Local arts nonprofit FotoFocus has announced the featured artists and venues for their 2026 biennial, titled “The Long View.”
Now in its eighth iteration, the FotoFocus Biennial—a month-long celebration of photography in all forms and fashions—has grown to become the largest event of its kind in America, spreading across 65 venues in Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Northern Kentucky. It begins September 30 and runs through October.
74 exhibitions will be on display throughout the region as part of “The Long View.” The title signifies taking a broader perspective on life, one defined by distance and duration. As an attitude toward history, it suggests a wise and measured perspective, one that takes into consideration both the distant past while also considering the distant future.
“The exhibitions featured in this year’s biennial consider ‘the long view’ through a unique
range of perspectives,” said Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth, FotoFocus Executive
Director. “Some exhibitions have historical roots while others embrace futurism, using the
lens as a tool to speculate what is on the horizon, while still others remain rooted in the
present, addressing ideology, politics and culture in America and around the world.”
In addition to its returning venues, the 2026 Biennial includes 9 new venues: ArtsConnect, Cincinnati Art Club, Delhi Event Center, FotoFocus Center, Miami University: Hiestand Galleries, Here and Now, MOTR Pub, Oxford Community Arts Center, and Swell Art Cafe.
Six exhibitions have been chosen as ‘featured exhibitions,’ and will be displayed in major venues like the newly-open FotoFocus Center, The Carnegie and the Cincinnati Art Museum. The featured artists in the six selected include Trevor Paglen, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Nancy Rexroth, Widline Cadet, and two exhibitions featuring multiple artists.
Read below for the full list of venues, and check the FotoFocus website for more details on the artists and exhibitions.
● 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati
● Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery
● Annex Gallery
● Art Academy of Cincinnati: Chidlaw Gallery
● Art Academy of Cincinnati: McClure Gallery
● Art Academy of Cincinnati: Pearlman Gallery
● Art Academy of Cincinnati: SITE1212
● Art Beyond Boundaries Gallery
● ArtsConnect
● ArtWorks/1001 Colors
● ArtWorks/1001 Colors Gallery
● BasketShop
● Behringer-Crawford Museum
● The Carnegie
● Century Design Workshop
● Cincinnati Art Club
● Cincinnati Art Museum
● Cincinnati Museum Center
● Clifton Cultural Arts Center
● Columbus College of Art & Design: Beeler Gallery
● Columbus Museum of Art
● Contemporary Arts Center
● The Contemporary Dayton
● DAAP Galleries: Reed Gallery
● DAAP Library
● Dayton Art Institute
● Dayton Society of Artists
● Delhi Event Center
● Edward A. Dixon Gallery
● Eisele Gallery
● Evendale Cultural Arts Center
● Fitton Center for Creative Arts
● FotoFocus Center
● Here and Now
● Iris BookCafé and Gallery
● Kennedy Heights Arts Center
● Lloyd Library & Museum
● The Lodge KY
● Manifest Drawing Center
● Manifest Gallery
● Miami University: Hiestand Galleries
● MOTR Pub
● Mount St. Joseph: Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery
● National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
● Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts Galleries
● Over-the-Rhine Museum
● Oxford Community Arts Center
● Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum
● Rosewood Arts Center
● ROY G BIV Gallery
● Shot Tower Gallery
● Sinclair Community College Art Galleries
● Stivers School for the Arts: Fifth Street Gallery
● Studio Kroner
● Swell Art Cafe
● Taft Museum of Art
● University of Dayton: Index Gallery
● University of Dayton: Roger Glass Center for the Arts Gallery
● Visionaries and Voices
● Wash Park Art
● Wave Pool
● The Well
● Wexner Center for the Arts
● Woodward Theater
● Wright State University: Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries