The Annex Gallery

08/13/2026

Since Wednesday, August 12, Annex Gallery has been presenting Tiger Lily: Collective Impressions. Tiger Lily Press is a cooperative printmaking workshop founded in Cincinnati in 1979, conceived as an open space for practice, teaching, and the preservation of artistic printing techniques. Over several decades, it has brought together printmakers from different generations, providing access to presses, tools, workshops, and shared technical knowledge, while establishing itself as one of the city’s longest-standing independent printmaking communities.

Since Wednesday, August 12, Annex Gallery has been presenting *Tiger Lily: Collective Impressions*. Tiger Lily Press is a cooperative printmaking workshop founded in Cincinnati in 1979, conceived as an open space for practice, teaching, and the preservation of artistic printing techniques. Over seve...

07/31/2026

CURATOR'S TALK AND RECEPTION
SATURDAY AUGUST 1, 1 to 3pm

In 1963 and 1964 Jim Marshall and Joan Baez travelled to Mississippi to support the voter registration efforts there. Jim's photos from that period are on display in the Gallery.

In 1964 three members of CORE left Ohio (from the Miami University campus where they were training recruits) to drive to Philadelphia, Mississippi to investigate a school burning.

They never returned.

The last trial for their murders was in 2005.

07/29/2026

The Serendipity x Arles Grant has a history of barely six years. It was established in 2020 by the Serendipity Arts Foundation and Les Rencontres d’Arles, with the support of the Institut français en Inde, to foster South Asian artists working with photography, video, artificial intelligence, and other image-based media. The stakes are considerable. The winner receives €15,000 toward fees, research, development, and production, together with the opportunity to present a solo exhibition in Arles.

The Serendipity x Arles Grant has a history of barely six years. It was established in 2020 by the Serendipity Arts Foundation and Les Rencontres d’Arles, with the support of the Institut français en Inde, to foster South Asian artists working with photography, video, artificial intelligence, and...

07/28/2026

Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) was a visionary American civil rights leader, political activist, and master strategist who served as the principal architect of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. As an openly gay Black man operating in a highly homophobic era, Rustin frequently worked behind the scenes due to concerns that his identity would be used to discredit the broader movement. Despite being marginalized by contemporary cultural norms and fellow activists, he was a pivotal force who shaped the philosophy and logistical blueprint of modern nonviolent resistance.

Rustin's political activism was deeply rooted in his upbringing by his Quaker grandmother, which instilled an unwavering belief in the single human family. However, his early associations with the Young Communist League and a 1953 arrest for public indecency related to his sexuality made him a target for political enemies like Senator Strom Thurmond and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Under immense pressure, he was forced to step down from positions within organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

In the 1970s and 1980s, Rustin turned his focus toward gay liberation, testifying in favor of New York State's landmark Gay Rights Bill and advocating for AIDS education. He passed away in New York City from a perforated appendix at the age of 75, survived by his longtime partner, Walter Naegle.

In 2013 Bayard was awarded posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Walter Neagle will attend the Saturday reception and curator’s talk in honor of his partner.

07/26/2026

07/23/2026

August 1st 1 to 3pm reception and curator's talk.

Jim Marshall, a renowned photographer celebrated for his iconic rock-and-roll images, captured unforgettable moments in music history. You may recognize his work, such as the famous photograph of Johnny Cash giving the finger at San Quentin Prison, Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire, or exclus...

07/23/2026

Yesterday afternoon, essayist and art critic Hamlet Fernández presented renowned Cuban painter and printmaker Rafael Zarza with several copies of Rafael Zarza: The Full Artistic Bullfight, a volume devoted to the study of the artist’s extensive creative career.

Yesterday afternoon, essayist and art critic Hamlet Fernández presented renowned Cuban painter and printmaker Rafael Zarza with several copies of Rafael Zarza: The Full Artistic Bullfight, a volume devoted to the study of the artist’s extensive creative career. This bilingual publication is the f...

07/21/2026

Science magazines — the serious ones, and even the popular-science ones — very often bring us stunningly beautiful photographs of what actually is. Natural splendor, the marvels of the world. They aren't art photographs; they don't denounce problems, or systems, or the routine aberrations of the human world. They are for the curious, for those with a child's soul. And yet the photographers who take them can be considered full-fledged artists. All the more so in these days of ours, when anything at all lays claim to artistic status.

Science magazines — the serious ones, and even the popular-science ones — very often bring us stunningly beautiful photographs of what actually is. Natural splendor, the marvels of the world. They aren't art photographs; they don't denounce problems, or systems, or the routine aberrations of the...

07/17/2026

07/16/2026

This photograph set off my alarms at once. Not to the degree of a contemporary First World mother, of course, though enough for me to notice. Whenever I took Yoko—my dog—for a walk, I watched to make sure she never put anything in her mouth. Nothing. So I share, in moderation, the collective hysteria that has turned hygiene into a cult of asepsis.

This photograph set off my alarms at once. Not to the degree of a contemporary First World mother, of course, though enough for me to notice. Whenever I took Yoko—my dog—for a walk, I watched to make sure she never put anything in her mouth. Nothing. So I share, in moderation, the collective hys...