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Get The Brief in Your Inbox Every WeekThe Taft Museum of Art will present ‘The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore,’ featuring 75 works from a major private Nordic art collection, from June 13 through September 20, 2026.
Read Full StoryThe Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Funds for Artists program opens June 1, offering individual artist grants for materials, professional development and marketing to Franklin County residents.
Read moreNearly 100 works by the late self-taught Cincinnati artist Tony Dotson go on view May 8 at AGAR’s Sample Space gallery downtown in the first major retrospective of his career.
Read moreThe Taft Museum of Art will show ‘The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore’ June 13–September 20, 2026, featuring roughly 75 Nordic works from an important private collection.
Read moreThe Bowling Green State University Philharmonia will release ‘The Composer’s Voice: Volume 10′ on April 10, its 10th album of previously unrecorded contemporary orchestral works, timed to the College of Musical Arts’ 50th anniversary.
Read moreThe Akron Art Museum will host a national touring exhibition of Cree artist Kent Monkman’s work from April 11 through August 17, the only Midwest stop on the tour.
Read moreColumbus’s Short North Arts District opens its April 2026 exhibition cycle with new shows at galleries along North High Street and Lincoln Street, with Gallery Hop on April 4.
Read moreThe Columbus Symphony’s 2026-27 season marks its 75th anniversary with a Carnegie Hall return on October 28 and three major choral collaborations.
Read moreArtsWave and its LGBTQIA+ affinity group announce a call for artists to create a public mural at 515 Madison Ave. in Covington, Kentucky, with a 2,500 stipend and an April 25 application deadline.
Read moreThe Chagrin Cinema 6 in Bainbridge Township reopened April 1 as The Hive and Honey Hill, a multi-use venue with restaurants, a music space, event halls and a small screening room.
Read moreThe Columbus Symphony unveiled its 2026-27 season marking the orchestra’s 75th anniversary, highlighted by a Carnegie Hall appearance in October for the first time in 25 years.
Read moreThe Akron Art Museum presents Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors, the only Midwest stop for a sweeping survey of the Cree artist’s work, running April 11 through Aug. 16.
Read moreThe Cleveland Museum of Art announced its ArtLens Gallery will reopen in July 2026 as a fully transformed space featuring AI, mixed reality, and four interactive zones designed to deepen engagement with the permanent collection.
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