Until we meet again in 2022, you can still shop with our show dealers for great vintage modern art, furnishings, and fashion both virtually and at many brick and mortar locations. We hope you'll connect with the dealers and businesses who participated in our 2020 show below.

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20th Century Cincinnati Show Information

Sharonville Convention Center

11355 Chester Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45246 (513) 771-7744

 Modernism

The broad movement in Western art, architecture and design which self-consciously rejected the past as a model for the arts of the present.

20th Century Cincinnati is the Queen City’s annual retrospective of vintage modern design: the avant-garde art, architecture, furnishings, decor and fashions that emerged between WW I and the Information Age.  Fueled by new technologies, materials and popular culture, Modernist trends included Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Machine Age, Streamline, Mid-Century Modern and Op/Pop styles.  Many of these innovative designs were so far ahead of their times that they seem to have anticipated 21st-century lifestyles.

After 25 consecutive years of annual shows, 20th Century Cincinnati will be taking a pass in 2021 as we join in the effort to combat the spread of Covid-19.  Please mark your calendar for the return of great modernism to the Sharonville Convention Center on the weekend of February 26 and 27, 2022.  Join us once again as over 70 dealers fill the 20,000 square feet Exhibit Hall & adjoining conference rooms with classic modernist forms – many from the century’s signature designers and architects.

Best known for its fantastic selection of furniture and lighting, 20th Century Cincinnati also features period decorative objects, housewares, pop culture memorabilia, and an important fashion element.  From investment quality to fun & funky, 20th Century Cincinnati offers something for every collector’s budget.  Shop with confidence: this knowledgeable group of dealers pledges that all merchandise is “guaranteed as represented.”

Weekend activities kick-off with a two-hour Java Preview beginning at 9:00 a.m. Saturday.  Preview tickets admit patrons to the exclusive shopping period (complete with a complimentary coffee, tea and juice bar) and include a full-weekend pass.  Preview ticket ordering information is available on the Java Preview page of this website.

Regular show hours on Saturday and Sunday are from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  An $8 adult admission is good for both days.

20th Century Cincinnati Special Exhibits

Since its beginnings in the mid-1990s, 20th Century Cincinnati has included special exhibits and special guests covering a wide variety of modern design topics. Popular highlights have included design retrospectives of Herman Miller, Knoll International, Russel Wright, Higgins Glass, and Blenko Glass; guest appearances by mid-century artists Charley and Edie Harper, contemporary silhouette artist Wendy Wuebbels, and famed glass designer Wayne Husted; exhibits featuring mid-century architecture, Italian modern design, bakelite and catalin plastics, Ohio modernist pottery, and American mid-century signage; book signings by authors Ann Kerr, Cara Greenberg, and Leslie Pin; and much more.

Watch this page for an announcement in early 2021 regarding the 2022 Special Exhibit.

20th Century Cincinnati Dealers

Enjoy browsing the Dealer list and links and make plans to join us on the weekend of February 26 & 27, 2022 for a Modernist weekend in Cincinnati!

2020 Show Program Partners