Seeing Things
Art Academy of Cincinnati
1212 Jackson St.
www.artacademy.edu
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/
Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St.
www.contemporaryartscenter.org
Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St.
www.taftmuseum.org
Weston Art Gallery
650 Walnut St.
www.cincinnatiarts.org/weston-art-gallery
After a year that brought international attention to local museums, what does the year ahead hold for Cincinnati art lovers?
Over the summer, CNN featured a 15th century “magic mirror” found in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Asian art collection. Under an intense, focused light, the mirror revealed the image of a Buddha and an inscription on the mirror's back indicated it depicted Amitabha, an important figure in various schools of East Asian Buddhism. There are only three other known Buddhist-themed magic mirrors, including one in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. CNN again featured CAM in December, when an X-Ray revealed that Cezanne’s “Still Life with Bread and Eggs” included a hidden image of the painter.
The Taft Museum of Art was in the international spotlight when its exhibition Fakes, Forgeries and Followers, was featured on the BBC in a story about “Vermeer's Secrets” at the National Gallery of Art, and our ongoing fascination with art forgeries.
This year, the Contemporary Arts Center marks a milestone anniversary, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its landmark, Zaha Hadid-designed building.
Take a look at what else you can expect to see!
