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Like many artists, Richard Luschek II has a blog. And like many artists' blogs, it's an intermittent thing. But an item he posted Wednesday popped up as one of my Google alerts, because he mentioned the Cincinnati Art Museum in it. The gist of the post is this: he went to the Rembrandt show at the museum and was disappointed in the design of the exhibition - not the artwork, but its presentation

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Consider this a work in progress, but since the day's moving along, I wanted to get it started. Yeah, I'm trying another format. Getting art posted is an issue today with Blogger - I'll add more later as I'm able to. 1. Tonight / West End: Already told you about the West End openings at 424 Findlay Street tonight (5-9 p.m.), which include Carl Solay Gallery, Aisle Gallery, Country Club Gallery,

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Just got this report from Associated Press: "Italy has reached an agreement with a U.S. museum for the return of artifacts that Rome says have been looted or smuggled out of the country. The Culture Ministry says 16 artifacts will be returned from the Cleveland Museum of Art to Italy. It did not provide details. The announcement was made Friday as the new culture minister, Sandro Bondi, took over

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Gold Medal / 1st place ($2,000): "To the Point," Elaine West, watercolor Award of Excellence / 2nd place ($1,500): "Rain or Shine," Jan Boone, oil Third ($500): "Great Escape," Barbara Zentgraf, watercolor Fourth ($350): "Tails of Two Kitties," Julie Braucksick, pen and ink Fifth ($250): "Madisonville Manor," Cooki Thier After seeing the show at Sunday's opening, here's what I'm saying about

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As with April's challenge, if you know for certain who this is, please refrain from posting a comment - at least for a while. Oh. I've learned something since that first challenge: not to use the name of the artist in the image file name. Duh! When you click on an image, you get a larger version in a new window - well, if Blogger is cooperating - and it has the file name. No one picked up on it

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When Carl Solway Gallery has an opening, the whole building opens. That’ll be the case Friday, when Solway opens Accumulations & Constructions: Recent Work by Katy Stone and Off The Yellow Brick Cliff: Paintings, Drawings & Collages by Christopher Tanner. Both artists will be on hand for the reception (5-9 p.m.) and Tanner will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tanner’s known for flashy, heavily embellished

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Here it is verbatim; I requested images from the reluctant Mr. Biggs, we'll see if he comes through. Collector's Art Group, 225 E. Sixth St., 2nd Floor, 513.587.0220, is proud to present "Bombs and Bombshells" a collection of new paintings and drawings by J.D. Biggs. The show opens May 16 from 5-8pm and continues through the end of the month. J.D. Biggs, the renowned crass American artist,

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Thought I'd mark the 1,000th post with two Friday night finds. The first one was serendipitous. Well, maybe both were. I was headed to meet the Reluctant Gallerist, who had agreed to take the Essex Art Walk, when I made a spur-of the-moment detour to the MarX Gallery in Covington. I had just left Leapin Lizard and was passing the MarX, and thought what the heck. The gallery was showing photos by

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"CuboSeat," 2008, Massimo Vignelli, ColorCore by Formica, colors Folkstone, New White and Black, in Microdot finish; plywood; 30" x 30" x 30" each (three are shown). Guess you're not in a playful mood. Only a three people commented on the I Spy Challenge posted last week. Or maybe you already knew what the images were. They are chairs - well, except one, which turns out to be a desk - designed

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I'll posting more about last night's Essex Art Walk at some point but just found this image among the 70 or so I shot. It was taken in the Jack Meanwell Gallery, which is stacked - literally - with paintings by the late artist. I didn't know I was going to post it, so I didn't get all the caption info on it but will. I just love the raw energy, bravado and erotic tension in it. Missed last night

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When they said rain or shine, they meant it. Raincoats and umbrellas were out for the Clay Alliance's Spring Pottery Fair at the former Rookwood Pottery in Mt. Adams. It continues til 5 p.m. - so you can still run up there. Happily, ceramics can more than withstand a little downpour, well, deluge was more like it at times. When I left, the sun was coming out and the rain was tapering off. The

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I will add images to this later but wanted to get this post up of area artists/artisans who'll be in Summerfair (May 30-June 1 at Coney). They represent about 10 of the exhibitors, all of whom are listed on the Summerfair site now. I've linked to the sites whose URLs I could find fast so you can see more of their work. Ceramics Ray & Amy Bridewell Patrick Dougherty Todd Feazell Jancy Jaslow

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The Art Institute of Chicago is on a buying spree in preparation for the opening of its Modern Wing next May (2009). It just announced two major acquisitions: Robert Gober's installation "Untitled" (1989-1996) and Donald Judd's "Untitled" (1976), the only triangular indoor sculpture he created. Earlier this year, it acquired Charles Ray's monumental "Hinoki." Renzo Piano is designing the wing. "

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I'm tackling the myriad weekend openings in a new way this week. Copy on the left, art on the right. A friend's been asking me to try this. Let me know what you think. I don't want the blog to become a calendar, but do want to offer more art aid. Speaking of which, I try to photograph shows but rely on you - artists, curators, gallery owners, publicists, readers - for art. If you need a copy of

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The judges were picky, picky, picky for the Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati’s 115th annual juried exhibition. This time around, only 58 works made the cut - about one quarter of the entries and far fewer than in recent years when the show went on and on and on. But even more notable: this will be the first exhibition in the new Woman’s Art Club Cultural Center. The Center is housed in Mariemont’

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If you've been using Google today, you'll have noticed the image above. Google often uses art on its main search page to highlight special events and holidays. I knew immediately it was a Jeff Koons piece but couldn't believe my eyes. I've had Koons on my mind because I've been receiving mailings from the Met about its Jeff Koons on the Roof exhibition, which opened April 22 and runs through Oct

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If you're in on this or know, please hold off until a few people take their best shot at what they are - and while I'm at it, why not guess who designed each.

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A comment was posted on April 18th's Weekend art warrior item that I wanted to follow up on. It read "Re: Carnegie Exhibit/ Sweet, and Tom H. Towhey is kicking ass. Betcha "Elephant in the Room" is an important painting. Punchya for it!" Well, at that point I hadn't seen the Carnegie's spate of new exhibitions. But after seeing the comment - from the infamous Anon who pops up so frequently on

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I stopped at the Fitton Center yesterday to see its members' show and while there wasn't much that caught my eye - more about that later - the cornhole boards by Hamilton's Bill Grimes, did as an example of heartland folk art. I don't know if Grimes is a professional artist, a hobbyist or just a cornhole enthusiast. I'm hoping he's an amateur, self-taught artist, because that would make these

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Top, left: "Sandalwood Fan," 1986-87, Chen Yan Ning, oil on canvas. Collection of Nancy and Ed Rosenthal. Top, right: Costume designed by James Acheson and worn by Swoosie Kurtz as Madame de Volanges in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), a film set in 1760 and adapted from the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The film won an Academy Award for Costume Design. Bottom left:

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If I hadn't been out all day running around like a maniac - in Dayton for lunch with newish Dayton Art Institute director Janice Driesbach, in Hamilton to see the members' exhibition at the Fitton and check on progress on that ancient sculpture museum that Harry Wilks' is building at Pyramid Hill and in points between here and there - I would've posted this earlier. The

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The day-to-day lives of women are rarely depicted in contemporary painting. Add single mother to that and you get something even rarer. So Erica Cooper's exhibition, Overcoming the Odds, is doing just what it's title says. I was tipped off to it by Peggy Shannon and have been trying to get it posted all afternoon since it opens 6-9 p.m. tonight. Yeah, another opening. But this one's at the

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"Bahama Sailing," Pang Jen, oil on canvas, 40" x 48" "Reclining Girl in Coral," Pang Jen, oil on canvas, 36" x 48" This week's previous posts, have already touched on a number of tonight's openings. The many Final Friday ones in OTR and nearOTR. Will Hutchinson's solo show at Weston-Bolling in O'Bryonville. Kevin T. Kelly's retrospective at AVS Art on Fourth Street. Much of that work is pop,

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Cincinnati Ballet dancer Kristi Capps, Peter Mueller Photography LLC Final Friday's always been a bit beyond Main Street and Pendleton Art Center but now it's really expanding as the new Gateway Quarter around 12th and Vine revs up, West Fourth Street gets a new gallery and the area near Race and Court streets continues to host openings. It's possible to walk from all these places to the others

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Here it is, the sign I was telling you about the other day. The one that American Sign Museum director Tod Swormstedt didn't want me to reveal until it was 100% his. It's a rare neon Speedy McDonald and single golden arch from a McDonald's in Huntsville, Ala. It dates to 1963 and, until Tuesday, was said to be one of two single arches still standing. It has problems that were a costly fix

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