Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection FINAL WEEKEND!February 5–July 24, 2022Gallery 117 [map it] The history of China is entwined with the history of ceramics. They served a variety of needs—from holding liquids...
Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War October 30, 2021–January 23, 2022 “A splendid, informative exhibition.”- The Wall Street Journal American art transformed in the period 1940-55, and nowhere is that change better exemplified than in the work of Ralston...
Formless Form V: The Calligraphy of Ronald Y. Nakasone September 18, 2021–January 2, 2022Gallery 117 The tradition of calligraphy in East Asia may appear simple: writing words with a brush, ink and paper. However, these are used to give sensuous form to formless...
Spotlight on Africa: Gifts from Dianne Komminsk EXTENDED! August 5, 2021–January 2, 2022Gallery 101 A business leader and philanthropist, Dianne Komminsk (1944-2019) of New Bremen, Ohio, was a passionate collector of art. She collected contemporary art and...
Photography Through Time Extended through October 31, 2021!Gallery 118 Derived from the Greek words photōs (light) and graphein (to write), a photograph is created through the controlled action of light on a light-sensitive surface which is then processed to create a...
The Roaring (and the Quiet) 1920s May 7, 2021–August 15, 2021 The 1920s were a tumultuous decade of remarkable highs and crushing economic lows. In America, women voted, jazz flourished, Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic and alcohol sales ceased. America experienced...
Changing Times: Art of the 1960s May 22-September 12, 2021 This DAI-exclusive exhibition presents a look at one of the most transformative and often turbulent decades the world has ever experienced, the 1960s. The visual arts of the decade reflect the social and...
Looking at Family: Photographs fromthe Collection April 16–July 11, 2021 Artists often find inspiration close to home. This exhibition, pulled from the Dayton Art Institute’s photography collection, presents a range of artworks in which artists analyze concepts of...
During a career that spanned six decades, photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908– 2002) created iconic portraits of many of the twentieth century’s most influential men and women—from fields as diverse as business, medicine, entertainment, politics, and the arts. Karsh...
