“Flight,” Covington Arts Center
In addition to being an activist, artist, U. C. professor, director of the VA’s Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, and writing a monthly column for
Daniel Arsham – “Remember the Future”
We are shaped by the events of our childhood and Daniel Arsham is no exception. During his youth in Miami, the house in which he
Elder High Alumni Display Art at East Price Hill Gallery
The Flats Gallery is easy to miss. Located on a nondescript corner in East Price Hill, the Mount St. Joseph-owned gallery is currently hosting “Elder
“HANDSOME” IN CHINA
Handmade in China II: Stay Handsome Clay Street Gallery, 1312 Clay Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Open 6-9 pm Final Friday, April 24 Exhibition continues till May
Albano Afonso – “Self Portrait as Light”
Looking past the light, and gazing deeply into the photography to discern the eyes, mouth, nose, and lips behind and was unable to bring the
Butler Institute: A Pastel Solo in many keys
My recent visit to the Butler Institute of American Art included viewing the work of Ohio pastelist Judith Carducci. Carducci’s prize winning work is recognized
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
We lived in The District – Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) – when our youngest child went off to kindergarten. I went right down to
Letter from Savannah
Going to Savannah during the off-season felt like walking on the beach during low tide; something was missing. All the lawns were still perfectly kept,
The Legacy of Michael Graves. FAIA
Michael Graves, the most celebrated graduate of the University of Cincinnati School of Architecture, died at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, March 12, 2015.
From Salzburg to New York
Karl Lagerfeld, head designer and creative director of the House of Chanel, serves as ringmaster in a circus of fashion shows and presentations which occur
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
I. Images For A Better World: Albert WEBB, Visual Artist Albert Webb, born in Barbourville, Kentucky, spent his youth in the rural community of Rockholds.
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Gold & Yolk I cannot claim to know about death, but I have seen the way it makes a mother tremble and a
Poems by Huck Fairman
Early Morning It seems an endless time in my life when stars shine, and music and light dance burning yellow, not quite as bright
Book Review: The Wall by H.G. Adler
Little known in America, H.G. Adler is becoming one of the towering figures of modernist literature, and deservedly so. The third novel of his Holocaust
April Issue of Aeqai Online
April has brought us better weather, and an ongoing plethora of first-rate exhibitions in the visual arts, as well as more new galleries, increasingly on
The Idler and the Crowd: “Wild West to Gilded Age: American Treasures from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art” at the Taft Museum of Art, February 6, 2015-May 24, 2015
If you had wanted an education in the transition from the 19th to the 20th centuries in American culture, the Taft Museum has been the
In Theory: Navigating reimagined territories in Now Here: Theoretical Landscapes at The Carnegie
What is a landscape? What exactly constitutes its borders and ambiguities? “Now Here: Theoretical Landscapes,” a new exhibit at The Carnegie in Covington, explores this
“The Total Look: Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton,” Cincinnati Art Museum, through May 24, 2015
The title of the Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition featuring the apparel designs of Rudi Gernreich – notorious for his topless swimsuit — is inspired. “The
Women in Abstraction: Phyllis Weston Gallery
Abstract Art lovers’ Alert! The current exhibit featured at the Phyllis Weston Gallery in O’Bryonville will thrill you. The benign art of collage is taken
“About Faith:” nine women’s experiences with Judaism through art
“About Faith,” does not hide behind a clever name. It is, both on its surface and deep down, about showcasing its artists’ Jewish identities. According
“Meditation” at Wash Park Art Shows Evan Hildebrandt and Alison Shepard
Gorgeous is not a word to be thrown out lightly, and in any case it’s usually not accepted ArtSpeak, but some of the works in
Puppet Show: “Baby’s Back: Lindsey Henderson and Mica Smith” at Pear Gallery
Lindsey Henderson makes oddly familiar and familiarly odd puppet-like things that seem to bleed in and out of reality, like double visions flickering back into
“Modern Voices in Japanese Ceramics and Prints,” Cincinnati Art Museum, through April 26, 2015
I think the best way – physically and intellectually — to approach the “Modern Voices in Japanese Ceramics and Prints” exhibition at the Cincinnati Art
Uncovering 300 Years of Japanese Art At The Cincinnati Art Museum
When the Cincinnati Art Museum first announced its exhibition schedule for the coming season, I was thrilled to see that Masterpieces of Japanese Art was
Figurative Folklore
“The human figure as depicted in art is more than a study of anatomy and the play of light and dark on the flesh. Human
Susan Schuler at Malton
Susan Schuler, abstract painter, has moved to Albuquerque. For the light. For the glorious southwestern sunlight, clarity intact, that has bedazzled artists since at least
The New Gucci
Fashion is art, of this there is no doubt. Like a painter, a fashion designer’s creative abilities come to life on the canvas on which he/she
A Vessel Filling Slowly
This past week I was in New York City and saw West of the Future, a show of oil and distemper paintings by the California
Letter From New York
Art week in New York has been stereotyped as an endless pit of marketable art floating in a sea of socialites perusing from pier to
Letter from Springfield Pro-Text: When Words Enter Visual Art
Not every Friday the 13th is as memorable as the opening reception and new exhibition at the Illinois State Museum-Springfield Gallery. Curated by the museum’s
Tom Towhey, Cincinnati Artist
Several years after I moved to the Cincinnati area in 1992, a friend took me to an art gallery near my house where I saw
February 28, 2015: Reflections at the End of Black History Month. Where We At? Dealing (with) Black Feminism
By Venise Keys, Edited by Cynthia Kukla In the great tradition of Black Feminism, I have integrated a daily practice of self-love into my lifestyle
Joyce Phillips Young
“My art reflects my journey,” said Joyce Phillips Young, an African American artist who has created acrylic paintings for many years. “I have come to
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
I. Images For A Better World: Carole WINTERS, Visual Artist Carole Winters, born in Northern Kentucky, spent most of her childhood in Western New York
Poems by Louis Zoellar Bickett
“…Life gives its whole heart And death gives its secret…” —from The Work of the Painter by Paul Eluard (translated by Samuel Beckett) BUDDHA IN
Poems by Huck Fairman
The Year Picture some old man trying to say something profound about the year, about its turnings, its seasons, its existence in the air.
Book Review: The Secret Wisdom of Earth by Christopher Scotton
Another exciting debut novel is out, this one entitled The Secret Wisdom of the Earth, and is written by Christopher Scotton. It’s very much akin
Book Review: Outline By Rachel Cusk
English writer Rachel Cusk’s new novel, titled Outline, is one of the most unusual novels around, and if you give it what’s now called slow
March Issue of Aeqai Online
The March issue of Aeqai has just posted, and the offerings in the visual arts this month have been outstanding, all over the region. As
Winter Issue of Aeqai Online
The January/February issue of aeqai has just posted. It’s a six week, rather than four week, issue, as the first two weeks in January were
Public Art: Where It’s Headed, and Why It Matters to Cincinnati
Editor’s Note: Aeqai asked ArtWorks Executive Director Tamara Harkavy and Communications Director Christine Carli to let our readers know what ArtWorks’ plans for 2015 include,
Word Image Image Word
“Writing’s just drawing in different apparel, and drawing is another way of writing.”—Jean Cocteau This Cocteau quote was the heart of a recent Word Image
Based on a True Story
The term “based on a true story” gives promise of an almost reality, while lending full disclosure that what’s before you is not teeming with
Max Unterhaslberger at Phyllis Weston Gallery
One senses a materiality trying to escape from these paintings. In some of them Unterhaslberger traps the work behind a clear acrylic screen by applying
Profile of Annie Bolling
If Annie Bolling and Beverley Lamb reach their highest aspiration for their 1,800-square-foot art gallery on Woodburn Avenue, the art they make will fill the
Manifest Open Drawing Sessions: Works on Paper Pursuing the drawing question
Why draw? Brazee Street Studio gallery is where one can peruse the efforts of 10 dedicated participants in the Manifest Open Studio live model sessions.
Seeing Isn’t Believing: Exploring the Contemporary Arts Center’s “Unmade” exhibition featuring Anne Lindberg and Saskia Olde Wolbers
To commemorate Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center’s (CAC)’s 75th anniversary, the Steven Matijcio-curated exhibition “Unmade” dissolves vision and purpose, not only in the works displayed, but
The Burning Ones, Installation by Anthony Becker at the Eva G. Farris Gallery Thomas Moore College
Experiencing an installation, which is typically a temporary endeavor by the artist, requires a different approach than viewing a finished object, sculpture or painting. In
“On the Road and Into the Woods,” Covington Arts, closed
Last fall the Covington Arts Center moved from its Seventh Street space to the corner of Pike and Madison. It was just a block but