# Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati contemporary art museum (founded 1939, one of the oldest in the U.S.). KB relevance: under director [[Dennis Barrie]] it showed Mapplethorpe's *The Perfect Moment* in April 1990 despite certain prosecution, becoming the first American art museum criminally tried for obscenity — and acquitted ([[Cincinnati Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial]]). The counter-example to the Corcoran's capitulation in the [[NEA Culture Wars]]. Since 2003 housed in Zaha Hadid's first American building. ## See Also - [[Cincinnati Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial]]