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October | 2012

Portrait of Dr. Esther Bell, appointed Curator of European Painting, Sculpture and Drawings at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
October 30th, 2012 | By A.C. Frabetti

CAM new Chief Conservator & Curator of European Painting, Sculpture, and Drawings

The Cincinnati Art Museum is pleased to announce Serena Urry as Chief Conservator. Before coming to the Cincinnati Art Museum, Serena served as Senior Conservator of Paintings at the Barnes Foundation, preparing its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection for the historic move to downtown Philadelphia.

Exterior view of the main entrance and facade of the Cincinnati Art Museum in Eden Park.
October 25th, 2012 | By A.C. Frabetti

CONSULT-A-CURATOR at CAM

Ever wanted to be on Antiques Roadshow? Have a piece stored away in your basement or attic that you would like to know more about? Now is your chance to have a work of art examined by an experienced and knowledgeable curator from the Cincinnati Art Museum! Our biannual Consult-a-Curator is for MEMBERS ONLY and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Detail portrait of Tamie Beldue Fiction 2012 encaustic drawing, semi-finalist of the 3rd Annual Manifest Prize
October 25th, 2012 | By A.C. Frabetti

CALL FOR ENTRIES <<< The Manifest Prize!

THE MANIFEST PRIZE: With this project Manifest pushes the jury process to the ultimate limit - from among many to select ONE single work to be exhibited in the Parallel Space at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati from December 14 through January 11, 2013.

A visitor stands beneath a brilliant carbon arc lamp in front of a monumental photographic work in the apse of a worn church interior.
October 22nd, 2012 | By Chis Reeves

What is the Light? Doug & Mike Starn: Gravity of Light

The ambivalence towards light is something particularly relatable to this author. Having a macular condition known as Myodesopsia, aka “eye floaters,” I understand that while a bright sunny day can be a blessing, it can also be a burden.

Pink bed with patterned bedding and a speech-bubble headboard surrounded by visitors at a gallery closing exhibition.
October 22nd, 2012 | By Stephen Slaughter

The Death of Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum

Excerpt from “Shut up and Play the Hits”, Chuck Klosterman’s on screen interview of James Murphy; Chuck Klosterman; “This is the end of LCD Soundsystem, and it’s ending in a strangely controlled manner. It’s like, there was a record, there was an announcement, there’s a last show, everybody’s aware that it’s ending… …When you start a band, do you imagine how it will...

Pastel rectangles of gray, yellow, blue, pink and green overlaid with fine intersecting lines.
October 22nd, 2012 | By Maxwell Redder

The Boxer: Sol LeWitt

Walking into downtown Cincinnati’s famous Carl Solway Gallery (424 Findlay St.) between September 7, 2012 and December 22, 2012 is something I recommend to everyone. If not for the sheer simple beauty of works by the late Sol LeWitt, an extremely important contemporary artist, then for the inquisitive feeling one may be left with while attempting to conceive why his art is considered...

Glass dining table with food and bottles under a tall floral arrangement, in front of a radiator and framed etchings.
October 22nd, 2012 | By Karen S. Chambers

Stephen Berens: Thinking of Pinturicchio (While Looking Out Sol LeWitt’s Windows and Elizabeth Bryant: Sol LeWitt Studio Still Lifes, Carl Solway Gallery

In the summer of 2010, L. A.-based artists Elizabeth Bryant and Stephen Berens, who happen to be married to each other, spent time in Sol LeWitt’s studio in Spoleto, Italy.

Three bison advance through blowing snow, with two brown animals in front and a snow-covered animal behind them.
October 22nd, 2012 | By Shawn Daniell

Reporting Back: A Survey of Documentary Photography

As part of Cincinnati FotoFocus , ( a month long photographic program in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, consisting of over 75 exhibitions and over 500 photographers) Northern Kentucky University currently has Reporting Back: A Survey of Documentary Photography on display at NKU’s Fine Arts Center’s Main and Third Floor Galleries through October 26. This exhibit, consisting of fourteen

A dark-haired woman in a white bra faces a tabletop mirror, one hand touching the mirror and the other resting beside it, with a bed behind her.
October 22nd, 2012 | By Regan Brown

POSTCARDS FROM MT. OLYMPU.S.

REALITY is a very slippery slope, one that ultimately makes landfall for most on the flat-line of pain, disease, blood, feces, decrepitude, death…the Abject. These unwelcome crags can really shiver the timbers of even the most ambitious forces that human nature embodies.