Art in a box: Christiane Berridge admires the detailed roomboxes created by Robert Off
Editor’s Note: Cincinnatian Robert Off has been designing and fabricating miniature rooms,which he calls roomboxes, for over ten years, easily, but has begun to display
Area Sculptor 3D Sculpture at CAM
When I was first approached about writing this appreciation of a piece at the Cincinnati Art Museum, I was absolutely confident in my choice. As
Geometrically Ordered Design: Two to Tango
“So God created man in his own image.” -Genesis 1:27 This is technically my second article pertaining to the design field and again it is
“Diaspora/Miasma” at Marta Hewitt Gallery
Dichotomy and paradox often create the tension in representational artwork, taking us beyond the visual depictions in the work and tapping into our visceral connections.
VAGA: Protecting the rights of artists since 1976
As an artist and a person in the media, images play an important role in my professional and personal life. The idea of ownership and
“At Last” By Edward St. Aubyn (Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux 2011)
Possibly because England is such a small and relatively isolated country, the literature that predominates, both past and present seem to be the relatively modest-in-scope
Family Matters
There were a number of films that engaged “family matters’” shown in Cincinnati these past two months, most significantly the long-running Academy Award-winning Iranian A
A Godfather of Pop Becomes the Pop-father of a God: Jim Dine’s “Pinocchio (Emotional)” outside the Cincinnati Art Museum
With his new bronze sculpture, “Pinocchio (Emotional),” a scary-monster/sweetie-pie welcoming people outside the Cincinnati Art Museum, Jim Dine conjures a lot of pop-culture ghosts and
Letter From New York: Anti-Gravity
This is the third in a series of a quarterly letters, which will cover painting shows in greater New York. Paintings shouldn’t simply be seen,
Joseph Winterhalter at Clay Street Press
Joseph Winterhalter’s show “The Revolution Says:” at Clay Street Press, presents a portrait of a contemporary American society lacking political will and stifled by emotional
Dearly De-parted: Airstream: New Work by Peter Haberkorn at Prairie
“The Bambi [Airstream model of 1960] is a machine for living and traveling, the sort of industrialized, rationalized vessel that had long been the dream
Skirball Museum at Hebrew Union College
The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, home of the Skirball Museum, was established in Cincinnati in 1875, due primarily to the efforts of
Letter From Los Angeles
Our Debt to the West Coast: Pacific Standard Time: 1945-1980 “An unprecedented collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to
Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill capture the Kaiser
Ten years ago when I was teaching Intro to Painting at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, I was cutting through the galleries on the second
Drive-By Photographs by Brad Austin Smith at the Weston Art Gallery
A vivid group of photographs by Brad Austin Smith are on display at the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery through June 3,
THREADS: Changing Landscapes Contemporary Chinese Fiber Art
Ah, the creative mind! It changes our vision, our perceptions, our world, using the vastness of the unnoticed, mundane material of our daily lives. Like
Faux Real Exhibition Review
Admittedly, authenticity is a word I know well. As a specialist at a local auction house, I am often asked to verify a work of
The Domain of Cynthia Amnéus, a Collection of Human Adornment
To access the Costume and Textile Department at the Cincinnati Art Museum, you walk in one door of the elevator and later, out the opposite
Geometrically Ordered Design: The Loneliest One
“You cannot conceive the many without the one.” -Plato Since this is my first article pertaining to the design field, it may aide the
A 21st Century Sculpture Park
Spring is a time to enjoy the outdoors, and for this, one of the heartland’s leading cultural institutions, the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), is
Mark Daly at Cincinnati Art Galleries
Mark Daly’s engaging paintings line every wall at Cincinnati Art Galleries, treating of pleasurable aspects of life at the seaside, in New York City, on
Alibis By André Aciman
André Aciman was born into an upper middle class-to-rich Jewish family in Alexandria, Egypt. He has described the nearly Chekovian life that his extended family
New Baroque, a New BLOG
New Baroque is a blog featuring young artists from Kentucky, Los Angeles, and New York. It came about when I noticed that a group of
Happy Birthday to AEQAI – Now Open for Advertising
On March 21, a crowd of loyal AEQAI staff and friends gathered at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, and thanks to the generosity
March issue
Welcome to the March issue of ÆQAI. We have again attempted to reflect the widest possible swaths of the visual arts scene in Greater Cincinnati.
Review of “Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of Reflection” at Cincinnati Art Museum
Pleasing the crowd was not Monet’s aim in life, but after the Impressionists’ convention-flaunting beginnings had simmered into acceptance he had a following that allowed
Looking Glass: Work by Alice Pixley Young
It took a while to fall under the spell of Alice Pixley Young’s solo exhibition, “Looking Glass,” at PAC Gallery, through April 14. This was
The Painter of Light
WATERCOLORS TO BOOKS Sinton Gallery, Taft Museum of Art February 10 to April 15 2012 Even compared with our contemporary view of art, J.M.W.
David Miretsky’s Allegory of Painting
David Miretsky immigrated to the United Sates in 1975 after being jailed for the satirical and naturalistic content of his paintings in Kiev. Miretsky made
Dear Nostalgia
I visited the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art for the purpose of reviewing the music video exhibition, “Spectacle: The Music Video.” Although
Mythology Under Construction: Jennifer Purdum at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center
The mystery in Jennifer Purdum’s paintings and drawings is flagrantly upfront, like a joke with a disturbing punch-line that really has nothing to do with
Reflection at Red Pond
Helen Frankenthaler 1928-2011 A phone call from a long time friend of mine alerted me to the passing of this reknowned woman whose approach to
Photographing Parklands
The Green Building Gallery hosts “The Vision of a Generation: Photographs from The Parklands of Floyds Fork.” From the press release, the exhibition “documents the
Miller Gallery – Fifty Years a Family Tradition
Miller Gallery, in the middle of the block on Erie Avenue When old friends meet after a hiatus, there is little preamble before lapsing into
“The Third Reich” (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) (2011)
Every now and again, the literary and/or publishing worlds discover or rediscover an author, living or dead, whose writings are so exceptional that they change
Sara Pearce's Expecting to Fly at 5th Street Gallery
A quick first take on Sara Pearce’s Expecting to Fly at 5th Street Gallery downtown shows her a words person as well as a visual
Films in Review: Some New Uses of Technology in the History of Film as Art: Color and 3D
Films in Review: Some New Uses of Technology in the History of Film as Art: Color and 3D – with recent examples: Pina (Wim Wenders);
The Art of Food: A Taste Sensation for the Eyes
George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” Food keeps us alive. It nourishes the body and keeps
Geometrically Ordered Design: Design Intervention
This article marks the first of many articles to come in reference to the field of design. These articles will attempt to analyze and interpret
James Priest, Head Gardner at Giverny
I would like to express my thanks to my husband, Richard Hoskin, who took time off from writing his novel, as I lay feverish from
Benefit Party and Corrected Online Donation link
ÆQAI, GREATER CINCINNATI’S CONTEMPORARY ARTS JOURNAL, CELEBRATES ITS THIRD ANNIVERSARY AT THE CARNEGIE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, COVINGTON, KY ON MARCH 21, 2012 Event:
Dance Preservation Fund Announced
Attention Alumni of the Ohio State University Department of Dance, The 2012 Application for the Dance Preservation Fund has been announced. Applications due Friday, April
Open Call for NYC Solo Show : 9 Days to Register
Creative stardom is within your reach. Now grab it. Enter today to the Winter 2012 3rd Ward Open Call, a juried international competition in search
semantics benefit February 23rd
Dear *semantics* supporters- In August 2011, we tried to do something a little different with our annual fund-raiser. We picked some of our favorite pieces
Manifest Announces Public Release of its 6th International Drawing Annual publication!
Now Available to Order Online! MANIFEST ANNOUNCES 6th VOLUME OF the INTERNATIONAL DRAWING ANNUAL PUBLICATION Featuring works by 78 artists from around the world! Manifest
PRESS RELEASE: ArtsWave Seeks to Grow Number of Donors and Dollars in 2012
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact: Rebecca Bromels [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 513.325.7918 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ArtsWave Seeks to Grow Number of Donors and Dollars in 2012 Annual Community Campaign Celebrates Broad Benefits
Opportunities for Artists
B O T A N I C A L An International Exhibit Exploring the Theme of Plant Life A Call for Submissions DEADLINE MARCH 7,
An Open Call for Photography and Lens-based Art (plus writing about photography or light): Deadline April 1, 2012
CALL FOR ENTRIES Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2012 (note: this is an annual exhibit in book form) For details on how to enter visit:
MANIFEST DRAWING CENTER – New Student Pricing for Open Sessions, Drawing Marathon, and New Instructed Courses Starting Soon!
MANIFEST DRAWING CENTER NOW OFFERING GIFT CERTIFICATES: http://www.manifestgallery.org/lists/lt.php?id=YkRRBgMABwYOSg1UAEVVDFxT See website for complete schedule of offerings www.manifestdrawingcenter.org NEW INSTRUCTED OFFERINGS BEGIN
100 Years From Monday: John Cage: A Centennial with Friends at Carl Solway Gallery
Carl Solway Gallery’s John Cage: A Centennial with Friends celebrates Cage’s 100th birthday by presenting a comprehensive portrait of John Cage, the 20th Century composer,