Art Beyond Boundaries

06/21/2026

Did you know that at the Family level or above, all Cincinnati Art Museum members receive reciprocal membership benefits for many museums and galleries across the state and country? At the Family level, you receive free admission to 16 museums across Ohio; at higher levels, you can access even more museums throughout the United States.

Remember, all membership upgrades are 10% off in June, so this is the perfect time for individual-level members to upgrade to a family level and start enjoying these reciprocal benefits!

Learn more about our reciprocity membership benefit at https://cincinnatiartmuseum.org/give-join/membership/reciprocity-membership/

06/20/2026

06/18/2026

Sam Gilliam: The Artist Who Let the Canvas Go
Sam Gilliam’s draped abstractions turned a flat support into a roaming body, changing what a painting can be.

The first thing many people remember about a Sam Gilliam painting is not what it depicts, but what it does: it hangs, it sags, it billows, it spills into the viewer’s space. It refuses the polite posture of framed modernism. It behaves less like a window and more like an event—part curtain, part banner, part weather front. When Gilliam died in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2022, at 88, obituaries reached quickly for the same verb: he “liberated” the canvas.

Read the full story at https://www.kolumnmagazine.com/2026/01/27/sam-gilliam-the-artist-who-let-the-canvas-go/

06/17/2026

When the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public on June 19, visitors can see 23 works of public art selected by former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama throughout the museum.

The Wall Street Journal asked Louise Bernard, the museum’s director, and Virginia Shore, the curator behind the commissioned art, for a guide to nine must-see pieces.

🔗 See the list: https://on.wsj.com/3Sdgysa