Now in its fourth iteration, the 2018 FotoFocus Biennial encompasses more than 90 projects at museums and galleries across Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton, and Columbus, and features more than 400 artists, curators, and educators—the largest of its kind in America.
Each Biennial is structured around a unifying theme. For 2018, that theme is Open Archive—emphasizing the centrality of photography and lens-based art to modernism, and examining our fundamental need to preserve photographs and to tell stories through their collection, organization, and interpretation.
Many venues are free and open to the public, but the Passport offers free access to all exhibitions during the month of October; an invitation to members-only events; and entry into the FotoFocus Biennial Program Week (October 4–7, 2018), which features keynote lectures, talks and panel discussions with artists, curators and collaborators, screenings, performances, receptions, and tours.