Jan Steen (Dutch, 1625/6–1679) Adolf and Catharina Croeser (also known as The Burgomaster of Delft and His Daughter), detail, 1655, oil on canvas. Loan from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Fonds, the Nationaal Aankoopfond

Trading Places: The Rijksmuseum Lends Rare Painting to the Taft Museum of Art

October 14, 2023–June 16, 2024 | Music Room, Collection Galleries

While the Taft Museum of Art’s portrait of Michiel de Wael travels to the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam for the first major comprehensive exhibition devoted to Frans Hals in 30 years, the Taft welcomes a rare work by another Dutch master, Jan Steen, on loan from the Rijksmuseum.

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Peter Clarke (South African, 1929–2014), That Evening Sun Goes Down (detail), 1960, gouache on paper, 21 1/2 x 17 in. Fisk University Galleries, Nashville, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1991.313. © 2022 Peter Edward Clarke / DALRO, Johannesburg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy American Federation of Arts. Funding for the conservation of this artwork was generously provided through a grant from the Bank of America Conservation Project

African Modernism in America

February 10–May 19, 2024 | Fifth Third Gallery

African Modernism in America features more than 60 dynamic and vivid works of art created in Africa during the 1950s and ‘60s. Co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Fisk University Galleries, the exhibition explores the relationships formed between African artists and American patrons, artists, and cultural organizations amid the interlocking histories of civil rights, decolonization, and the Cold War. The inventive nature of the works in this exhibition challenges the assumptions of the time about African art being isolated to a “primitive past.” Some pieces took inspiration from early Christian art, West African sculpture, and Nigerian literature, while others reflect the influences of American jazz and modern European art.

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Willem Maris (Dutch, 1844–1910), Ducks, about 1875–80, oil on panel, 8 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (21.91 x 42.23 cm). Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft, 1931.408

A Breath of Fresh Air: Nature Inspires Rarely Seen Works from the Taft Collection

February 17–May 19, 2024 | Sinton Gallery

With their colorful petals, rippling water, and cloudy skies, the artworks in this exhibition invite contemplation of the natural world. Immerse yourself in crisp seaside sunshine or among ancient ruins at twilight. Swim along with ducks in a leafy pond or stroll through a pocket-sized garden. Charles and Anna Taft acquired hundreds of exquisite yet modestly sized artworks to display in their home, now the Taft Museum of Art. The six paintings and five works of decorative art in A Breath of Fresh Air come from the museum’s collection, but due to limited space in the museum’s room-sized galleries, they rarely go on public view.

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Artists Reaching Classrooms (ARC): Wonder

February 18–March 30, 2024 | The Annex Gallery

Each year the ARC program immerses high school art students in Cincinnati’s visual arts community and exposes them to careers in the arts through studio visits and other field trips. Celebrate this special program and the students’ future careers with their own curated gallery show, Wonder, on view at The Annex Gallery. 

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Taft Museum of Art Collection

Collection Galleries

Discover our European and American master paintings and sculptures, 17th- through 19th-century European watches, Chinese porcelains, French Renaissance enamels, and 19th-century American furniture in the collection galleries. 

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