Current Exhibitions

Petah Coyne’s Untitled #1383 (Sisters – Two Trees)

April 17, 2025 – May 3, 2026 | Natural World Gallery of The Haslinger Family Foundation Galleries

Untitled #1383 (Sisters –Two Trees) looks like only one tree, but it was actually created from the trunks and limbs of two apple trees that were due to be removed from an orchard after reaching the end of their productive life spans. The pair were growing next to each other, and when the artist harvested them their roots were so intertwined that they felt like sisters trying to cling together. Although now living in New York, the artist spent some formative time in Ohio, and has stated that her trees are conceptually tied to the landscape in Ohio and the annual lifecycle of trees here.

Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film Still (#21), 1978. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Rubell Museum

She Said, She Said: Contemporary Women Artists

March 22 - August 10, 2025 | Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

Beginning with its title, She Said, She Said: Contemporary Women Artists presents a positive and energetic opportunity to assess the many valuable contributions that women have made to contemporary art. The exhibition’s name is a play on the conventional expression “he said, she said,” which suggests that when a man and a woman disagree, one can only give up on coming to a settled conclusion. The familiar phrase suggests stasis—an inability to move forward on matters ranging from sexual violence to equal pay and political representation, despite the forceful accounts and opinions that women put forward.

Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books

January 11 – July 27, 2025 | The Corbin Foundation Gallery

What if crayons refused to color? Can you know everything about the Earth? What’s the best way to get a kite out of a tree? All these questions can be answered through the pictures and books of artist, author, and illustrator Oliver Jeffers. In Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, visitors will encounter original artworks from Jeffers’s beloved titles: The Day the Crayons Quit, Stuck, Here We Are, and more.

William Richards. Untitled, 1980s. Chromogenic print. Courtesy of MUUS Collection

William Richards: The Vastness Beyond Vision

January 11 – July 27, 2025 | Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery

William Richards (1917–2004) created dazzling arrays of abstract photographs, though his highly successful career was predominantly commercial rather than artistic. Richards learned photography and industrial design as a young student in New York City. After serving in World War II and moving to Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1940s, he founded Richards Studios as a firm specializing in advertising and visual communications. Through his work, he became one of the first adopters of color photography, which he used to create imagery that introduced consumers to other new technologies in manufacturing, transportation, electronics, and more.

Cameron Welch. Fugue State, 2022. Marble, glass, ceramic, stone, spray enamel, oil, and acrylic on three panels. On loan from Avi Gitler

A Growing Conversation: Artworks From Our Collection

Ongoing | The Haslinger Family Foundation Galleries

The Haslinger Family Foundation Galleries feature artworks selected from the Museum’s collection of over 7000 objects. The works are arranged by theme, rather than by historical period, resulting in new, unexpected, and exciting connections. Recently, these galleries have been reinstalled under the title A Growing Conversation: Artworks from Our Collection— a truly fitting description. Contemporary art is always expanding, and the Museum’s collection is always growing with it. This new presentation draws inspiration from a variety of recent acquisitions, and a small number of loans from outside the collection are also on view, helping to enrich the groupings.