Cleveland Museum of Art Sends 32 Paintings to the Auction Block
In three sessions over two days starting Jan. 27, the Cleveland Museum of Art will offer more than two dozen European old master paintings in the largest sell-off from its collection in more than a...
View ArticleA Cincinnati Artist Spends Time with a President
Cincinnati's history of art patronage is grounded in recordings of relationships between politicians and artists. The venerable Taft Museum of Art stands as perhaps the grandest link between the arts...
View ArticleHome Is Where the Art Is
Last week I had the opportunity to interview local advocate and writer, Gregory Flannery after visiting Isolation and Togetherness at The Carnegie. While I continue to engage the subject of...
View ArticleContemporary Art CANNOT Mean Anything You Want It To.
Admittedly, there is much in mainstream media media regarding the arts that frustrates me, but the notion that Contemporary Art is open to mean anything the viewer wishes simply pisses me off. I read...
View ArticleHotel Art Goes Pop
I left Where We Are Now at the Cincinnati Art Museum wondering if all contemporary art is pop art. The works come here from the 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville ahead of the opening of the boutique hotel...
View ArticleWant to Create a "Ripple?" Cut Out the Middle Man.
ArtsWave is launching their capital campaign by allowing Macy's to sponsor six weekend days of art activities and events throughout Cincinnati and surrounding communities. Promoting parties, plays,...
View ArticleOhio Liberal Arts College Deaccessions to the Tune of $1.4 Million
A Roy Lichtenstein and works by Whistler were donated to Baldwin-Wallace College decades ago, but few saw them until they hit the auction block last March. With a small storage space on the Berea, Ohio...
View ArticleArtsWave Should Be Having this Discussion
As they launch their capital campaign, ArtsWave is continuing to hone its mission and defining its future funding guidelines. They should be considering artists grants. As they've told me recently,...
View ArticleWexner Center Wins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
The Wexner Center for the Arts and Ohio State University will use the largest programming grant in the center's history to launch a four-year initiative on the South American country's arts and...
View ArticleUC Can Support the Arts By Making a Pledge to CCM
As ArtsWave celebrates this first Sampler weekend and marks the first million raised, the Enquirer reports the College Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati is facing debt that...
View ArticleEssex Studios Opens Logo Contest Rather Than Pay for Art
Logo contests have become a rather popular tool of marketing on the cheap. These contests promise artists recognition (for winning a contest?), an audience, but almost never money. I've seen a number...
View ArticleCleopatra
A fascination with Cleopatra can be traced throughout a history of painting as well as our own American cultural history. Picking up from where the ancient Romans left off, American cinema and...
View ArticleRep. John Boehner Responds to Miami University Professor
Dr. Sara L. Butler, Professor of Art History at Miami University, emailed John Boehner encouraging his support for the NEA. Here is a portion of his reponse:"The Founding Fathers established a federal...
View ArticleCAC Dusts Off Street Art Swag
With the opening of Keith Haring: 1978-1982, the CAC will again be host to a party for local hipsters and others who support art parties. This show, like last year's Shepard Fairey show, will also give...
View ArticleCincinnati's Artistic Legacy Continues.
Housetrends Cincinnati is now featuring a story on the Herman and Bessie Wessel House. The story tells of Greater Cincinnati's most well-known 19th Century artists. The Wessels were students of...
View ArticleEssex Studios Art Walk dates for 2011
Here are the 2011 dates for Essex Studios Art Walk:March 4th & 5thMay 6th & 7thOctober 7th & 8thDecember 2nd & 3rdAll Art Walks take place from 6pm-11pm. They are all free to the public...
View ArticleIt's Official: CAS and CVB Are Partners
Cincinnati Art Snob is now member of the Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau. The CVB is looking at a pretty exciting schedule, including the National LULAC Convention, Tall Stacks. and the World...
View ArticleHave You Seen The Freedom Center Berlin Wall Monument?
Last summer is such a blur. With the ending of the school year, our kids happily retook command of our home and attention. This is my only excuse for not being aware of this permanent installation of a...
View ArticleCreating The New Century
There have been a number of turn of the century exhibitions. Most I've seen seem to be noted for the varied ways video other multi-media approaches have found a way into the art museum. For example,...
View ArticleArtWord: Corrine Bayraktaroglu
Embroidery FaceCorrine Bayraktaroglu was born in the Northeast of England, went to high school in London, married and came to America in 1978. While she has always done crafts and learned embroidery...
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