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COMING SOON! 🐈 "Edie McKee Harper: Modernist at Play" | On view October 17, 2026–January 24, 2027

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 highlights 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-20th-century art and design. Recent shows and publications have looked at Harper’s accomplishments in tandem with those of her husband, artist and illustrator Charley Harper (American, 1922–2007), but this will be the first museum exhibition, with accompanying catalogue, to closely study the full range of her work on its own terms. The show will trace the evolution of Harper’s 60-year-long career through themes she revisited often—the American landscape, abstraction, storytelling, and the animal world—revealing a creative life infused with wit, whimsy, and wonder.

This exhibition is organized by the Taft Museum of Art in partnership with the Charley and Edie Harper Art Studio.

Learn more and get tickets at taftmuseum.org/Edie
#TaftMuseumDiscovered #EdieMcKeeHarper @edieharperart @charleyharperart by @taftmuseum

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Something new to sip on...🫖

Introducing the NEW Taft Tea Experience, available to reserve daily in the Taft Café from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.! Enjoy an appetizer salad, sip on your selection of three seasonal blends from @churchillsteas, and enjoy house-made sweet and savory small bites. It's the perfect celebratory brunch, afternoon out, or solo date at the museum.

Learn more and make a reservation at taftmuseum.org/Tea
#TaftMuseumDiscovered #AfternoonTea #CincyEats taken in Taft Museum of Art by @taftmuseum

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A prowl around the garden for Pumpkin’s twin (painted by Edie Harper) 🎃 Today the museum had a fuzzy special guest! Cincinnati’s Cutest Pet, Pumpkin, stopped by to explore the garden in search of her lookalike (named “Peepkin”) who she ended up finding at the front gates! This painting and many other kittens and critters will be on view in “Edie McKee Harper: Modernist at Play,” opening October 17. You can learn more and get tickets at taftmuseum.org/Edie

Thanks for coming to explore with us, Pumpkin!

@seelbachc @spcacincinnati #TaftMuseumDiscovered #EdieMcKeeHarper #EdieHarper @edieharperart #ArtMuseum taken in Taft Museum of Art by @taftmuseum

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Pumpkin goes to the Museum. @taftmuseum @spcacincinnati by @taftmuseum

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BLINK Cincinnati is officially 1 week away! 🐞

The final pieces of Harper Alive are coming together, bringing the world of Charley and Edie Harper to life through animation, music, and lighting in a sensory experience like no other.

We can’t wait for you to step inside and experience it yourself!

October 9-11. Free admission. Get tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/charley-harper-alive

Made possible with support from:
@sybsince1904
@graeters
@montgomeryinn
Thomas R. Schiff Foundation
Shottenstein Arts and Innovation Foundation
New Riff taken in The Mercantile Immersive by @taftmuseum

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Taft donors have more fun (especially when wine tasting in Vienna)!✈️🍷

Did you know that the museum's Leadership Level ($1,250+) Donors can join the Taft team on special trips to explore new museums, private collections, and new corners of the world? It's true! Pictured here are some of our Leadership Level donors in Vienna, Austria at a wine tasting lunch with our President and CEO, and Director of Advancement and Institutional Strategy! You can join one of these journeys by supporting the Taft at this level or above today.

Learn more about donating to the museum at taftmuseum.org/Give, or reach out to development@taftmuseum.org for more information on Leadership Level giving.
#TaftMuseumDiscovered by @taftmuseum

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Harper Alive is closer than ever to coming to life! 🐞

From October 9-11, see the world of Charley and Edie Harper in delightfully new ways only at The Mercantile Immersive.

Reserve your free tickets now at: https://events.humanitix.com/charley-harper-alive

Made possible with support from:
@sybsince1904
@graeters
@montgomeryinn
Thomas R. Schiff Foundation
Shottenstein Arts and Innovation Foundation
@newriff taken in The Mercantile Immersive by @taftmuseum

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Art comes to life this weekend at Music Hall!! This weekend JMR’s Orchestral Canvas brings together some of the world’s greatest orchestral music and works of art with Cincinnati Music Hall as the canvas. From pairing music
from the likes of Gershwin, Respighi and Debussy with visual projections of works by Van Gogh, Cincinnati’s own Charley & Edie Harper, Saul Steinberg’s “Mural of Cincinnati” and more, the stage becomes a living art gallery as images and melodies come together in collaboration with the creative minds at Lightborne.
Learn more about the music, the art and the collaboration with the Cincinnati Art Museum and Taft Museum of Art that helped bring this performance to life. → bit.ly/4AwTaYr by @taftmuseum

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And so the season changes from summer to autumn 🍂

It's the #AutumnalEquinox, and we're celebrating by taking a closer look at a piece from the Taft collection that honors all four seasons. This 'Dish with the Flowers of Four Seasons' depicts exactly what it says - flowers shown include peonies (spring), lotus (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn), and plum (winter)! Zoom in to take a closer look at each 🔍

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Dish with the Flowers of the Four Seasons, about 1720, China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign (1662–1722), Enamel on porcelain, Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft, 1931.88 by @taftmuseum

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Cincinnati Pops Conductor @maestrojmr and the @taftmuseum’s Sarah Ditlinger joined @fox19now’s @meganorourketv this morning to chat about our performances of JMR’S ORCHESTRAL CANVAS this weekend!

Thanks for having us on!

See orchestral and artistic masterpieces come together as a living art gallery at @musichallcincy this FRI-SUN! taken in FOX19 by @taftmuseum

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Prost! 🍻 Happy #Oktoberfest, Zinzinnati!

Whether your weekend is looking a little like "The Three Friends" pictured here or you plan on exploring the galleries and stopping for a treat in the Taft Café, we hope you're having a safe and fun Oktoberfest.

Planning on joining us while you're downtown? Learn more about parking, accessing the museum, and more at taftmuseum.org/Visitor-Information
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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891), The Three Friends, 1847, oil on panel. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft, 1931.399 by @taftmuseum

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