publication. Close to a square foot in shape and about an inch and a half
12 Nazi Concentration Camps: Photographs by James Friedman
Photographs by James Friedman of 12 Nazi concentration camps opened in October 2016 at the Cincinnati Skirball Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
“Tapped”, “Texas” & “Minnesota” at MANIFEST GALLERY Dec 2016
Cincinnati’s Manifest Gallery opens a number of exhibits at its Walnut Hills locale this week. “Tapped” is a unique annual exhibition exploring the relationship between
Pageant of The People
As we welcome the holiday season, most high fashion brands are focused on transitioning their buying clientele from fall / winter to resort collections and
Fran Watson Tribute Exhibit and Sale Jan. 8
The children of Fran Watson will host a tribute exhibit and sale of Fran’s best paintings Sunday, January 8, 2017, from 2:00 – 5:00 at
Fotofolio – Craig Barber
“Working the Land” Craig’s statement: As our society
A Conversation with Colin Klimesh
Colin’s devotion to detail results in considered work that is in conversation with contemporary culture. His objects are at home wherever they are and
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
The Hayloft The rickety hayloft door, like terrible drumming against its tattered track, was our barrier between the thunderous swarm and blusterous squall. The
Aeqai Fundraiser 2016
These works of art are for sale. Place your bid through email with Cedric Michael Cox at [email protected] so we can keep you posted. Thanks
October/November Issue of Aeqai
The visual arts in Greater Cincinnati have been dominated this fall by the third biennial celebration of photography/lens based art, so that a large number
Dissident Personae: Zanele Muholi at the Freedom Center
Cincinnati’s National Underground Railroad Freedom Center brings the history of US slavery into conversation with human rights abuses across varied national and cultural contexts. From
When Photography Was New: Picturing the West: Masterworks of 19th-Century Landscape Photography Islands of the Blest Artist-Led Communities: Meatyard, Lyons, Siskind & Callahan
The Fotofocus Biennial 2016 features a marvelous array of photography exhibitions – eight exhibits curated by Kevin Moore for Fotofocus and about sixty additional ancillary
American Photography’s Lurch Toward the Conceptual
Two of the three FotoFocus 2016 exhibitions offered at the Art Academy of Cincinnati were curated by former AAC photography instructor, Will Knipscher. These included
Decentering the Art: “Kentucky Renaissance: The Lexington Camera Club and Its Community, 1954-1974” at the Cincinnati Art Museum, October 8, 2016-January 1, 2017
In an undated and untitled photograph by Robert C. May, we are standing at the edge of some unremarkable woods, separated by a paved road
New Art Galleries Open in Cincinnati
With the renovation of Cincinnati’s urban core nearly complete, neighborhoods near downtown, including Over-the-Rhine, Camp Washington, Price Hill, Brighton and Northside have become hot places
Tribute to Fran Watson
Greater Cincinnati has lost one of its true Renaissance minds, with the death of Fran Watson at the end of October. A regular critic for
Tribute to Fran Watson
Remembering Fran Watson, I think first of the pleasure of being with her. We had a scad of things in common, and probably an equal
“Photospeak” at Art Beyond Boundaries
Over-the-Rhine has been home to Art Beyond Boundaries gallery for a decade. Curator Jymi Bolden hosts up to seven shows a year, and proudly claims
"Foto Founders" at Covington's Behringer-Crawford Museum
Foto Founders at Covington’s Behringer-Crawford Museum provided an interesting element in the flurry of Foto Focus exhibitions during its October run. Who were primary influences
“Duane Michals: Sequences, Tintypes, and Talking Pictures,” Carl Solway Gallery
“Old age should be a reward, not a punishment,” declares octogenarian Duane Michals. “I must recommend getting older.” 1 With his vigor, creativity, and
Connie Sullivan’s "Ripples Through Time"
Connie Sullivan’s Ripples Through Time stood somewhat as a mystery. In an unannotated room, you are greeted with only her name, the exhibition title, and
Screening the Modernist Ruin: a review of a selection of films at Mini Microcinema
The third installment of the Mini Microcinema’s series on urbanism and the city co-sponsored by the UC Center for Film and Media Studies and School
Life in the Woods: Evocative Landscapes by Kevin Muente
Depending on where you stand when you view them, Kevin Muente’s landscapes can be two different paintings. When seen from a distance, they initially appear
Camille Iemmolo’s The Lonely Stage
Camille Iemmolo’s The Lonely Stage opened at Thomas Master’s Gallery in Chicago on September ninth, and closed on the twenty-third. Importantly perhaps, this exhibition is
Nabil El Jaouhari: Memory Pacifier
Lebanese artist Nabil El Jaouhari has only been in Cincinnati a short time, but since his arrival six months ago, he’s created a body of
Reclaiming Material Responsibility: Blake Rayne and Analia Saban at Blaffer Art Museum
Legally, “material responsibility” refers to an employee’s responsibility regarding a company’s material assets. Yet, the theme of responsibility in the Blaffer’s current exhibitions—and both artists’