Artists are sketching. Buildings are being mapped. The city is already starting to glow. BLINK organizers on Monday unveiled more than 90 artists selected for the 2026 festival and announced plans for a new opening-night celebration, roughly 20 new murals and…
Prim Turns Plush Materials Into The Main Event
LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN SQUARE in Cincinnati’s buzzy downtown core is Prim: a luxe cocktail lounge experience where materials are paramount. The 4000-square-foot space, opened at the revamped mixed-use development The Foundry, leans into lush, feminine colors and a mix of textures that take…
AGAR moves to downtown Cincinnati
Agar, the rapidly growing creative agency behind Blink and many other projects, has completed the move of its headquarters office to downtown Cincinnati. Learn more: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2026/05/12/agar-blink-office-move-downtown-sleepy-bee-gallery.html
AGAR ‘Afterimage’ projection art heading to Vivid Sydney
CINCINNATI (WKRC) – A Cincinnati-based experimental company is taking its projection-mapping work to Australia as part of a major international festival. AGAR, an experimental company co-created by one of the creators of BLINK, is participating in Vivid Sydney 2026. The event…
BLINK abroad: Tourism, economic development organizations visit Paris, London to showcase region
Building on record-setting international interest in BLINK, illuminated by ArtsWave, a coalition of regional tourism and economic development organizations, along with corporate partners, traveled to Paris and London in March to showcase the festival, and the region, on a global stage….
AGAR’s art installation featured in Elm Street Plaza
Downtown’s new Elm Street Plaza now features four permanent pieces of sculpture art created by AGAR and Black Art Speaks, each designed to commemorate the legacy and cultural impact of Cincinnati’s King Records. Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer Guests pose for a…
Josh Heuser named a finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year East Central Award
The finalists represent 28 companies across Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Northeast and South-Central Ohio and Kentucky (including Metro Louisville). Read the full article: https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2026/04/27/6-locals-ey-finalists.html
New exhibition honoring Tony Dotson to open next month
A special art exhibition honoring the late Anthony “Tony” Dotson will open Downtown next month, celebrating the remarkable life and legacy of one of Cincinnati’s most iconic self-taught artists. Titled “Tony Dotson: A Retrospective,” it will feature nearly 100 works of…
Vivd Sydney: What Started as Inspiration Is Now Collaboration
Andrew Salzbrun, AGAR About twelve years ago, I saw something that changed how I thought about public art. It was Sofles, painting a mural that didn’t stop at paint. It moved. It evolved. It came alive through projection. At the time,…
“Tony Dotson: A Retrospective” to Honor Beloved Cincinnati Artist
CINCINNATI, OH – A special art exhibition honoring the late Anthony “Tony” Dotson will open this May, celebrating the remarkable life and legacy of one of Cincinnati’s most iconic self-taught artists. Titled “Tony Dotson: A Retrospective,” the exhibition is curated by…