Art
Shahzia Sikander’s Transgressive Femininity
In the artist's works, a woman is at once a social subject pushing back against marginalization and a disruptive energy, a flow that transcends barriers.
Ohio
News
Low Morale and High Attrition Plague Wexner Center for the Arts
Hyperallergic spoke to current and former workers who alleged staff mistreatment and impulsive decision-making by the museum’s director.
Art
Inside the World’s Largest Comics and Cartoons Collection
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University is an ultra-accessible shrine to the genre.
News
Epstein Files Reveal Underage Sex Allegation Against Arts Patron Les Wexner
In a since-settled lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, Virginia Giuffre said she had sex with the billionaire up to 10 times while underage.
Opinion
A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue
The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.
Art
A Gallery’s Safe Harbor From Anti-Blackness
With Come Home with Me, Gallery 2602 is actualizing the desire many of us have to share art with one another in a place where we can breathe fully.
Books
Maurice Sendak’s Life Among the Wild Things
Sendak’s illustrations carry weight all on their own for children and adults alike, and this book beautifully captures his prolific career.
Announcement
Kent State University School of Art Offers a Fully Funded MFA and Competitive MA Programs
With degrees in art education, art history, and studio art, graduate students at the Ohio school enjoy many opportunities, including generous stipends for assistantships.
News
Cézanne Portrait, Hidden for 158 Years, Found Under a Still Life
The painting, discovered by a Cincinnati Art Museum conservator, might be one of the Post-Impressionist painter’s first self-portraits.
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Announcement
FotoFocus Biennial Sets Its Sights on World Records
The sixth edition of the largest photography biennial in the US will consider lens-based art’s documentation of life on earth, and the notion of breaking records.
News
The Winnie the Pooh Painting That Scandalized the Cincinnati Police
Artist Magnus Juliano was the target of threatening comments after police called for the removal of his painting "Off the Pig" from the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Art
Who Discovered Eva Hesse?
A new exhibition focuses on Hesse's works on paper, and the way they demonstrate the role of drawing in the famed sculptor's process.