The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame at Cincinnati Art Museum

The Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) is organizing its first full-scale, scholarly exhibition of works by Cincinnati art icon Charley Harper. The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame, on view from October 16, 2026–March 7, 2027, will feature approximately 150 works by the beloved mid-century modern artist, designer, illustrator, and nature advocate.

CAM’s Dr. Julie Aronson previews the exhibition in today’s Spotlight.

The Taft Museum of Art will be showing an exhibition of Edie McKee Harper’s works concurrently with the CAM Harper exhibition.

Click on the link below for the full conversation with Dr. Aronson and Taft Museum of Art’s Tamera Lenz Muente.

First Full-Scale Exhibition of Works by Charley Harper at Cincinnati Art Museum Opens this Fall – Cincinnati Art Museum

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