Lectures and Gallery Talks
1916 Gallery Highlights Tours
Every day at 1:30.
Old Friends in New Spaces, no registration necessary.
Art in Focus
6 Wednesdays, July 9–August 13, 1:30
July 9
Art of Luxury: A French 18th- Century Tureen, Barbara Kathman
July 16
Art of Domesticity: Pieter de Hooch’s "The Music Party,"Seema Rao
July 23
Art of Devotion: El Greco in Toledo,Joellen DeOreo
July 30
Art of Restoration: Charles Meynier Paintings, Pat Ashton
August 6
Art of Our Fathers: American Art, Dale Hilton
August 13
The Influence of Asian Art in European and American Art, Marjorie Williams
Coffee with a Curator
Wednesdays, 10:30–12:00
Session I: September 17–October 8
Session II: October 15–November 5
Join us for coffee and conversation with University Circle’s brightest curators. Over the course of four weeks, you will have the opportunity to view collections, visit labs, and chat with curators from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Botanical Garden, Museum of Natural History, and Western Reserve
Historical Society. Offered through Cuyahoga Community College. Call 216–987–3075 for information and registration. $50 per session; limit 25.
Art in Focus Talks
Wednesdays, October 1–November 19, 1:30
Free 30-minute talks on a single work of art or theme in the newly opened permanent galleries. Meet in the lower education lobby.
Lectures sponsored by the Department of Art History & Art, Case Western Reserve University.
Free and open to the public.
The Julius Fund Lecture in Medieval Art
The Open Book: Reflections on Medieval Art and Experience
Wednesday, September 27, 7:00, lecture hall. Professor Adam Cohen, University of Toronto
4th Annual Distinguished Alumni Lecture in Art History
Marking Time in Venice: Biography and Place in the Work of Maurice Prendergast
Friday, September 26, 4:30, recital hall. Professor Carol Clark (Ph.D CWRU 1981), William McCall Vickery 1957 Professor of Art History and American Studies, Amherst College
Art and Fiction Book Club
The Glitter and the Gold, by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
Wednesdays, October 1–15, 1:30–2:45
This structured look at art history through fiction and narrative non-fiction is a collaboration between the museum’s Ingalls Library and the education division. $45, CMA members $35.
The John and Helen Collis Lecture
Sunday, October 5, 2:00, Gallery 101
Greek Bronze Statuary: The Birth of the Classical Style. Dr. Carol C. Mattusch, Mathy Professor of Art History, George Mason University
Join us for this wonderful annual lecture, which this year focuses on rare and beautiful examples of Greek figural bronzes.
Lecture Courses
A survey of the visual arts featuring works from the CMA collection and temporary exhibitions. Please register at least three days prior to the beginning of class (cancelled if insufficient registration).
Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique
This series introduces the three greatest jewelry and luxury goods designers at the turn of the 19th century whose creations came together at the 1900 world’s fair in Paris. Complements the October exhibition.
4 Wednesdays, October 22–
November 12, 10:30–11:30
$70, CMA members $56. Individual lectures $25, CMA members $18
Oct. 22 1900 Paris World’s Fair
Oct. 29 Peter Carl Fabergé
Nov. 5 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Nov. 12 René Lalique
Talks to Go
Building for the Future
Join us as the Cleveland Museum of Art builds for the future. Enjoy free talks by our museum staff for your community group at your location. The presentation introduces the museum’s $350 million renovation and expansion, and gives a preview of what is coming as the CMA expands its spaces for collections as well as educational and public programs. To request a speaker, call Sarah Dagy at 216–707–2458.