The Lost-Wax Casting Process Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-06-03 | Learn about the stages of the lost-wax casting process, a metal casting technique used to create this Panamanian figural pendant, and many other gold ornaments from the region.Explore a 3-D model of this object and learn more: clevelandart.org/art/1946.80Figure with Deer Antlers Pendant, 400-700. Panama, Darién or Venado Beach region, Openwork style, 5th-8th Century. Cast gold; overall: 7.8 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm (3 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin P. Bole 1946.80
Art in 60 Seconds: Egyptomania Cleveland Museum of Art 2023-04-21 | Egyptian art has long served, and continues to serve, as a primary inspiration for fashion designers, solidifying the legacy of Egyptomania—the influence of the art of ancient Egypt. The exhibition "Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession", on view in the CMA’s textile and Egyptian galleries from April 1, 2023 to January 28, 2024, brings together around 50 objects that explore the influence of Egyptomania in fashion by juxtaposing contemporary fashion and jewelry loaned from around the world with fine and decorative artworks from the CMA collection. Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession examines designers’ interpretations of themes, such as Egyptian dress, funerary process, and religion, that shape our contemporary perceptions of ancient Egyptian culture.Learn more on the cma's website at cma.orgclevelandart.org/exhibitions/egyptomania-fashions-conflicted-obsessionFeatured artwork:Scarab Brooch, 1924. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Gold, platinum, blue Egyptian faience, diamonds, emeralds, smoky quartz, enamel; 5 x 13 x 2 cm. Vincent Wulveryk, Collection Cartier. © Cartier Winged Pectoral Scarab, 664–525 BCE. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26. Deep turquoise faience; h. 7 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.766 Egyptian Vanity Case, 1924. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Gold, platinum, mother-of-pearl carved with hieroglyphs, blue Egyptian faience, coral, lapis lazuli, onyx, diamonds, enamel, leather cord; 19 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm. Cartier Collection Egyptian Gateway Brooch, 1927. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Platinum, diamonds; 1.9 x 2.6 cm. Marian Gérard, Cartier Collection. © Cartier Design for a Vanity Case, 1923. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Executed in gold, enamel, ivory, onyx, sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds. Sold to Mrs. Georges Blumenthal. Graphite and gouache on tracing paper; 19.6 x 15 cm. Cartier Paris Archives (Inv. ST23/95). © Cartier Design for an Egyptian-Style Parure, c. 1920. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Proposal for execution in platinum, rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. Graphite and gouache on tracing paper; 61 x 49.5 cm. Cartier Paris Archives (Inv. LON/PAR1/A). © Cartier Design for a Scarab Bangle, undated. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Graphite, ink, and gouache on tracing paper. Cartier New York Archives. © Cartier Design for an Egyptian Clock, c. 1925. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Proposal for execution in silver, gold, lapis lazuli, turquoises, onyx, coral, and enamel. Graphite, ink, and gouache on tracing paper. Cartier Paris Archives (Inv. P98). © Cartier Proposal for a Brooch Representing the Goddess Sekhmet, 1925. Cartier (French, est. 1847). Graphite, ink, and gouache on tracing paper. Cartier Paris Archives (Inv. LON502). © Cartier
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England Cleveland Museum of Art 2023-03-09 | The Cleveland Museum of Art invites visitors to revel in the art created for the Tudor Monarchs, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth--"The Virgin Queen.” The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England examines the volatile rise of the Tudors and the opulent art it fostered. Featuring iconic portraits, intricate wrought armor, glittering tapestries and more.Learn more on the museum's website:clevelandart.org/tudors
Dr. Ranajit K. Datta Lecture 2023: Medieval Indian Manuscripts and the Stories They Tell Cleveland Museum of Art 2023-02-13 | Phyllis Granoff, Lex Hixon Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Yale University The Cleveland Museum of Art has an important collection of Buddhist and Jain manuscripts, some of which are being shown for the first time in the exhibition Text and Image in Southern Asia (August 26, 2022–March 5, 2023). This lecture explores the stories these manuscripts and others like them tell us about the religious, social, and economic worlds of their origin.Who had these manuscripts made, and why? How and of what were they made? How were they used and stored? How were they valued, as sacred texts to be worshiped or works of art? To study these manuscripts is a continuing process of asking questions, and in this talk, Dr. Granoff shares her journey for these answers.Phyllis Granoff received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in the Departments of Fine Arts and Sanskrit and Indian Studies. After teaching at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, for many years, she moved to Yale University, where she was the Lex Hixon Professor of World Religions. She has written extensively on premodern Indian art, literature, and philosophy and has translated modern stories from Bengali and Oriya.The annual Dr. Ranajit K. Datta Lecture brings nationally and internationally recognized experts in the fields of art history and archaeology to discuss new scholarship, museum exhibitions, and archaeological discoveries in Indian art. The annual Dr. Ranajit K. Datta Lecture is made possible through the Dr. Ranajit K. Datta in Memory of Kiran P. and S. C. Datta Endowment Fund.
Look Closer: China through the Magnifying Glass Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-12-20 | A selection of highlights from "China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail" (on view Sun, 12/11/2022 to Sun, 02/26/2023) shows the breadth of objects in the exhibition enlarged and animated to point out hidden details, symbolism, and meaning in each object.Audio composition with excerpts featuring classical Guzheng instrumentation provided by NicPaPro / TeraMangalaMeditationMusic / AnnieZhouGuzheng / FredlMusic / Groove_Committee / Pond5
In Conversation: Tyler Mitchell and Key Jo Lee Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-11-07 | The Fran and Warren Rupp Contemporary Artists LectureSaturday, October 22, 2022, 2:00 p.m.The Cleveland Museum of ArtSpeaker: Tyler Mitchell (b. 1995 in Atlanta) lives and works in Brooklyn. He received a BFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, as well as at the International Center of Photography in New York City.Artist, photographer, and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell (b. 1995, Atlanta) introduces new narratives about Black beauty and desire, embracing themes of the past and creating fictionalized moments of the imagined future. In 2018, he made history as the first Black photographer to shoot a cover of American Vogue for Beyoncé’s appearance in the September issue. Mitchell joins CMA curator Key Jo Lee for a conversation about his approach to image making, including recent works currently on view at the CMA that present dreamlike, bucolic vignettes of Black people at leisure and play in a reimagined American South. Organized in conjunction with the FRONT International 2022 Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows Made possible by the Fran and Warren Rupp Contemporary Artist Fund
The Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture 2022: Reimagining Early Greek Art at the MFA Boston Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-10-13 | The Dr. John and Helen Collis LectureReimagining Early Greek Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonSpeaker: Dr. Phoebe Segal, Mary Bryce Comstock Curator of Greek and Roman Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Sunday, September 25, 2022, 2:00 p.m.The Cleveland Museum of ArtSee more CMA events at cma.orgThe annual Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture brings nationally and internationally recognized experts in the field of art history and archaeology to discuss new scholarship, museum exhibitions, and archaeological discoveries. Topics alternate between ancient Greek and Byzantine art every other year. In this talk, Dr. Segal presents the newly renovated gallery at the MFA, Boston, devoted to early Greek art, one of the greatest strengths of the museum’s world-renowned antiquities. Step back in time to the days of the emergence of the Greek city-state and discover the innovation and creativity of early Greek artists responding to local traditions and new ideas from abroad. Learn about the design strategy and digital media assets that transport visitors to ancient Greece and make the past present.Phoebe Segal is the Mary Bryce Comstock Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the MFA, Boston. She earned her BA from Brown University (1999) and PhD in art history and archaeology from Columbia (2007). She has excavated in Greece, Italy, and Cyprus, and is cochair of the Museums and Exhibitions Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America. Since 2008, she has curated several exhibitions and gallery renovations at the MFA, Boston, most recently early Greek art (2022). The annual Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture is made possible through the Dr. John and Helen Collis Family Endowment. The endowment is the first of its kind at the museum, as it presents an annual lecture dedicated to a particular art historical emphasis. Additional support for this lecture comes from the Hellenic Preservation Society (HPS) of Northeastern Ohio. HPS is a nonprofit organization whose focus is to preserve the Hellenic legacy that will promote the Greek experience through education, collection, and preservation. Dr. John and Helen Collis are both members of the HPS.
Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-10-06 | See this extraordinary collection of more than 100 masterworks—the largest gift of art to the museum in more than 60 years—together for the first and only time.
Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-10-06 | See this extraordinary collection of more than 100 masterworks—the largest gift of art to the museum in more than 60 years—together for the first and only time.Learn More: clevelandart.org/exhibitions/keithley-collection
Cycles of Life: The Four Seasons Tapestries: How to Conserve a Tapestry Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-08-11 | Video has no sound. How do you clean and restore a tapestry? Discover how the CMA's Four Seasons tapestries were cleaned and restored at Royal Manufacturers De Wit, a tapestry conservation studio in Belgium. This video was produced for the exhibition "Cycles of Life: The Four Seasons Tapestries", on view 2/13/2022 to 2/19/2023 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Learn more:cma.org/exhibitions/cycles-life-four-seasons-tapestriesCycles of Life: The Four Seasons Tapestries offers visitors an in-depth look at a rare, complete set of tapestries in the museum’s collection that has not been displayed since 1953 because of the tapestries’ fragile condition. Each tapestry depicts seasonal activities: fishing and gardening (Spring), grain harvesting (Summer), wine making (Autumn), and ice skating (Winter). When viewed together, the tapestries represent a full cycle of life. Taking the “four seasons” motif as inspiration, this exhibition tells the story of the life of the tapestries through four themes—their initial design and production, subsequent reproduction and alteration, later acquisition by the museum, and recent conservation treatment by tapestry conservation specialists in Belgium, at Royal Manufacturers De Wit, under the supervision of the CMA’s textile conservator. The exhibition also offers an in-depth look at the difficult craft of tapestry conservation, including its ethics, techniques, and concerns.Footage courtesy Royal Manufacturers De WitVideo © 2022 The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Story of the Cleveland Krishna HoloLens Experience Full Walkthrough Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-08-08 | This video provides a full, first-person POV walkthrough of the HoloLens experience, "The Story of the Cleveland Krishna". This HoloLens experience was one part of the exhibition "Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain", on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 11/14/2021 - 1/30/2022. This POV walkthrough was filmed in the exhibition gallery during the run of the show. However, the 2D format does not allow for the immersive experience that 360 spatial sound and visuals provide when viewed through the HoloLens. Visuals and audio in this video may not appear exactly as they do in mixed-reality. Check out related videos on our channel for an overview of the visitor experience, and to see how this tour related to the rest of the exhibition. Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art, "Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain", on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 11/14/2021 - 1/30/2022, presented the story, context, and new restoration of a masterwork in the museum’s collection. Featuring an immersive, mixed-reality HoloLens tour, the exhibition transports visitors to the dramatic floodplains of southern Cambodia and tells the life story of the CMA’s monumental sculpture Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, spanning 1,500 years and three continents, and unveiled the newly restored Krishna alongside related sculptures in an integration of art, technology, and experiential design. For more info, visit http://cma.org/krishnaIn the third gallery of the exhibition, Visitors were introduced to the world of Phnom Da and immersed in the global story of Cleveland’s Krishna through a mixed-reality experience. The voice of Krishna guides visitors through an augmented-reality landscape that blends photorealistic virtual 3-D models of locations and sculptures with ethereal motifs from the Krishna myth. This tour is guided through each visitor’s Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset, providing surround sound and situating the virtual experience as if users are in the physical environment itself. Visitors follow the journey of Krishna from Cambodia to Europe and Cleveland, concluding with its digital restoration and reinstatement in the original cave temple on Phnom Da. Through participating in the experience, visitors can understand all the factors across time and place that impacted the way Krishna looks today before traveling to the next gallery to see the sculpture itself, on display for the first time since its recent reconstruction.Groups of six visitors begin the 11-minute HoloLens tour every two minutes, moving through six stations around the gallery, allowing for up to 36 simultaneous participants. This is the first time that a HoloLens 2 experience “on rails” has been attempted in a museum context. This would not be possible without the generous support and expertise of Microsoft and the brilliant work of our partners at the Interactive Commons at Case Western Reserve University, whose tireless work on development over the past two years brought the story of the Cleveland Krishna to life.This experience was developed in collaboration with the mixed-reality development partner the Interactive Commons at Case Western Reserve University. The HoloLens experience was also developed with the collaboration and support of Microsoft, the official technology partner of Revealing Krishna.Voice of Krishna: SOAN Pheary (Emi)Voice of Auctioneer: Graham RhodesVoice of Paul Mallon: Jeremy CleronVoice of Sherman Lee: Tom WelshIntroductory Narrator: Sonya Rhie MaceFeaturing the music of Arn Chorn-PondFor more information, visit http://cma.org/krishna© 2021 The Cleveland Museum of Art
Framing the Essence of a Fashion Figure Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-06-07 | Watch as the CMA’s assistant curator with a focus on fashion, Darnell-Jamal Lisby, breaks down standout looks of pop-culture fashion icons from The New Black Vanguard exhibition catalogue.#TheNewBlackVanguard tickets: cma.orgFREE for members.Purchase the catalogue: shop.clevelandart.org/collections/the-new-black-vanguardThe New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion is organized by Aperture, New York, and is curated by Antwaun Sargent.
The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-05-24 | The New Black Vanguard beautifully fuses art and fashion photography, breaking boundaries between genres. The images open conversations around the representation of the Black body and Black lives as subject matter and challenge the idea that Blackness is homogenous.Curator and art critic Antwaun Sargent selected 15 groundbreaking talents for this exhibition.#TheNewBlackVanguard is on view through September 11, 2022.Tickets: cma.org
Stories from Storage: Paper Airplanes Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-04-22 | When the pandemic upended international travel and temporarily delayed projects, the Cleveland Museum of Art reimagined its schedule of exhibitions by drawing on its own resources. "Stories from Storage", on view 2/7/2021 - 5/16/2021 offered a thoughtful and focused examination of multiple important themes through seldom seen works of art carefully selected by each of the museum’s nearly two dozen curators. It conveyed not a single, linear narrative but multiple stories that complemented one another. Each story revealed a unique element within the museum’s encyclopedic collection, representing human creativity across the globe. In this video, Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography, discusses several works in one thematic section of the exhibition. Read more about the exhibition: clevelandart.org/exhibitions/stories-storageFeatured Artworks: Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem: A Series of Twenty Photographic Views, with Descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole: Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, Thebes, 1857. Francis Frith (British, 1822–1898). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 38.3 x 48.2 cm; matted: 61 x 76.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1992.236 New York: Harbor & QE2: Untitled, 1998. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print, resin coated; image: 26 x 17.6 cm; paper: 27.8 x 21.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2018.953 © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos My Ghost: For Allegra, 2014. Adam Fuss (British, b. 1961). Daguerreotype; plate: 59.7 x 96.5 cm; framed: 73 x 109.9 x 4.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2018.297. © Adam Fuss © 2021 The Cleveland Museum of Art
Stories from Storage: Replication and Reinterpretation, Old and New Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-04-22 | When the pandemic upended international travel and temporarily delayed projects, the Cleveland Museum of Art reimagined its schedule of exhibitions by drawing on its own resources. "Stories from Storage", on view 2/7/2021 - 5/16/2021 offered a thoughtful and focused examination of multiple important themes through seldom seen works of art carefully selected by each of the museum’s nearly two dozen curators. It conveyed not a single, linear narrative but multiple stories that complemented one another. Each story revealed a unique element within the museum’s encyclopedic collection, representing human creativity across the globe. In this video, Seth Pevnick, Curator of Greek and Roman Art, discusses several works in one thematic section of the exhibition. Read more about the exhibition: clevelandart.org/exhibitions/stories-storageFeatured Artworks: Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Animal Friezes, c. 600–580 BC. Attributed to the Saint Louis Painter (Etrusco-Corinthian, active in Vulci). Ceramic; overall: 63.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1924.872 Statue of an Athlete, AD 1–100. Italy, Roman. Marble; overall: 173.9 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1924.1046 Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup): Dionysos and Satyr (I); Satyrs and Maenads (A, B), c. 480 BC. Attributed to Douris or the Painter of London E 55 (Greek, Attic). Ceramic; diam: 29.6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1915.718 Tetradrachm: Athena (obverse); Owl, Olive Branch (reverse), 480-407 BC. Greek, Athens. Silver; diam: 2.3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.992 Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl, Olive Branch (reverse), 449–440 BC. Greek, minted at Athens (Attica). Silver; diam: 2.3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Jacob Hirsch, 1941.296 Tetradrachm: Athena (obverse); Owl, Olive Branch (reverse), 480–407 BC. Greek, Athens. Silver; overall: 2.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harold W. Parsons, 1920.267 Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse), before 1916. Greece(?). Silver-plated copper alloy(?); diam: 3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.977 Reproduction of the death mask conventionally called the “Mask of Agamemnon” (hammered gold) from Shaft Grave V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, early 1900s. Emile Gilliéron père (Swiss, 1850–1924). Electrotype (gold-plated copper); overall: 25.4 x 27 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1923.592 Reproduction of the death mask conventionally called the “Mask of Agamemnon” (hammered gold) from Shaft Grave V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, early 1900s. Emile Gilliéron père (Swiss, 1850–1924). Electrotype (gold-plated copper); overall: 25.4 x 27 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1928.539 Oil Flask in the Shape of a Bull, 600–575 BC or 1900s. Greek, Corinthian, or modern forgery. Ceramic; overall: 6.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1979.3 Vessel in the Shape of a Wild Boar, 700–500 BC or 1900s. Italy, Etruscan, or modern forgery. Terracotta; overall: 17.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1977.42 © 2021 The Cleveland Museum of Art
Stories from Storage: Things That Don’t Fit (Here) Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-04-22 | When the pandemic upended international travel and temporarily delayed projects, the Cleveland Museum of Art reimagined its schedule of exhibitions by drawing on its own resources. "Stories from Storage", on view 2/7/2021 - 5/16/2021 offered a thoughtful and focused examination of multiple important themes through seldom seen works of art carefully selected by each of the museum’s nearly two dozen curators. It conveyed not a single, linear narrative but multiple stories that complemented one another. Each story revealed a unique element within the museum’s encyclopedic collection, representing human creativity across the globe. In this video, Sue Bergh, Curator of Pre-Columbian and Native North American Art, discusses several works in one thematic section of the exhibition. Read more about the exhibition: clevelandart.org/exhibitions/stories-storageFeatured Artworks: Neck Pendant (Hei-tiki), 1800s. Pacific Islands, Polynesia, New Zealand, Māori people. Greenstone (pounamu) (nephrite?); overall: 16.9 x 10.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wadhams in memory of Miss Helen Humphreys, 1969.107 Gorget (Rei Miro), 1800s. Pacific Islands, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Wood; overall: 30.8 x 69.8 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1961.406 Beer Container (Máhuetan), c. 1940. Amazonia, Peru, Ucayali River region, Shipibo people. Ceramic, slip; diam: 79 cm; h: 68 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Elizabeth M. Skala, 1992.129 Man's Tunic (Cushma), 1970s. Amazonia, Peru, Ucayali River region, Shipibo people. Cotton, pigment; overall: 119.4 x 119.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.351 Geometrically Patterned Female Figure, 400–100 BC. Mesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro. Ceramic, slip; overall: 15.6 x 8 x 5.7 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.155 Flat Male Figure, 200 BC–AD 300. Mesoamerica, West Mexico, Colima. Ceramic, pigment; overall: 20 x 10.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.259 Standing Female Figurine, 1200–400 BC. Mesoamerica, Tlatilco. Ceramic with pigment; overall: 9 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls, 1962.250 © 2021 The Cleveland Museum of Art
Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-04-13 | The exhibition Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure gathers an ensemble of masterpieces focusing on the artist’s major achievements of the postwar years (1945–66). Combining all media—sculpture, painting, and drawing—the show of 60 works draws upon the deep resources of the artist’s personal collection and examines a central, animating aspect of his oeuvre: his extraordinary, singular concern for the human figure. #TowardtheUltimateFigureOn view through Sunday, June 12, 2022. Tickets: cma.orgCo-organized by the Fondation Giacometti in Paris and the Cleveland Museum of Art, the exhibition will also be presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Seattle Art Museum; and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
Ancient Greek Art in 60 Seconds: Black-Figure Dinos Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-03-22 | Join Seth Pevnick, Curator of Greek and Roman Art, to learn more about the figural decoration on this black-figure dinos. Learn more about this artwork:clevelandart.org/art/1971.46
Ancient Greek Art in 60 Seconds: Torso of a Kouros Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-03-22 | This Ancient Greek marble sculpture was made more than 2500 years ago. Join Curator Seth Pevnick to discover how we can classify this sculpture as a kouros, or "youth" in Greek.Learn more about this artwork:clevelandart.org/art/1953.125
Revealing Krishna: Gods of Phnom Da Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-03-08 | Meaningful innovation initiates relationships with artwork in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from November 14, 2021, through January 30, 2022. The "Gods of Phnom Da” digital gallery displays life-size 3-D models of the eight gods of Phnom Da, from c. 600, with motion-activated animations exploring details and iconographic elements. The eight monumental sculptures of Phnom Da are reunited digitally through interactive projections, with detailed views of each god’s unique iconography. This gallery shows intimate, never-before-seen views of these ancient sculptures through breathtaking animations of high-resolution 3-D models, projected at life size. The arrangement of the projections mirrors the way visitors to Phnom Da would have experienced the gods, who have not been on view together in more than 1,000 years. The 3-D models of the eight gods were captured using LiDAR and photogrammetry on-site in museums in Phnom Penh, Paris, and Cleveland. The models were then lit and animated to create the interactives in the exhibition. Eight projectors display motion-activated animations of the gods of Phnom Da on 12-foot-tall scrims. Visitors step into an illuminated activation zone to explore iconography, which is displayed in five unique animations for each god.Visit clevelandart.org/krishna to learn more.3D models of all 8 gods of Phnom Da are available to explore on the CMA's website.Parts of Revealing Krishna are on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art from April 30, 2022 - September 18, 2022. https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/revealing-krishna-journey-to-the-sacred-mountain/[Video contains no dialogue]
Revealing Krishna: Journey to Phnom Da Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-03-08 | Experience the Journey to Phnom Da in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain, on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art from April 30, 2022 - September 18, 2022. https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/revealing-krishna-journey-to-the-sacred-mountain/The introductory hall of the exhibition reenacts the pilgrimage from Angkor Borei to Phnom Da. Three projection walls provide stunning views of the canals leading to Phnom Da and an immersive cinematic and audio landscape. This journey along the Mekong River delta allows visitors to experience how pilgrims traveled to Phnom Da as they prepare to meet the sculptures from this sacred two-peaked mountain. Footage and sound for “Journey” was captured on-site in Cambodia in 2019. Filmed with a three-camera rig and drone, views of the canal traveling toward the two-peaked mountain show the varying landscapes. In the gallery, five Panasonic projectors project the three-camera rig and drone footage onto three 22-foot-long walls, while a series of speakers bring the sounds of the Cambodian canals to Cleveland.Meaningful innovation initiates relationships with artwork in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from November 14, 2021, through January 30, 2022. Visit clevelandart.org/krishna to learn more.[Video has no dialogue]
Revealing Krishna: Immersive Timeline Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-03-08 | See the Immersive Timeline, narrated by Angelina Jolie and Loung Ung, on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art from April 30, 2022 - September 18, 2022. https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/revealing-krishna-journey-to-the-sacred-mountain/Meaningful innovation initiates relationships with artwork in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from November 14, 2021, through January 30, 2022. The immersive timeline, narrated by director, actor, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie and Loung Ung (best-selling author of First They Killed My Father) shares the story of the gods of Phnom Da and their origins, discovery, and conservation as fragments reunited across time and place. Formatted as a panoramic horizon, eight screens are aligned horizontally to create an L-shaped configuration in the corner of the exhibition’s final gallery. Visitors see archival images of excavations, from the earliest discoveries in the 1800s to the present, as well as present-day footage and animated maps illustrating the incredible story arc of these ancient sculptures. The last decade of conservation innovation, exchange, and partnership with Cambodia concludes this film and highlights the museum’s evolving role in stewardship within the global landscape.Visit clevelandart.org/krishna to learn more.
Revealing Krishna: HoloLens Experience Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-03-08 | Meaningful innovation initiates relationships with artwork in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from November 14, 2021, through January 30, 2022. Visit clevelandart.org/krishna to learn more.Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain presents the story, context, and new restoration of a masterwork in the museum’s collection, Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan. The global story of the sculpture unfolds in a HoloLens 2 mixed-reality tour spanning 15 centuries and three continents. Visitors experience the myth of Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan and come to understand the sculpture’s history. The tour culminates in a life-size holographic projection of the cave temple on Phnom Da where the Cleveland Krishna appears to have stood. Visitors enter the sanctuary to find an artist’s re-creation of the sculpture showing Krishna supporting the mountain in which he stands.Visitors are introduced to the world of Phnom Da and immersed in the global story of Cleveland’s Krishna through a mixed-reality experience. The voice of Krishna guides visitors through an augmented-reality landscape that blends photorealistic virtual 3-D models of locations and sculptures with ethereal motifs from the Krishna myth. This tour is guided through each visitor’s Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset, providing surround sound and situating the virtual experience as if users are in the physical environment itself. Visitors follow the journey of Krishna from Cambodia to Europe and Cleveland, concluding with its digital restoration and reinstatement in the original cave temple on Phnom Da. Through participating in the experience, visitors can understand all the factors across time and place that impacted the way Krishna looks today before traveling to the next gallery to see the sculpture itself, on display for the first time since its recent reconstruction.Groups of six visitors begin the 11-minute HoloLens tour every two minutes, moving through six stations around the gallery, allowing for up to 36 simultaneous participants. This is the first time that a HoloLens 2 experience “on rails” has been attempted in a museum context, and the tour runs continuously throughout the day. This experience would not be possible without the generous support and expertise of Microsoft and the brilliant work of our partners at the Interactive Commons at Case Western Reserve University, whose tireless work on development over the past two years brought the story of the Cleveland Krishna to life.Content for the HoloLens experience was captured on-site at Phnom Da and in conservation labs in Phnom Penh and Cleveland. Scans of both the Cleveland and Phnom Penh Krishnas, as well as each individual fragment, allowed the teams to illustrate the complicated conservation story in 3-D space. An artist’s reconstruction of how the Cleveland Krishna may have originally looked, before fragmentation and weathering, was created using the existing models of the sculptures, with input from curators and conservators. A high-resolution scan of the interior and exterior of Cave D at Phnom Da, where scholars believe the Cleveland Krishna originally stood, allows visitors to walk around this reconstruction in situ, accompanied by ambient sound recorded on-site.
Revealing Krishna: Immersive Digital Galleries Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-03-07 | Meaningful innovation initiates relationships with artwork in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from November 14, 2021, through January 30, 2022. Visit clevelandart.org/krishna to learn more.Parts of the exhibition, Revealing Krishna, are on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art from April 30, 2022 - September 18, 2022. https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/revealing-krishna-journey-to-the-sacred-mountain/Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain presents the story, context, and new restoration of a masterwork in the museum’s collection through an integration of art, technology, and experiential design. . Through two sculptural and four digital galleries, Revealing Krishna transports visitors to the dramatic floodplains of southern Cambodia and tells the life story of the CMA’s monumental sculpture Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, spanning 1,500 years and three continents. The 1,500-year-old stone sculpture from Cambodia, larger than life size, depicts the young Hindu god in the superhuman act of shielding his people from destruction. The opening gallery transports visitors along a canal passage to the small twin-peaked mountain of Phnom Da where the Cleveland Krishna was found. Immersive projections on three walls and a soundscape recorded in Cambodia create a cinematic experience of the landscape where the sculpture was made. The first sculpture gallery presents art from the ancient city adjacent to Krishna’s sacred mountain, called Angkor Borei, or “Capital City,” in the Khmer language. The global story of the sculpture unfolds in a mixed-reality tour spanning 15 centuries and three continents. Visitors wearing HoloLens 2 headsets see high-resolution 3-D holographic projections of sculptural pieces accompanied by spatial audio and narration as they experience the myth of Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan and come to understand the sculpture’s history. The tour culminates in a life-size holographic projection of the cave temple on Phnom Da where the Cleveland Krishna appears to have stood. Visitors enter the sanctuary to find an artist’s re-creation of the sculpture showing Krishna supporting the mountain in which he stands.Visitors then travel to the next gallery, where they see the newly restored Krishna sculptures, both from Cleveland and Phnom Penh, on view together for the first time. Accompanying them are three other large-scale early stone sculptures found on or near Phnom Da. All eight gods from Phnom Da are reunited digitally in the next gallery in elegant, interactive projections. Created from a combination of photogrammetry and LiDAR scanning of the sculptures, 3-D models of the eight magnificent images are projected on individual scrims to be seen together at life-size scale as never before. In the final gallery of the exhibition, wrapping across two walls, archival photographs of the eight sculptures interface with historical images, present-day footage, and animated maps to illustrate the importance of open dialogue and mutual sharing of resources in the preservation of cultural heritage.
How Krishna Became Vishnu: Early Images of Krishna in India Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-01-24 | THE DR. RANAJIT K. DATTA DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN INDIAN ARTThe annual Dr. Ranajit K. Datta Lecture brings nationally and internationally recognized experts in the fields of art history and archeology to discuss new scholarship, museum exhibitions, and archaeological discoveries in Indian art.Two thousand years ago, artists in Mathura, in northern India, created sculptures of a four-armed male divinity in human form. While many scholars identify this figure as the Hindu god Vishnu, there are strong arguments in favor of his identity as Krishna. Texts that emerged during this period explain that Krishna was born in Mathura as an incarnation of Vishnu. However, in art there survive no depictions of the young Krishna until much later. How was Krishna represented in art before the fourth century AD? Does his appearance differ from that of Vishnu? In this lecture, noted scholar Charlotte Schmid examines the early formulations of Vishnu and Krishna images in northern India to better understand the relationship between the two deities and how that relationship diverges from its description in texts. This is a recording of a live program that took place on January 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. (EST). This lecture is made possible by the Dr. Ranajit K. Datta in Memory of Kiran P. and S. C. Datta Endowment Fund.
Picturing Motherhood Now - Spoken Word: Siaara Freeman Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-01-11 | Listen as poet Siaara Freeman expresses an original poem on the meaning of motherhood inspired by the exhibition Picturing Motherhood Now. Reserve tickets today: cma.org/motherhood-now #MotherhoodNowOn view through March 13, 2022.Poet Bio: Siaara Freeman is a native Clevelander. She has more than 20 years of experience in creative writing with a specialty in spoken word. Siaara teaches at the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, The West Side Community House Sisterhood project, and Anisfield-Wolf Foundation. Siaara’s achievements in fellowship include: Cleveland Public Theatre Premier Playwright (2021), The Watering Hole Manuscript (2020), Winter Tangerine (2018) and a Poetry Foundation Incubator (2018). Siaara’s creative portfolio has been featured in The Offing, BOAAT Press, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and Josephine Quarterly. Siaara has toured both nationally and internationally showcasing her unique ability to connect with diverse audiences. In addition, Siaara is the co-founder of The Outsiders Queer Midwest Writers Retreat. She is currently working on releasing her first book, Urbanshee. Producer: Singleton & PartnersArtist: Siaara
Keithley Symposium 2021 – Closing Plenary: What Is the Story of Cleveland and Where Does It Live? Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-01-10 | “Monuments are statements of power and presence in public.” —Dr. Paul Farber, Director of Monument LabClosing Plenary: What Is the Story of Cleveland and Where Does It Live? To establish a working model of community conversations around this project, the organizers convened CMA and CWRU staff members in a roundtable conversation and group activity on November 4. In this panel, selected participants from the roundtable share their stories of Cleveland and where they live. Moderators: Paul M. Farber and Key Jo Lee Participants: Amira Akram, Visitor Services Associate, CMACelena Higginbottom, Youth and Family Engagement Specialist, CMAClara Rivera, Public Health Manager, University Health and Counseling Services, Division of Student Affairs, CWRU Elizabeth (Betsy) Banks, Director, Center for Civic Engagement and Learning, Division of Student Affairs, CWRU Michelle Cseh, Assistant Director of Academic Resources, Student Success, CWRU Kasumi, Cleveland-Based Artist/FilmmakerThe Keithley Symposium is a biennial event, co-hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) through their joint program in art history, that brings together artists, scholars, thought leaders, and community members to explore the role of visual arts in contemporary society. For the 2021 symposium, we are collaborating with Monument Lab, an internationally recognized public art and history studio that cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments. Our goal is to produce a collaborative, research-based, and community-informed forum focused on the relationship between Cleveland’s residents and its monuments. The 2021 Keithley Symposium, “Monumental Conversations: City Stories,” is guided by two questions: what is the story of Cleveland, and where does it live? It brings together artists, residents, and scholars to channel and explore—both playfully and purposefully—Cleveland’s deep and shifting stories of place, in ways that tackle what can be seen and what’s under the surface. The 2021 symposium is part of a longer collaborative project with Monument Lab, culminating in another event at the end of 2022.The leaders of this project are Professor Elizabeth Bolman, chair of CWRU’s Department of Art History and Art, Key Jo Lee, Director of Academic Affairs and Associate Curator of Special Projects at the CMA, and Charles Kang, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the CMA and CWRU.
Keithley Symposium 2021 – Panel II: Who Makes Public Memory? Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-01-10 | “Monuments are statements of power and presence in public.” —Dr. Paul Farber, Director of Monument LabPanel II: Who Makes Public Memory? While public memory can be glimpsed in bronze and marble symbols, it lives mainly through the landscape, stories, and lived experiences of generations of people. This panel examines the relationships between stories of Cleveland and the places where those stories are made present, obscured, or erased; where they remain in layers and traces; and the places where they are sustained through coalitions of people and organizations.Moderator: Charles Kang, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Art History Leadership, CMA and CWRU Panelists: Kathleen Barrie, Director/Curator, The Putnam Collection at Case Western Reserve University and Principal, Barrie Projects Julie Reilly, Executive Director, ICA—Art ConservationJulian Rogers, Executive Director, Local Government and Community Relations, CWRUThe Keithley Symposium is a biennial event, co-hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) through their joint program in art history, that brings together artists, scholars, thought leaders, and community members to explore the role of visual arts in contemporary society. For the 2021 symposium, we are collaborating with Monument Lab, an internationally recognized public art and history studio that cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments. Our goal is to produce a collaborative, research-based, and community-informed forum focused on the relationship between Cleveland’s residents and its monuments. The 2021 Keithley Symposium, “Monumental Conversations: City Stories,” is guided by two questions: what is the story of Cleveland, and where does it live? It brings together artists, residents, and scholars to channel and explore—both playfully and purposefully—Cleveland’s deep and shifting stories of place, in ways that tackle what can be seen and what’s under the surface. The 2021 symposium is part of a longer collaborative project with Monument Lab, culminating in another event at the end of 2022.The leaders of this project are Professor Elizabeth Bolman, chair of CWRU’s Department of Art History and Art, Key Jo Lee, Director of Academic Affairs and Associate Curator of Special Projects at the CMA, and Charles Kang, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the CMA and CWRU.
Keithley Symposium 2021 – Panel I: What Makes a Monument? Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-01-10 | “Monuments are statements of power and presence in public.” —Dr. Paul Farber, Director of Monument LabPanel I: What Makes a Monument? This panel explores the ever-evolving nature of monuments, questions of power, presence and absence, and the role of the civic imagination in shaping our monument landscape. Moderator: Elizabeth S. Bolman Panelists:Amanda King, Creative Director, Shooting without Bullets Kristen Windmuller-Luna, Curator of African Art, CMAGrace Chin, Executive Director, The Sculpture Center The Keithley Symposium is a biennial event, co-hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) through their joint program in art history, that brings together artists, scholars, thought leaders, and community members to explore the role of visual arts in contemporary society. For the 2021 symposium, we are collaborating with Monument Lab, an internationally recognized public art and history studio that cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments. Our goal is to produce a collaborative, research-based, and community-informed forum focused on the relationship between Cleveland’s residents and its monuments. The 2021 Keithley Symposium, “Monumental Conversations: City Stories,” is guided by two questions: what is the story of Cleveland, and where does it live? It brings together artists, residents, and scholars to channel and explore—both playfully and purposefully—Cleveland’s deep and shifting stories of place, in ways that tackle what can be seen and what’s under the surface. The 2021 symposium is part of a longer collaborative project with Monument Lab, culminating in another event at the end of 2022.The leaders of this project are Professor Elizabeth Bolman, chair of CWRU’s Department of Art History and Art, Key Jo Lee, Director of Academic Affairs and Associate Curator of Special Projects at the CMA, and Charles Kang, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the CMA and CWRU.Captions for Kristen Windmuller-Luna’s presentation slides: 1: Cleveland, 2016 2: Lalibäla, 2013 3: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, 2018 4: NOLA, 2018 5: NYC, 2020 and NYC, 2021 6: Cleveland, 2020All photo credits: K. Windmuller-Luna
Keithley Symposium 2021 – Closing Reflections and Q&A Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-01-10 | “Monuments are statements of power and presence in public.” —Dr. Paul Farber, Director of Monument LabClosing Reflections and Q&ASpeakers: Elizabeth S. Bolman, Key Jo Lee, and Charles KangThe Keithley Symposium is a biennial event, co-hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) through their joint program in art history, that brings together artists, scholars, thought leaders, and community members to explore the role of visual arts in contemporary society. For the 2021 symposium, we are collaborating with Monument Lab, an internationally recognized public art and history studio that cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments. Our goal is to produce a collaborative, research-based, and community-informed forum focused on the relationship between Cleveland’s residents and its monuments. The 2021 Keithley Symposium, “Monumental Conversations: City Stories,” is guided by two questions: what is the story of Cleveland, and where does it live? It brings together artists, residents, and scholars to channel and explore—both playfully and purposefully—Cleveland’s deep and shifting stories of place, in ways that tackle what can be seen and what’s under the surface. The 2021 symposium is part of a longer collaborative project with Monument Lab, culminating in another event at the end of 2022.The leaders of this project are Professor Elizabeth Bolman, chair of CWRU’s Department of Art History and Art, Key Jo Lee, Director of Academic Affairs and Associate Curator of Special Projects at the CMA, and Charles Kang, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the CMA and CWRU.
Keithley Symposium 2021 – Introductory Remarks & Opening Plenary: Place Memory Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-01-10 | “Monuments are statements of power and presence in public.” —Dr. Paul Farber, Director of Monument LabIntroductory Remarks: William M. Griswold, Director and President, The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA)Opening Plenary: Place Memory In this panel, the organizing collaborators of the symposium discuss the importance of addressing monuments and memory at this moment, for themselves and for the institutions and spaces they represent.Introduction: Heather Lemonedes Brown, Virginia N. and Randall J. Barbato Deputy Director and Chief Curator, CMASpeakers:Elizabeth S. Bolman, Elsie B. Smith Professor in the Liberal Arts, Professor and Chair of Art History, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Paul M. Farber, Director and Co-Founder, Monument Lab Key Jo Lee, Director of Academic Affairs and Associate Curator of Special Projects, CMAThe Keithley Symposium is a biennial event, co-hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) through their joint program in art history, that brings together artists, scholars, thought leaders, and community members to explore the role of visual arts in contemporary society. For the 2021 symposium, we are collaborating with Monument Lab, an internationally recognized public art and history studio that cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments. Our goal is to produce a collaborative, research-based, and community-informed forum focused on the relationship between Cleveland’s residents and its monuments. The 2021 Keithley Symposium, “Monumental Conversations: City Stories,” is guided by two questions: what is the story of Cleveland, and where does it live? It brings together artists, residents, and scholars to channel and explore—both playfully and purposefully—Cleveland’s deep and shifting stories of place, in ways that tackle what can be seen and what’s under the surface. The 2021 symposium is part of a longer collaborative project with Monument Lab, culminating in another event at the end of 2022.The leaders of this project are Professor Elizabeth Bolman, chair of CWRU’s Department of Art History and Art, Key Jo Lee, Director of Academic Affairs and Associate Curator of Special Projects at the CMA, and Charles Kang, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the CMA and CWRU.
Picturing Motherhood Now - Spoken Word: Alexander James Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-11-26 | Listen as poet Alexander James performs an original heartfelt expression on the meaning of Motherhood inspired by the exhibition Picturing Motherhood Now. Experience this thought-provoking show for yourself! Reserve your tickets today: cma.org/motherhood-now #Motherhood NowPoet Bio: Alexander James is a Los Angeles-born speaker, poet, husband, and father who has shared his heart on countless stages over his 10 year career and has experience performing on five different continents with up to 8000 viewers at one time. Alexander is passionate about issues of justice, love, marriage, fatherhood, and faith. Trained and sculpted by the streets of South Los Angeles, he gained a sharp wit and a natural curiosity that gives him a unique perspective. The absence of a father in the home growing up caused a vacuum in Alexander’s life that for a season, drew him down some dark paths. With the combination of a praying mother and a loving pastor, he was rescued from a life of continuing cycles of brokenness and shame. Today, Alexander seeks to use his creative and inquisitive mind to shape the future leaders that will turn the world upside down.Producer: Singleton & PartnersArtist: Alexander James
Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain - short Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-11-18 | A first-of-its-kind exhibition, Revealing Krishna transports visitors to the dramatic floodplains of southern Cambodia and shows the life story of the sculpture Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, spanning 1,500 years and three continents. The exhibition unveils the newly restored Krishna alongside related sculptures through an integration of art, technology and experiential design.Revealing Krishna features two monumental sculpture galleries and four digital galleries, including a full-surround, mixed-reality HoloLens 2 tour that takes visitors through the story of the Cleveland Krishna. Visit our channel to see videos of the immersive digital experiences, or learn more at cma.org/krishnaRevealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, was on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from November 14, 2021, through January 30, 2022. cma.org/krishnaParts of the exhibition, Revealing Krishna, are on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art from April 30, 2022 - September 18, 2022. https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/revealing-krishna-journey-to-the-sacred-mountain/
Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-11-18 | A first-of-its-kind exhibition, Revealing Krishna transports visitors to the dramatic floodplains of southern Cambodia and shows the life story of the sculpture Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, spanning 1,500 years and three continents. The exhibition unveils the newly restored Krishna alongside related sculptures through an integration of art, technology and experiential design.Revealing Krishna features two monumental sculpture galleries and four digital galleries, including a full-surround, mixed-reality HoloLens 2 tour that takes visitors through the story of the Cleveland Krishna. Learn more at cma.org
The Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture 2021: Viewing Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-09-27 | Speaker: Maria Vassilaki, Professor Emerita, Byzantine Art History, University of Thessaly (Volos, Greece), and Member of the Benaki Museum Board of Trustees (Athens, Greece) Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, associated with well-known events narrated in the Old Testament, became the ultimate "locus sanctus" (holy place). A fortified monastery built by the emperor Justinian in the mid-sixth century at the foot of Mount Sinai, on the site of Moses’s Burning Bush, remains intact to this day. In this lecture, Maria Vassilaki investigates how and when the Sinai landscape transformed from mere background setting into an independent composition.This is a recording of a live event that took place on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT).
Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain Preview Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-09-07 | A first-of-its-kind exhibition, Revealing Krishna transports visitors to the dramatic floodplains of southern Cambodia and shows the life story of the sculpture Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, spanning 1,500 years and three continents. The exhibition unveils the newly restored Krishna alongside related sculptures through an integration of art, technology and experiential design.Revealing Krishna features two monumental sculpture galleries and four digital galleries, including a full-surround, mixed-reality HoloLens 2 tour that takes visitors through the story of the Cleveland Krishna. The exhibition culminates with a film installation narrated by director, actor, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie and Loung Ung (author of "First They Killed My Father") illuminating the effects of global change over the past 150 years on the discovery, disposition, and conservation of these sculptures from one of the earliest major Hindu sites in Southeast Asia. Learn more at cma.org
#CMAConservation: Paper Lab Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-08-31 | Did you know that works on paper make up the largest portion of the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection? Let's go check out the paper conservation lab to see how the museum conserves, preserves, and studies these works of art.Check out the whole series to learn more about the other conservation labs at the Cleveland Museum of Art at: clevelandart.org/cmaconservationExplore works on paper in the museum's collection at:clevelandart.org/art/collection/search
Korean Art in 60 Seconds: Avatamsaka Sutra No. 78 Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-08-17 | This illuminated manuscript presents one part of the multivolume sacred text titled Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) sutra. Join Sooa McCormick, Curator of Korean Art, to learn more about this manuscript.Visit this artwork in "Interpretation of Materiality: Gold," on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art Fri, 04/30/2021 to Sun, 10/24/2021 in Gallery 236.Learn more about this artwork: clevelandart.org/art/1994.25Explore the exhibition: clevelandart.org/exhibitions/interpretation-materiality-goldFeatured artwork:Avatamsaka Sutra No. 78 (대방광불화엄경 권제78), 1200s−1300s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Folded book with illustrated frontispiece; gold and silver on mulberry paper; book: 20.6 x 43.7 cm (8 1/8 x 17 3/16 in.); each page: 20.7 x 11 cm (8 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1994.25
Korean Art in 60 Seconds: Amitabha Triad Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-08-11 | This rare bronze triad from the 1400s shows Amitabha (아미타불 in Korean), seated on a lotus pedestal at the center. He is flanked by two sacred attendants, Ksitigarbha (지장보살 in Korean) on his left and Avalokitesvara (관음보살 in Korean). Join Sooa McCormick, curator of Korean Art, to learn more about this unusual combination of figures. Featured Artworks:Amitabha Triad, 1400s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Bronze with traces of gilding; overall: 40.6 x 16.5 x 54.6 cm (16 x 6 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection 1918.501
Arseniy Gusev and Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900 Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-08-05 | On the occasion of the Cleveland Museum of Art's exhibition "Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900", featuring the work of Pierre Bonnard. Arseniy Gusev discusses recording "Petites Scènes Familières," the complete set of short pieces for piano by Claude Terrasse (1867-1923) who was Bonnard's brother-in-law.Terrasse's scores are enlivened by Bonnard's lithographs, and are on view in the exhibition. The composer and the painter - a unique relationship of music and art.Featured Artworks: Petites scènes familières pour piano, 1893–95. Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947). Album of lithographs; overall: 35.6 x 27.6 x 0.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 2019.233Le compositeur Claude Terrasse et ses deux fils, 1902. Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947). Oil on canvas; 95 x 77.5 cm (37 3/8 x 30 1/2 in.). Paris, musée d'Orsay, donation de M. et Mme Charles Terrasse, 1978
Japanese Art in 60 Seconds: Seated Buddha Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-07-26 | Join curator of Japanese Art, Sinéad Vilbar, to learn more about this Seated Buddha (如来坐像) figure, currently on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Did you know? Like many Buddhas, this figure has its right hand positioned in a gesture meaning "fear not." However, the left hand is a replacement, so its original gesture, a clue to this Buddha's identity, is unknown. A 1906 photo taken at Kōfukuji shows this sculpture without a halo or left hand.Explore this artwork:clevelandart.org/art/1973.85The new research presented in this video is the work of Yamaguchi Ryūsuke and Miyazaki Motoko of the Nara National Museum. For a citation, please visit our website at cma.org/art/1973.85. Featured artworks: Seated Buddha, 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Gilded wood; overall: 145.4 cm (57 1/4 in.); figure: 88.2 cm (34 3/4 in.); pedestal: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Takako Setsu and her son Iwao in memory of her husband Inosuke Setsu and his long friendship with Sherman E. Lee 1973.85
Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900. #StepInsideCMA Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-07-21 | Private Lives explores the beautiful, enigmatic, and paradoxical work of Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, and Félix Vallotton, four members of the Nabi brotherhood. The Nabis were a group of young artists who were inspired by Paul Gauguin and the growing current of Symbolism in literature and theater. They sought to create an art of suggestion and emotion. Private Lives takes a close look at their paintings, prints, and drawings of home, family, and children, or what Bonnard referred to as the small pleasures and “modest acts of life.”On view through Sunday, September 19, 2021.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/private-lives-home-and-family-art-nabis-1889-1900Featured Artworks: Self-Portrait at Age Eighteen, 1889. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Oil on canvas; 33 x 25 cm. Musée Maurice Denis–Le Prieuré, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, RF2001-7, On deposit from the Musée d’Orsay. © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Hervé Lewandowski. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisSelf-Portrait, 1889. Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947). Oil on board; 20 x 15.5 cm. Private collection. Photo: HIP / Art Resource, NY. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisOctagonal Self-Portrait, 1890. Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Oil on canvas; 36 x 28 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, RF MO P 2016.1. © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Patrice Schmidt. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisSelf-Portrait, 1897. Félix Vallotton (Swiss, 1865–1925). Oil on cardboard; 59.2 x 48 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Acquired with the funds from an anonymous Canadian donor, 2007, RF2007-6. © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Hervé Lewandowski
The Cleveland Museum of Arts Community Arts Center Grand Opening Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-07-12 | The Cleveland Museum of Art's Community Arts Center is now open! Learn more at: clevelandart.org/learn/community-artsHOURSWednesday to Friday, 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Closed Monday and TuesdayThe Community Arts Center will house the museum’s community arts staff and education outreach program. The community arts program creates arts experiences for audiences of all ages throughout Greater Cleveland by offering art-making activities and events that encourage community and artist collaboration and highlight connections with the museum’s collection. Signature community events include Parade the Circle, Chalk Festival, Winter Lights Lantern Festival, and Studio Go. In addition, and for the first time, the Community Arts Center gives the museum a dedicated space to properly store large puppets, costumes, art-making supplies, and more.
Japanese Art in 60 Seconds: Clog-shaped Teabowl Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-07-02 | Take a look at the significance and design of an Oribe type teabowl with Sinéad Vilbar, Curator of Japanese Art.Explore this artwork: clevelandart.org/art/2020.214Featured Artwork:Clog-shaped Teabowl, early 1600s. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-–1615). Glazed stoneware with underglaze iron oxide slip, (Mino ware, black Oribe type); 8 x 14.2 x 11.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2020.214
Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi: Case Study 2 Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-06-29 | In "Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi", three case studies show how Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi reused figures in dramatically different contexts. While issues of attribution are still very much alive in several works by Orazio and his daughter Artemisia, it is clear that both artists returned to and reworked certain themes and compositions throughout their careers. In this exhibition, an intimate group of paintings by father and daughter will beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects."Variations" is on view Sun, 04/11/2021 to Sun, 08/22/2021 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Featured Artworks:@DetroitInstituteArts Young Woman with a Violin (Saint Cecilia), c. 1612. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 83.2 x 97.8 cm. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 68.47 Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1610–12. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 136.5 x 159 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1949.52 © 2021, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi: Case Study 3 Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-06-29 | In "Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi", three case studies show how Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi reused figures in dramatically different contexts. While issues of attribution are still very much alive in several works by Orazio and his daughter Artemisia, it is clear that both artists returned to and reworked certain themes and compositions throughout their careers. In this exhibition, an intimate group of paintings by father and daughter will beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects."Variations" is on view Sun, 04/11/2021 to Sun, 08/22/2021 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Featured Artworks:@stlartmuseum Danaë, c. 1612. Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later). Oil on copper; 41.3 x 52.7 cm. Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of Edward Mallinckrodt, Sydney M. Shoenberg Sr., Horace Morison, Mrs. Florence E. Bing, Morton D. May in honor of Perry T. Rathbone, Mrs. James Lee Johnson Jr., Oscar Johnson, Fredonia J. Moss, Mrs. Arthur Drefs, Mrs. W. Welles Hoyt, J. Lionberger Davis, Jacob M. Heimann, Virginia Linn Bullock in memory of her husband, George Benbow Bullock, C. Wickham Moore, Mrs. Lyda D’Oench Turley and Miss Elizabeth F. D’Oench, and J. Harold Pettus, and bequests of Mr. Alfred Keller and Cora E. Ludwig, by exchange, 93:1986 Death of Cleopatra, c. 1610–12. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639) or Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later). Oil on canvas; 117.5 x 182 cm. Etro Collection. Photo: Manusrdi srl – Studio fotografico © 2021, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Desktop Dialogue: Craft and Contemporary Art Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-06-18 | Artists Mrinalini Mukherjee, Robert Morris, and Zilia Sánchez experimented with materials in new ways and, at the same time, referenced divergent traditions and histories of art making. Join artist Surabhi Ghosh of Concordia University and CMA curator Sonya Rhie Mace as they discuss the work of these artists, the global scope of the CMA’s newly reinstalled contemporary galleries, and the investment in material exploration and craft traditions in contemporary art. This is a recording of a live event that took place on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT.
Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi: Case Study 1 Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-06-07 | In "Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi", three case studies show how Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi reused figures in dramatically different contexts. While issues of attribution are still very much alive in several works by Orazio and his daughter Artemisia, it is clear that both artists returned to and reworked certain themes and compositions throughout their careers. In this exhibition, an intimate group of paintings by father and daughter will beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects."Variations" is on view Sun, 04/11/2021 to Sun, 08/22/2021 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Featured Artworks:Danaë, c. 1623. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 162 x 228.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1971.101 Penitent Magdalene, c. 1620s. Attributed to Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 159 x 195 cm. Private collection, Dallas © 2021, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-06-04 | In "Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi", three case studies show how Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi reused figures in dramatically different contexts. While issues of attribution are still very much alive in several works by Orazio and his daughter Artemisia, it is clear that both artists returned to and reworked certain themes and compositions throughout their careers. In this exhibition, an intimate group of paintings by father and daughter will beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects."Variations" is on view Sun, 04/11/2021 to Sun, 08/22/2021 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Generous support for public programs related to Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi is provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.Featured Artworks:Danaë, c. 1623. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 162 x 228.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1971.101 Penitent Magdalene, c. 1620s. Attributed to Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 159 x 195 cm. Private collection, Dallas @DetroitInstituteArts's Young Woman with a Violin (Saint Cecilia), c. 1612. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 83.2 x 97.8 cm. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 68.47 Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1610–12. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 136.5 x 159 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1949.52 @stlartmuseum's Danaë, c. 1612. Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later). Oil on copper; 41.3 x 52.7 cm. Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of Edward Mallinckrodt, Sydney M. Shoenberg Sr., Horace Morison, Mrs. Florence E. Bing, Morton D. May in honor of Perry T. Rathbone, Mrs. James Lee Johnson Jr., Oscar Johnson, Fredonia J. Moss, Mrs. Arthur Drefs, Mrs. W. Welles Hoyt, J. Lionberger Davis, Jacob M. Heimann, Virginia Linn Bullock in memory of her husband, George Benbow Bullock, C. Wickham Moore, Mrs. Lyda D’Oench Turley and Miss Elizabeth F. D’Oench, and J. Harold Pettus, and bequests of Mr. Alfred Keller and Cora E. Ludwig, by exchange, 93:1986 Death of Cleopatra, c. 1610–12. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639) or Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later). Oil on canvas; 117.5 x 182 cm. Etro Collection. Photo: Manusrdi srl – Studio fotograficoSonata Prima, from Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno, Libro II by Dario Costello(1602-1631); Mino Hashizume, violin; QinYing Tan, harpsichord
