FotoFocus announced on April 7 the opening of FotoFocus Center, a 14,700-square-foot purpose-built facility for photographic exhibitions and programs at 228 East Liberty Street in Cincinnati’s Mount Auburn neighborhood. The center’s inaugural exhibition, “Big Tent,” runs May 29 through August 22, 2026, and brings together work by more than 50 artists.

The exhibition takes its title from the political concept of welcoming a broad spectrum of views. Curated by artistic director Kevin Moore, “Big Tent” examines the current state of American democracy and the capacity of photography to prompt civic engagement. The show spans several decades of work and ranges from portraiture by Gordon Parks, Dawoud Bey, and Robert Frank to contemporary experiments by Catherine Opie, Trevor Paglen, Alec Soth, and others. “While Big Tent is something of a defiant assertion in the current political climate, it is also an accurate characterization of FotoFocus Center, a place where all are welcome and all perspectives matter,” Moore said.

The building was designed by Cincinnati architecture studio Jose Garcia Design + Construction. Its features reference the photographic medium: the exterior materials shift from black to white along the building’s length, and gridded staircase windows evoke a viewfinder camera. The facility is free and open to the public. FotoFocus, founded in 2010, operates the biennial FotoFocus Biennial, a region-wide photography festival.

Source: FotoFocus