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Explore a range of topics related to the museum’s permanent collection, temporary exhibitions, and the history of the Taft historic house.
Photography for the Public: The Bank of America Collection
26 Apr 2023
Conversation with the Collectors
The special exhibition Memories & Inspiration features selections from the private collection of Kerry and C. Betty Davis. Here, the Davises share some thoughts with Taft Museum of Art Curator Tamera Lenz Muente.
30 Jan 2023
Nancy Ford Cones: Collection Connections
The photographer Nancy Ford Cones found inspiration from paintings by Rembrandt, Govaert Flinck, Jozef Israëls, Camille Corot and more. View similar paintings at the Taft.
01 Oct 2022
The Elegance of Dress | Jane Austen-Era Fashion in Art
If you’ve seen screen adaptations of Austen’s novels, you can probably picture the quintessential Regency-era gown—white, high-waisted, and flowy—that her heroines frequently wear on film. Learn more about the fashion and art of the time!
13 Jul 2022
Protecting the Duncanson Murals | Taft Museum of Art
The Bicentennial Infrastructure Project at the Taft Museum of Art is taking special steps to protect the Robert S. Duncanson murals from damage.
01 Feb 2022
Installing "In a New Light: Treasures from the Taft"
In preparation for the Taft Museum of Art's Bicentennial Infrastructure Project, Taft staff moved nearly 500 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and decorative arts objects, out of the permanent collection galleries in the historic house. Learn more about the process!
15 Sep 2021
Community-Minded Collectors
At the turn of the 20th century, few art collectors in Cincinnati shared the passion and determination of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft.
26 Apr 2021
The “Bee Hive of the Ohio Valley” | Shoemaking in Cincinnati
As it turns out, Cincinnati was one of the largest manufacturers of boots and shoes in the United States for much of the early 1900s. Factories in Boston, Lynn, and Haverhill, Massachusetts were the main centers of production, but they could not compete with Cincinnati.
11 Jan 2021
Limoges Meets Beijing
In 2014, the Taft Museum of Art accepted a remarkable gift of 89 pieces of Chinese painted enamel copperware. The late Reverend Compton Allyn left these rare treasures to the Museum in his will. Made by painting colorful diluted glass paste onto copper forms, the enamels in Reverend Allyn’s collection illuminate a story of cultural exchange between East and West.
19 Aug 2020
The Tafts and Cincinnati Art
The special exhibition A Splendid Century: Cincinnati Art 1820–1920 highlights the impact made on art in the city by the former residents of the Taft Museum of Art’s historic house. Charles and Anna Taft were the last of these residents. In 1900, after Anna inherited her father David Sinton’s $20 million estate (over $500 million today), the Tafts became philanthropists and art collectors who made a lasting mark on visual art in the Queen City.
18 Aug 2020
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