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Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202

513 345 8400

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Current Exhibitions

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A floating symphony of color and form

Starting
17 October
2024

Through
31 October
2026

SOFTlab: Gravity's Rainbow

This installation, suspended from the ceiling of the CAC’s Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan Hall Lobby, takes something invisible

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An Urban Native Collective Exhibition

Starting
09 October
2026

Through
15 November
2026

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Convergence exhibition

The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Convergence exhibition brings together contemporary artists to highlight that Indigenous expression is not a recover of what was lost, but an explosive celebration of what has always survived.

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Challenging misconceptions of Indigenous culture

Starting
09 October
2026

Through
24 January
2027

Leonard Harmon - People of the Good River

Indigenous culture is too often trapped in history books or reduced to outdated stereotypes. People of the Good River challenges these misconceptions by capturing the vibrant, everyday realities of Indigenous people living in Cincinnati today.

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Constructing a photographic archive of Haitian diasporic belonging

Starting
02 October
2026

Through
07 February
2027

Widline Cadet: Seremoni Disparisyon (Ritual [Dis]Appearance)

CAC hosts the second presentation of artist Widline Cadet’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The exhibition explores Black diasporic life through Cadet's deeply personal examination of emigrating from Haiti to the United States, family, memory, and belonging.

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Photography is more than a moment

Starting
02 October
2026

Through
07 February
2027

In the Interest of Time

In the Interest of Time presents work by seven artists with ties to Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky who investigate the relationship of their subject matter to time, moving beyond the conventional wisdom that a photograph captures a single moment of truth.

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The street as a site of becoming and resistance

Starting
10 December
2021

Through
30 December
2027

Kahlil Robert Irving: Ground Water from screen Falls [(Collaged media) + Midwest] Street

For the lobby carpet installation, Kahlil Robert Irving integrates imagery of asphalt with pop culture references, news headlines, and digital ephemera. The artist asks viewers to reconsider their daily engagement with social media, civic community life, and the urban landscape.

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Past Exhibitions

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The Basement: CAC's Black Box Lab

01 April
2024

The Basement: CAC's Black Box Lab

CAC began as a gallery in the basement of the Cincinnati Art Museum in 1939. Today, we offer our own basement as a launching pad for others. The Basement: CAC's Black Box Lab is a...

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Artist in Residence at the Library: Orion Inez

14 October
2026

Artist in Residence at the Library: Orion Inez

Thursday Art Play: Traces of Time

15 October
2026

Thursday Art Play: Traces of Time

Young Adult Lab: Costume Shop

15 October
2026

Young Adult Lab: Costume Shop

Creative Café

16 October
2026

Creative Café

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