Elizabeth McGrath at Corey Helford Gallery
“It was in the black mirror of Anarchism that Surrealism first recognized itself.” -Andre Breton The timeliness of Elizabeth McGrath’s exhibition at Corey Helford
Michael Krueger’s Nondoing
Michael Krueger (pronounced Kreeeger) has shown parts of the same body of work entitled Nondoing in two different places lately. Both exhibitions were two person
Michael Scoggins’ Americansim at Weil Gallery
Michael Scoggins’ Americansim opened at the Weil Gallery on September sixteenth and ran through the eighteenth of October. Scoggins’ exhibited work dates as far back
Stefan Hertmans’ War and Turpentine
A surprise novel of immense depth, Stefan Hertmans’ War and Turpentine is Proustian in its evocation of both memory itself and of a writer’s ability
Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn
Jacqueline Woodson, a young African-American writer mainly noted for her children’s books, has written a flawless book for adults called Another Brooklyn. The novel follows
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
The Blue Jay The blue jay flying, see it? The soft under of her wing rustling in the wind’s stream. How her tail provokes
Early Fall Issue of Aeqai Online
We’ve combined two issues of Aeqai, late-August and all of September, in order to offer you the best selection of reviews and profiles for the
Undocumenting the Document: An Interview with Kevin Moore
Kevin Moore, an Independent curator and writer based in New York, has been the Artistic Director and Curator for FotoFocus since 2013. He earned his
“After Industry,” Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, through Nov. 27
The theme of the third edition of the FotoFocus Biennial is “Photography, the Undocument.” It “offers a chance to think about a fundamental aspect of
“Bal Masque: Caroline Thomas,” Art Academy of Cincinnati
As you enter the drab lobby of the Art Academy of Cincinnati, you can see Caroline Thomas’s over-the-top headpieces in her exhibition, “Bal Masque.” I
Glenn Brown at the Contemporary Arts Center
I have been aware of the work of artist Glenn Brown ever since he was first introduced in the 1990s as a loose member of
Double Vision: "Made In L.A." and "Maiden LA"
This summer, Los Angeles hosted two biennials: the inaugural iteration of a city-sponsored public art biennial called “Current: L.A.,” and the Hammer Museum’s “Made in
“The Book of Only Enoch” and “The Jackleg Testament, Part I: Jack and Eve” Cincinnati Art Museum September 24, 2016 to March12, 2017
To say that this exhibit is a must-see, is putting it mildly. The combined works are a command performance of an immense amount of work,
Paper’s Pliability Pulsates in “Brand 44 Works on Paper”
Set in the foothills above the City of Glendale, Brand Library and Art Center has been serving music and art lovers across Southern California since 1956.
Molly Bounds’ Panes: A Study in Motion
Molly Bounds’ Panes: A Study in Motion opened on July 1st at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, CO. I landed in Denver at
Good Night, Bloom: “A Photographic Survey of the American Yard: Photographs by Joshua White” at the Third Floor Gallery in the Fine Arts Center, Northern Kentucky University, September 22-October 29, 2016
Emerson’s idea of how to see Nature was to look up; Thoreau’s idea of how to see Nature was to look down. It drove Emerson
A Quarter of a Million Miles
Internationally exhibited Hawaiian-born, Christy Lee Rogers is the FotoFocus Biennial item at Miller this month. Her large format water medium photography prints fascinate as they
Fotofolio: FotoFocus
Selections and venue from FotoFocus Biennial 2016,
Bridging Cultures
Bridging Cultures, which will run at the C-Link Gallery at Brazee Street Studios through October 7, brings together the work of three Cincinnati artists, Eunshin
“Painters of Interest” August 19 – September 16, 2016 Cincinnati Art Galleries 225 E Sixth Street #1 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Cincinnati Art Galleries has been around long enough to outlive a slue of quality galleries which have slipped away, simply because the business of art
“Well-Known Pacifically” – a powerful tribute to a community’s ‘Mutual Celebrities’
Well Known Pacifically is the third and final installment of a series of exhibitions by Antonio Adams, currently on display at Thundersky Gallery. Although I
Blind and Not Afraid: Britt Hatzius
When playing ‘telephone’ as a kid there always seemed to be someone in the circle who would misinterpret the sentence, sometimes the translation was funny
OFFF Cincinnati 9/24/2016 Morning Session
The self declared “best creative conference in the world” isn’t making a great first impression. The conference pamphlet does little to back up that notion.
Sol Kjok Joins Forces in Her Search for Universal Truths
We met Sol Kjok in the early 1990s when she was a grad student at UC, in fine arts, though she already had an advanced
People’s Liberty, A Cincinnati Experiment
People’s Liberty, located at 1805 Elm St. in Over-the-Rhine, overlooks Findlay Market, but serves the Greater Cincinnati area within the I-275 corridor. A unique experiment,
"Memorable Impressions" at Cincinnati Art Galleries
Mark Daly’s appealing paintings are on view at Cincinnati Art Galleries in a show called “Memorable Impressions” that shares with viewers his own pleasures at
Jorge Alegria Heaven At Rockport Center for the Arts
Jorge Alegría’s Heaven opened at the Rockport Center for the Arts’ Garden Gallery on August sixth, with a closing on the third of September. The
Re-Monad: ‘My approach to re-interpretation.’ The work of Fukui formative abstract artist Tatsuya Tatsuta
His art is created in a compact 2–building atelier with a circular yard fringed by manicured black pines. The yard’s entrance faces southwest at the
Black & White, the KKK, and the Enduring Banality of Evil: “The Beginning is Near (Part I)” by Vincent Valdez
“[‘The City’] can be any city in America. These individuals can be any American. There is a false sense that these threats ever were (or
Third Coast National Juried Exhibition
On September second K-Space Contemporary opened its tenth annual Third Coast National juried exhibition. The exhibition will remain installed until the fourteenth of October. The
La Femme Dior
Change is in the air… It all started a few seasons ago when Alessandro Michele took the reins at Gucci and introduced the world to
Earthly Delight
A new collection for the Italian luxury brand Valentino was extra intriguing this time around as it marked the beginning of the solo career of
Film Review: “Sully”
In Clint Eastwood’s 35th time directing a movie, Sully confidently and emotionally recreates the 2009 Hudson River “miracle”, where as captain, he managed to
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Ample Singing She lifts me like a balloon. She caresses me like a song that makes me cry. She destroys me like dynamite and
Poems by Louis Zoeller Bickett
OUR FATHER HAIKU Every night, in my room, in the comfort of dark, on my knees I prayed. September 6, 2016
Bill Broun's "Night of the Animals"
Communication and observation are constant and encroaching for the populace in Bill Broun’s big, unnerving novel, Night of the Animals, set in a London of
Annie Proulx’s “Barkskins”
Annie Proulx’s latest novel is large and long, but entirely riveting–if you read it, you’ll be amazed at how rapidly it zooms by. It may
Yaa Gyasi’s “Homecoming”
Yaa Gyasi’s Homecoming is an exceptionally fine debut novel from a young, African-American writer originally from Ghana, but now living in The United States. Gyasi,
Jay McInerney’s “Bright, Precious Days”
Ever since Jay McInerney wrote “Bright Lights, Big City”, I’ve wondered whether his was a minor talent, or possibly a major one. When he began
Donald Ray Pollock’s “The Heavenly Table”
Donald Ray Pollock, who’s from rural Appalachian Ohio, began to write fiction after nearly 35 years as a laborer and/or truck driver. His writing has
Summer Issue of Aeqai Online
Aeqai’s one combined summer issue, July/August, has just posted, and we think it gives an exceptional overview of the visual arts throughout our region, including
Exhibition Review: “Dress Up, Speak Up: Costume and Confrontation”
The headless Food Faerie–a small, winged mannequin dressed in bright batik fabric carrying a satchel of artificial mangoes and poised to take flight–greets visitors to
The landscape of Performance Art in Cincinnati: Part I
To be quite honest, watching performance art has always kind of sqeaked me out. More often than not during a performance, I find myself shifting
“Bookworks XVII,” The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
The 17th edition of the “Bookworks” exhibition boasts 48 works by 30 members of the Cincinnati Book Arts Society (CBAS), which organized the non-juried show.
“Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt” Cincinnati Art Museum June 28,2016 – September 11, 2016
In a world of “Soft Kitty”, “Hello, Kitty”, and endless cute kitty videos, an ancient era which revered, feared and exalted cats is pretty hard
“Everything But the Meaning”: A Review of Joel Meyerowitz, Seeing Things: A Kid’s Guide to Looking at Photographs (New York: Aperture, 2016)
In the past 35 or so years, Joel Meyerowitz has seen more than a dozen monographs of his photographs published, and has contributed pictures and
George Dureau’s Singular Family Portrait
George Dureau took photographs of amours and amputees. He took photographs of athletes and artists and the anonymous. Mostly, he took photographs of nude black
Photo Road Trippin’
Recently I took a road trip from the Queen City to the Motor City to see The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip at the
The Antarctic Sublime & The Elements of Nature: Water at the DAI
As I write this, there is an excessive heat warning in Cincinnati, with heat index values reaching 102 degrees. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
The Great Change
Changing Times for Changing Fashion is the tagline for the costume design exhibition, Dressing Downton, currently on display at the Taft Museum of Art. With