The Cincinnati Art Museum reinstalled Jim Dine’s 12-foot bronze sculpture “Pinocchio (Emotional)” on March 22, 2021. The work had been removed on September 23, 2020, to accommodate construction of the museum’s parking lot and new arrival court.

During its six-month absence, the sculpture underwent conservation treatments to protect its painted surface. It now sits approximately 500 feet from its original location, near the parking lot. Dine, a Cincinnati native who graduated from Walnut Hills in 1953 and studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, created the bronze in 2007 for the museum.

Later in 2021, the museum planned to install a wind sculpture by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare near the entrance.

Source: Cincinnati Art Museum