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Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH
Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH

The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is a pioneering contemporary art museum located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The CAC is a non-collecting museum that focuses on new developments in painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, performance art and new media. Remaining committed to programming that reflects "the art of the last five minutes," the CAC has displayed the works of many now-famous artists early in their careers, including Andy Warhol. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1802 (village) - 1819 (city) Government type Strong mayor  - Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City  79. ... Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American artist associated with the definition of Pop Art. ...


History

Founded in 1939 as the Modern Art Society, the Contemporary Arts Center was one of the first institutions in the United States dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art. Its inaugural exhibition, Modern Paintings from Cincinnati Collections, opened in the basement of the Cincinnati Art Museum. In 1964, the CAC moved to the Women's Exchange Building in downtown Cincinnati. And in 2003, the CAC moved to its first free-standing home, the stunning Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, which was designed by Zaha Hadid. History The Cincinnati Art Museum was founded in 1881 and opened in 1886. ... The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati chose to honor major donors by naming its new building, designed by Zaha Hadid, the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art. ... Zaha Hadid Portrait Interior of Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck BMW Central Building, Leipzig Vitra fire station, Weil am Rhein, Germany Zaha Hadid (Arabic: زها حديد) CBE (born October 31, 1950, Baghdad, Iraq) is a notable Iraqi-British deconstructivist architect. ...


Location

44 East 6th Street (Corner of 6th & Walnut), Cincinnati, OH 45202


Across Walnut Street from the the Aronoff Center for the Arts in downtown Cincinnati's cultural and entertainment area known as the Backstage District. The Aronoff Center is a large performing arts center in Downtown Cincinnati. ...


External Links

  • The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Official Site

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Located in the Berkshire Mountains, the CAC is part of one of the most important contemporary art regions outside of metropolitan cities.
The Beaver Mill, home of the CAC, is a 130,000 sq ft historic brick and stone mill situated on 27 acres of woodland and adjoining the Natural Bridge State Park.
The CAC comprises 25,000 sq ft of the building and houses five galleries, a residency hall, and approximately 12,000 sq ft of studio space.
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The history of the CAC is part of the larger story of the 1970s alternative space movement, which saw the birth of a wide spectrum of hybrid organizations dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together in the name of interdisciplinary and experimental art.
The improvisational quality of the center's early programming and hand-to-mouth funding was suited to the two floors it occupied in a ramshackle warehouse at 900 Camp Street, given by local drugstore magnate and art collector Sydney J. Besthoff in a dollar-per-day lease agreement.
The mature CAC has found itself struggling to reconcile its pioneering role as an incubator for emerging art with its determination to be a solvent player in a more cosmopolitan art world.
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