The Cincinnati Art Museum hosted a March 19 opening gala for the “30 Americans” exhibit, a showcase of art by important African-American artists of the last three decades. The exhibition focuses on issues of racial, gender and historical identity in contemporary culture. The works are drawn primarily from the Rubell Family Collection.
The exhibition continues through Aug. 28.
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- Art Museum curator Brian Sholis, exhibit curator Rehema Barber, artist John Bankston and art collector Mera Rubell
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- The “30 Americans” exhibition
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- Visitors saw 60 works by contemporary African-Americans artists including Mickalene Thomas.
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- Dhani Jones
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- 30 Americans includes a 25-foot painting, Kehinde Wiley’s “Sleep.”
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