DAYTON ART INSTITUTE BEGINS $2.2 MILLION RENOVATION

The Dayton Art Institute is commencing a $2.2 million renovation in preparation for its centennial celebration in 2019, reports the Toledo Blade’s Roberta Gedert. Funded through a State of Ohio Capital Appropriations Bill approved two years ago, the renovations will yield “a handicap-accessible pedestrian connection,” and improvements to the Shaw Gothic Cloister of the museum. The institute will close on Mondays and Tuesdays but will otherwise maintain its normal hours. Its current show features work by James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Leo Villareal, and Erwin Redl.