Taft Museum of Art

In exchange for borrowing the Taft’s James McNeill Whistler painting, At the Piano, the Tate Britain has lent the museum John Singer Sargent’s Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood.

Cost: Admission is free for Taft members, military (with ID), youth (17 and under), students (18 and over with ID), and teachers (with ID); $15 for adults; $12 for seniors. Sundays and Mondays are free!

Source: taftmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)

Featuring sumptuous decoration and beautifully detailed paintings, the nine 18th-century fans in Unfolding Elegance represent the pinnacle of fan-making in Europe and a level of craftsmanship that was unrivaled in later periods. The museum’s rare examples depict classical myths, pastoral scenes, and biblical stories—images only seen when a woman unfurled and delicately fluttered her fan. In preparation for the exhibition, a conservator is spending over a year stabilizing these fragile objects, making it possible to share them with the public after years of being held in storage.

Cost: Admission is free for Taft members, military (with ID), youth (17 and under), students (18 and over with ID), and teachers (with ID); $15 for adults; $12 for seniors. Sundays and Mondays are free!

Source: taftmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)

Cincinnati artist Edie McKee Harper (American, 1922–2010) developed a distinctive modernist vision across a wide variety of media, including photographs, paintings, enamels, weavings, illustrations, and prints. Edie McKee Harper: Modernist at Play and its accompanying catalogue highlight Harper’s exploration of these diverse materials through more than 100 works of art, re-examining her minimalist—and often playful—style to reveal a sophisticated artist who expanded the possibilities of mid-century modern art and design.

Curators: Angela Fuller, Ann Glasscock, Tamera Lenz Muente

Artists: Edie McKee Harper

Cost: Free to Pass Holders in October, venue members, military, and children 17 and under. General admission: $15 adults; $12 seniors. Free Sundays and Mondays

Source: fotofocus.org (opens in a new tab)