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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 and historical world events never stop impacting our lives

On view through
25 January
2026

Sheida Soleimani: What a Revolutionary Must Know

Sheida Soleimani’s solo exhibition brings together her full “Ghostwriter” series - visually arresting photographs, sculpture, and video that piece together the remarkable journey of her parents' escape from Iran’s totalitarian regime.

A selection of works from the University of Cincinnati Art Collection

On view through
05 April
2026

Collecting: Classical to Contemporary Art from the University of Cincinnati

Great universities hold great art collections that offer inspiration, knowledge, and learning. They present opportunities to appreciate and interact with original works and enrich our overall human experience. This exhibition showcases a careful selection of works that reveal collecting practices over 200 years at the University of Cincinnati.

The biological made digital

On view through
25 January
2026

Second Nature: 21c at CAC

Second Nature at the Contemporary Arts Center presents three works from the collection of 21c Museum Hotels.

Family photos inspire a pioneering computer artist & Cincinnati native

On view through
25 January
2026

Lillian Schwartz: Pictures from a Gallery

Decades before computers were small enough to fit on desktops, in our pockets, or strapped to our wrists, and when processing power would take days to generate an image, Lillian Schwartz created groundbreaking digital artworks.

A floating symphony of color and form

On view 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

On view through
08 March
2026

Illustrated Memoir Project

Voices from Nakivale: Illustrated Memoirs by Young People in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement

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