The Thinker: A CMA Blog

An Illustrated Guide to Planning your Holiday Celebrations

December 16, 2016 by mmckay

Tip #1: Choose guests carefully in order to avoid awkward silences.

December 14, 2016 by cmoore

Recent acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art include an album of 37 photographs by acclaimed 19th-century Indian artist Raja Deen Dayal; a painting by Wadsworth Jarrell, a founding member and leading figure of AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists); an

This Week at the CMA: Make & Take, Centennial Lecture, Lantern Displays, NOW OPEN: "Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle"

December 12, 2016 by cmoore

Check out these five must-attend events this week at the CMA!

On view: Johan Barthold Jongkind's "The Seine at Bas-Meudon"

December 9, 2016 by cmoore

Now on view, check out Johan Barthold Jongkind's

This Week at the CMA: In Conversation: Talking About Kara Walker, Lantern Displays, NOW OPEN: "Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle"

December 5, 2016 by cmoore

Check out these five must-attend events this week at the CMA!

CMA's Robin VanLear, Artistic Director Community Arts on Winter Lights Lantern Festival 2016

December 2, 2016 by cmoore

Each year as the Lantern Festival Procession unfolds I stand in the crowd at the museum’s north door and share with those around me an anticipatory awe as we wait for the lighted dancers to emerge through the open doors into the darkened night.

Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle Opens Sunday, Dec. 4

November 30, 2016 by cmoore

Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle, the CMA's final centennial special exhibition, is on view in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Hall beginning this Sunday, December 4, 2016, t