January Exhibitions and Event Listings for the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Events
ENCORE Chamber Music Institute: Trio Seoul
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Trio Seoul was founded in 2022 by violinist Jinjoo Cho, cellist Brannon Cho, and pianist Kyu Yeon Kim—artists who together hold more than 20 international competition prizes and distinctions. The ensemble was formed with a shared vision of 21st-century artistry, uniting three acclaimed soloists who are equally at home on the world’s greatest concert stages and in multidisciplinary collaborations with composers, choreographers, writers, and visual artists.
Trio Seoul has been presented by leading concert series and institutions across North America and Asia, including ENCORE Chamber Music Institute in Northeast Ohio, Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle at Bard College, the Linton Chamber Music Series in Cincinnati, the Harvard Musical Association in Boston, the Vancouver Chamber Music Society, and Kumho Art Hall in Seoul. In the upcoming 2025–26 season, the trio appears at the Winter Chamber Music Festival at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, Cecilia Concerts in Halifax, and ESQYRE at the Wayne Center for the Arts in Wooster, Ohio.
Named after Seoul, a city that embodies both the ensemble’s cultural heritage and artistic energy, Trio Seoul channels a dynamic voice grounded in tradition and driven by curiosity, innovation, and expressive depth.
Program:
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, Hob. XV:25 “Gypsy”
Juri Seo: “July Mountain”
Franz Liszt: Tristia (After Vallée d’Obermann), S. 723c
Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in A Minor, M. 67
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Tarta Relena and Meara O’Reilly’s “Hockets for Two Voices”
Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Electronic-accented Catalan folk duo Tarta Relena, composed of Helena Ros and Marta Torrella, makes its Cleveland debut at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Founded in 2016, Tarta Relena is dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of a cappella music with roots stretching across the Mediterranean. With a unique repertoire spanning from traditional oral music to original compositions, Tarta Relena weaves the distinct timbres of two voices into a complex yet simple harmony. Renowned for its captivating live performances, the duo has enchanted audiences at festivals, including Sónar, Le Guess Who?, Mutek, Big Ears, and Primavera Sound.
The duo’s latest album, És Pregunta, delves into the realm of tragic thought, narrating tales of characters ensnared by fate’s inexorable pull. Tarta Relena captures the tension and enigma of the unknown through a musical and lyrical exploration, inviting listeners into a world where conventional boundaries are transcended. Join Tarta Relena on a journey through the mysteries of existence, portrayed through the intimate and profound medium of voice.
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Founded in 2018 with the support of legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble carries his mission of using music to uplift humanity. Directed by Professor Bobby Ferrazza, the group is performing original works by members of the band and fresh arrangements of Rollins’s compositions, along with jazz standards, showcasing their skill, creativity, and dedication to the jazz tradition.
Performers
Bobby Ferrazza, director
David Serpan, saxophone
Luka Ison, saxophone
Eric Collins, trombone
Ricky Taylor, piano
Nicholas Doan, bass
Jacob Seashore, guitar
Max Simas, drums
LáRaya Hudson, voice
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble Featuring Jennifer Koh
Friday, January 23, 2026, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Described by The New York Times as an “experimental haven” and “a hotbed of contemporary-classical players,” Oberlin Conservatory of Music cultivates innovation in its students. Under the direction of Professor Timothy Weiss, the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble’s high level of performance has led to considerable acclaim.
This performance is conducted by Weiss and features guest artist violinist Jennifer Koh (’97), soprano Alexandra Armantrading, tenor Rodrick Dixon, and baritone Timothy LeFebvre.
Program:
meditation for metal pipes, Emma O’Halloran, performed by the Oberlin Percussion Group
Of Visions and Truth, Olly Wilson featuring Alexandra Armantrading, soprano; Rodrick Dixon, tenor; and Timothy LeFebvre, baritone
Ennead, Jesse Jones (premiere)
Syzygy, Courtney Bryan featuring Jennifer Koh, violin
More information about Grammy Award–winning violinist Jennifer Koh can be found on her website. (opens in a new tab)
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera Presents “A. E. Reverie” and “Rise”
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 3:00–4:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 1, 2026, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
The award-winning Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera and the Cleveland Museum of Art present a double bill of chamber operas that highlight the pioneering American spirit of determination, independence, and freedom.
A. E. Reverie, a 15-minute chamber opera (composed by Kamala Sankaram with the libretto by Jerre Dye), is paired with Rise, a 30-minute chamber opera (composed by Sankaram with the libretto by A. M. Homes) commissioned by Washington National Opera as part of a collection of operas titled Written in Stone to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Center in 2021. The Midwest premiere of these two operas also features the world premiere of a new chamber orchestration commissioned for this Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera production.
A. E. Reverie is set in 1929, a year after Amelia Earhart, also known as the “First Lady of Aviation,” completed her transatlantic flight. After Earhart’s triumphant landing and empowering amphitheater lecture, her words attributing the gender disparity in aviation to gender-based education practices without regard to individual aptitudes inspires a young woman to realize the American dream of freedom and to reach new heights herself.
Rise pays tribute to the little-known Portrait Monument in Washington, DC. Completed in 1921, the monument depicts three key players in the women’s suffragist movement—Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony—together with a fourth, uncarved face, as a sign that the feminist struggle was far from over at the time. Indeed, it was only in 1997 that the statue itself was restored to its place in the US Capitol’s rotunda, after being consigned to the building’s crypt for the preceding 75 years.
In this magical-realist take, Alicia Hernández, a Girl Scout, becomes lost while on a Capitol tour and encounters a powerful female politician, a friendly Capitol Police officer, and the ghost of American sculptor Adelaide Johnson. Through a witty conversation and revelatory interactions between the young Hernández and the opera’s all-female, time-traveling cast of characters, Rise gives voice to some of the many women and girls who find their stories missing from history.
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
New This Month
Dara Birnbaum’s Technology / Transformation: Wonder Woman
Tuesday, January 13–Sunday, March 29, 2026
224B Video
Free; No Ticket Required
In this video, Dara Birnbaum appropriates footage from the 1970s TV show Wonder Woman to examine and deconstruct the representation of women in popular culture and mass media. Birnbaum isolates and loops moments of the main character Diana Prince’s transformation from an office administrator into the heroic Wonder Woman, using repetition and editing to call attention to the constructed nature of filmmaking.
Pahari Paintings: Art and Stories
Sunday, January 18–Sunday, September 13, 2026
242B Indian Painting
Free; No Ticket Required
In the far north of India, the Himalayan mountain ranges rise abruptly from the Punjab plains to form the alpine region known as Pahari, defined by a shared language (Pahari) and script (Takri). From the 1600s to 1900s, the Hindu nobility of the Pahari kingdoms commissioned paintings for their royal collections. Known as “Pahari paintings,” they were made by painters who were born into hereditary artist communities located in villages throughout the region. By the end of the 1900s, many descendants of royal families dispersed them, and they became some of the most popular and widely collected genres of Indian painting in the world.
This installation celebrates the CMA’s 2018 acquisition and 2026 publication of the Pahari paintings from the renowned Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection. It includes portraits of key patrons, a large-scale historical painting on cloth, and paintings of religious and poetic subjects. A special feature on paintings from a mystical romance, the Madhavanala-Kamakandala, reveals the complex dynamic between visual and literary arts, the sacred and the secular, Hindu and Muslim, local and mainstream. Two double-sided embroideries, known as rumal, showcase textile art made by Pahari women in collaboration with painters who were predominantly men. These 23 works of art summarize the scope of Pahari painting.
This show was organized to complement Epic of the Northwest Himalayas: Pahari Paintings from the “‘Shangri’ Ramayana” on view in the Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery from April 19 through August 16, 2026.
Principal support is provided by William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham. Generous support is provided by the Bagri Foundation.
Continuing Exhibitions
Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations
Through January 11, 2026
Gallery 242B
Free; No Ticket Required
When the 1500s began, the dominant style of Indian painting was flat and abstract with a limited, mainly primary color palette. By the 1520s, a new style emerged with greater narrative complexities and dramatic energy that was to be foundational for later developments. Concurrently, some artists began working in the pastel palette and with delicate motifs reinterpreted from Persian art.
Then, around 1560, with the exuberant patronage of the third Mughal emperor Akbar (born 1542, reigned 1556–1605), artists from different parts of the empire and trained in a variety of Indian styles came together in a new imperial painting workshop. The workshop was led by Persian masters brought from the imperial court in Iran. The formation of Mughal painting shaped by Akbar’s taste for drama and realism had a lasting impact on the cultural life of India. With its naturalism and vibrant compositions, the revolutionary new style was distinct from its predecessors, both Indian and Persian. The paintings in this gallery trace the dramatic changes that occurred during the 1500s alongside compositions that artists chose to retain and reinvent. Central to this story is a manuscript of the Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), an illustrated collection of fables made for Akbar around 1560–65 now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth)
Through Sunday, January 11, 2026
James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Galleries | Galleries 101A–B
Free; No Ticket Required
For millennia, wine has played a significant role not only in the human diet but also in cultural myths, rituals, and festivities. As a result, wine—its ingredients, making, drinking, and effects on the human body and mind—has been a constant muse for artistic creation. The exhibition In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth), a phrase coined by the Roman polymath Pliny the Elder, celebrates the presence and meaning of wine in prints, drawings, textiles, and objects made in Europe between 1450 and 1800. Drawn from the museum’s collection, more than 70 works by artists from throughout Europe explore wine’s myths, symbols, and stories. These images reveal how diverse cultures and religions ascribed meaning and transformational properties to the so-called nectar of the gods.
The ancient Greeks believed that the god Dionysus (in Rome, Bacchus) lived within wine: to drink wine was to partake of the god’s power. Fascinated by ancient culture, Italian Renaissance artists, such as Andrea Mantegna and Raphael, imagined scenes of boisterous festivals, or bacchanalia, along with the exploits of Bacchus and his coterie of satyrs, nymphs, and fauns. In Northern Europe, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and later Jean-Honoré Fragonard, transformed bacchanalia into raucous peasant festivals and sensuous garden parties fueled by wine, at times tinged with moral judgment. Simultaneously, wine played a critical allegorical role in images made within the Judeo-Christian tradition. The Old Testament and Hebrew Bible traced wine’s invention to Noah. Numerous stories from these texts, portrayed by Lucas van Leyden and others, leveraged wine as an important plot element, with the ability to unify and enlighten, or to incapacitate and deceive. Many artists, such as Albrecht Dürer, used wine, grapes, and the vine to symbolize the Catholic rite of the Eucharist and its origin in Christ’s Last Supper. Throughout the exhibition, wine appears in scenes of devotion, harvest, celebration, music making, and transgression, signaling community cohesion as well as the pleasures—and hazards—of surrendering to one’s senses
Generous support is provided by the Malcolm E. Kenney Curatorial Research Fund.
Eleanor Antin’s Nurse and Hijackers
Through Sunday, January 11, 2026
Gallery 224B
Free; No Ticket Required
In this video, Eleanor Antin draws on the form of popular disaster movies to explore history, contemporary culture, and identity from a feminist perspective. The narrative—a hijacking of a nurse’s plane on its way to Saint-Tropez, France—is enacted by paper dolls, whose voices and gestures are performed by the artist. This unfolds aboard a handcrafted set also made by the artist. Using recognizable styles from film and television of the time, Antin’s feature-length narrative invites viewers to consider the ways that contemporary international politics are represented in the media.
On-Site Activities
Lunchtime Lecture
Filippino Lippi and Rome (and Cleveland)
Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Speaker: Alexander Noelle, Henry and Anne Ott-Hansen Family Associate Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture, 1500–1800
In the century following his death, Florentine painter Filippino Lippi (c. 1457–1504) was celebrated as “a painter of the most beautiful intelligence and the most lovely invention.” One of the most gifted Renaissance painters, Filippino achieved great success across the Italian peninsula following his training with luminaries Fra Filippo Lippi and Sandro Botticelli.
The current exhibition in the Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery, Filippino Lippi and Rome, reconsiders the painter’s time in the Eternal City, where he found inspiration in the fragments of ancient paintings, sculpture, and architecture that resulted in a shift in both his style and iconography. The CMA’s own important tondo by Filippino, The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret, is the centerpiece of the show. In this lecture, curator of the exhibition Alexander J. Noelle traces Filippino’s career across time and media, narrates the museum’s dramatic acquisition of the tondo, and draws connections between the CMA’s painting and other Renaissance artists, including Leonardo da Vinci.
Filippino Lippi and the Ancient Language of Emotion
Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Speaker: Jonathan Nelson, professor of art history at Syracuse University Florence
Why did Italian Renaissance artists study ancient Roman art? One key reason, often overlooked, was the search for ways to express powerful emotions. We see this in the transformation of the art of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457–1504) after he left his native Florence, lived in Rome (1489–93), and enriched his visual vocabulary. When Filippino returned home, he painted an ancient story, the “Death of Laocoön,” for a villa of the ruling Medici family. The magnificent preparatory drawing, on view in the CMA’s exhibition Filippino Lippi and Rome, lets us look over Filippino’s shoulder as he creates a new style—and provides a wonderful introduction to this highly inventive artist.
Jonathan Nelson, professor of art history at Syracuse University Florence, is the leading authority worldwide on Filippino Lippi. His numerous books include studies of Filippino, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Robert Mapplethorpe and, most recently, the publication Risks in Renaissance Art.
This program is made possible with support from the Painting and Drawing Society.
The Art of Beer: Part 1
Friday, January 9, 2026, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Banquet Room
The Art of Beer is a 21+ event.
Back by popular demand! Due to the popularity of the Art of Beer classes, we are offering the Art of Beer: Part 1 class again, on Friday, January 9, at 6:00 p.m., and on Friday, January 16, at 6:00 p.m. Also, the Art of Beer: Part 2 is being offered again, on January 28 and 30.
Join us for a unique adult-education class at the CMA, where we delve into the fascinating art of beer! Explore artworks from the museum’s collection that highlight the rich history of making and drinking beer, spanning from the ancient world to medieval times. Held in the museum’s banquet room, this immersive class also features a curated beer tasting of five beers paired with small bites. Led by art historian Amanda Mikolic, who is also known for her engaging presentations on the history of beer and brewing as well as guided tours of Cleveland breweries, this event promises to be both educational and delicious!
Please note, the small bites paired with the beer tasting include meat, dairy, and gluten.
For questions, please contact adultprograms@clevelandart.org.
“Filippino Lippi and Rome” Curator Tour
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Join us for an expert-led tour of the Focus Gallery exhibition Filippino Lippi and Rome. Curator Alexander J. Noelle, the exhibition curator, leads tours of the exhibition in January and February.
Art Up Close
American Silks
Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
Explore printed textiles and how they are made in conjunction with the exhibition American Printed Silks, 1927–1947.
Sensory-Friendly Saturday
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 9:00–10:00 a.m.
Free; No Ticket Required
Sensory-Friendly Saturday events offer adaptations to meet diverse sensory-processing needs every third Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Guests on the autism spectrum, people experiencing dementia, and those of all ages who have intellectual or developmental disabilities are invited to participate in a calming museum experience with less stimulation in a section of the museum’s galleries before they open to the public—reducing crowds, noise, and distractions.
Guests can explore the galleries at their own pace and share this time and space with open-minded members of the community.
Things to Know While Planning Your Visit
- All guests must pass through metal detectors at the museum entrance.
- Attendees are encouraged to bring adaptive equipment, including wheelchairs, walkers, and noise-reducing headphones and technology. The Cleveland Museum of Art also offers a limited number of wheelchairs.
- The museum store and café open at 9:00 a.m. on these Saturdays.
- Sensory-Friendly Saturday events are free. Parking in the CMA garage is $14 for nonmembers and $7 for members.
- Once participants enter, they are welcome to stay for the day. The museum opens to the public at 10:00 a.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
Monday, January 19, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
Join us on Monday, January 19, when the Cleveland Museum of Art opens its doors for a free daylong celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Explore how the moving passages of Dr. King’s writings and speeches shed light on the museum’s collection and create a work of art inspired by his legacy.
This event features the following activities:
- Art making with local artists and arts organizations
- A closer look at CMA art objects and archives
- Performances in the Ames Family Atrium
- Guided tours with community partners
Major support is provided by Akron Children’s.
Art Up Close
Knights at the Museum
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
210A Armor Court Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court
Free; No Ticket Required
Discover and engage with the artistry and technology of 16th-century Renaissance armor.
Art Up Close
Renaissance Influence in Armor and Textiles
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
Explore Renaissance-inspired armor and textiles to complement the exhibition Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses.
The Art of Beer: Part 2
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 6:00–7:30 p.m. and Friday, January 30, 2026, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Banquet Room
Back by popular demand! Due to the popularity of the Art of Beer classes, we are offering the Art of Beer: Part 2 class again, on Wednesday, January 28, at 6:00 p.m., and on Friday, January 30, at 6:00 p.m. Also, the Art of Beer: Part 1 is being offered again, on January 9 and 16.
Join us for the second installment of a unique adult-education class at the CMA, where we delve into the fascinating art of beer! Explore artworks from the museum’s collection that highlight the rich history of making and drinking beer, spanning from medieval times to the modern era. Held in the museum’s banquet room, this immersive class also features a curated beer tasting of five beers paired with small bites. Led by art historian Amanda Mikolic, who is also known for her engaging presentations on the history of beer and brewing as well as guided tours of Cleveland breweries, this event promises to be both educational and delicious!
Please note, the small bites paired with the beer tasting may include meat, dairy, and gluten.
For questions, please contact adultprograms@clevelandart.org.
Museum in Miniature: Children’s Saturday Studios
Weekly on Saturday, 10:00–11:30 a.m. from Saturday, January 10, 2026, until Saturday, January 31, 2026
Museum Classrooms B and C
Step into a world where tiny objects hold giant stories! Explore miniature masterpieces and imagine the big ideas behind small creations.
Age groups: Five to seven years old and eight to ten years old
These open-ended studio classes allow young artists to engage with the museum’s collection while building idea-generation and critical-thinking skills. Each week includes an exploration of galleries, materials, and creative prompts inspired by the CMA’s collection.
Scholarships are available. For more information, contact familyyouthinfo@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2469.
Open Studio: Miniature Mementos
Weekly on Sundays, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
North Court Lobby
Free; No ticket Required
Open Studio days provide free, drop-in art-making sessions designed for the whole family, encouraging creativity and bonding through hands-on activities. Explore meaningful memories and create a small, personal keepsake to treasure or exchange with someone special.
Art and Conversation Tours
Tuesdays, 10:15–10:45 a.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
Join us for 30-minute close-looking sessions, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. on Tuesdays. This program offers a focused look at just a couple of artworks, versus the traditional 60-minute public tours of the museum’s collection.
Daily Guided Tours
Tuesday–Sunday
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
Public tours are offered daily at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, with additional tours at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Art and Conversation Tours are offered at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesdays.
Date-Night Tours
Fridays, 6:15–7:15 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
The museum also offers daily guided tours and Art and Conversation tours. To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Renaissance to Runway Tours
Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 12:00–1:00 p.m., through February 1, 2026
Ames Family Atrium
Experience docent-guided tours of Renaissance to Runway, a dazzling special exhibition that brings together more than 100 couture outfits and accessories in dialogue with Italian fine, decorative, and textile arts from the 1400s to the early 1600s. Explore masterpieces of design, craftsmanship, and style with insights from our knowledgeable guides.
Tours meet their docent at the information desk in the Ames Family Atrium.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Continuing Exhibitions
Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses
Through Sunday, February 1, 2026
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Hall
Fashion as a medium undeniably addresses ideas that transcend time from the past into the present. Through the majestic creations of more than 100 modern and contemporary Italian fashions and accessories in dialogue with Italian fine, decorative, and textile arts from the 1400s to the early 1600s, Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses examines the art historical inspirations that fuel recent creative Italian lexicon, expanding fantasies of the Renaissance, Mannerist, and early Baroque periods.
More than 500 years ago, families, or “houses,” who ruled the states across the Italian peninsula, such as the Medici of Florence and the Sforza of Milan, used fashion as a form of power and influence, from dictating fashionable styles that were immortalized through painted portraits to controlling textile production as a form of currency. Conversely, since the turn of the 1900s, rising Italian fashion companies, also called “houses,” have been founded by prolific individuals and families who dominate global style with unmatched design craftsmanship, quality fabrics, and enthralling aesthetics. From Versace and Valentino to Ferragamo and Capucci, these houses have interpreted Italian early modern–period aesthetics to develop fresh perspectives throughout the fashion landscape. This exhibition illustrates how fashion, in all of its change, is a continuous thread that uncovers history’s complexities as it materializes contemporary beauty.
Presented by the John P. Murphy Foundation.
Major support is provided by Courtney and Michael Novak. Generous support is provided by Sandra and the late Richey Smith and the Carol Yellig Family Fund. Additional support is provided by Dr. Russell A. Trusso.
British Portrait Miniatures: Tokens of Love and Loss
Through Sunday, February 15, 2026
Ellen and Bruce Mavec Gallery | Gallery 203B
Free; No Ticket Required
Exchanged as personal mementos or as signs of political allegiance, portrait miniatures first appeared in the French and English courts of the 1520s. Evolved from the art of medieval illuminated manuscripts, miniatures provided a less expensive and more personal alternative to traditional full-scale portraiture. Portrait miniatures were portable luxury objects treasured by their owners both for the cherished portrait and the precious materials from which they were crafted. These might include gold, enamel, diamonds, and locks of human hair.
Their small scale and the fact that people often wore them as jewelry and carried them on their person conveys a different type of intimacy than larger scale portraits. Sitters are often depicted more informally and with the gaze of a particular loved one in mind. Miniatures remained popular for nearly three centuries. The advent of photography in 1839 offered a more cost-effective method of capturing a keepsake likeness, and the portrait miniature faded from fashion.
Filippino Lippi and Rome
Through Sunday, February 22, 2026
Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery | Gallery 010
Free; No Ticket Required
In the century following his death, Florentine painter Filippino Lippi (c. 1457–1504) was celebrated as “a painter of the most beautiful intelligence and the most lovely invention.” After training with his father—the luminary artist Fra Filippo Lippi—Filippino Lippi apprenticed and collaborated with Sandro Botticelli, in whose workshop he developed his own style. Filippino found great success as an independent painter in late quattrocento Florence and won the favor of patrician families as well as the patronage of Lorenzo “The Magnificent” de’ Medici, the city’s de facto ruler. Upon Lorenzo’s recommendation, Neapolitan cardinal Oliviero Carafa engaged Filippino to decorate his sizable chapel in Rome’s Santa Maria sopra Minerva. The resulting frescoes, painted between 1488 and 1493, are among the most celebrated of the Renaissance. Filippino found new inspiration in the fragments of ancient paintings, sculpture, and architecture across the Eternal City; the painter’s designs for the Carafa Chapel demonstrate a shift in both his style and iconography. After returning to Florence, Filippino continued to incorporate his Roman innovations in his paintings for the remainder of his life.
Filippino Lippi and Rome reconsiders the lasting impact of the painter’s time in the Eternal City, juxtaposing Filippino’s Roman artworks with their Florentine precursors and successors. The exhibition places 25 paintings, drawings, and antiquities in direct conversation with important loans from national and international lenders, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; His Majesty King Charles III; the National Gallery, London; the Galleria degli Uffizi; and the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, among others. For the first time, these related artworks are brought together, in some cases reuniting paintings with their studies. Each object has been carefully selected to elucidate the evolution of Filippino’s artistic practice before, during, and after his Roman period. The Cleveland Museum of Art’s seminal tondo by Filippino, The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret, is at the center of the exhibition. Commissioned by Carafa while Filippino was frescoing the cardinal’s chapel, this important painting is the only known independent work produced by the artist in Rome. Filippino Lippi and Rome traces the arc of Filippino’s career across time and media, constituting a unique opportunity for scholars and the public alike to discover the artistic processes and iconographic ingenuities of one of the most gifted and accomplished Renaissance painters.
Principal support is provided by the Malcolm E. Kenney Curatorial Research Fund. Major support is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation. Additional support is provided by Robert G. Simon.
Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art
Through April 1, 2026
Korea Foundation Gallery | Gallery 236
Free; No Ticket Required
The term “juxtaposition” here refers to the side-by-side placement of two or more artworks that are significantly different from one another. Featuring Korean modern and contemporary objects that the CMA has collected over the past 15 years, this thematic exhibition juxtaposes them to create an exciting juncture of connections through their visual and material contrasts.
While the selected works were created by Korean artists from diverse backgrounds and different generations, they make a poignant meeting place illustrating how objects from the past inspired contemporary artists to create new experiences and artistic expressions.
Ann Hamilton: still and moving • the tactile image
Through April 19, 2026
Toby’s Gallery for Contemporary Art | Gallery 229C
Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Galleries | Gallery 230
Free; No Ticket Required
Where am I? What is here? Who is here? These are the questions that internationally renowned artist Ann Hamilton asks herself at the beginning of every project in order to find the appropriate medium, form, and physical manifestation with which to respond to the site or occasion. Eight years in the making, Hamilton’s exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art focuses on a medium that has become increasingly important to her over the past decade—photography.
Hamilton used a handheld scanner to bring to life objects in the museum’s collection that are rarely on display: small-scale figurative ceramics and crèche figures from the 1600s to the 1800s. Her floor-to-ceiling images of the diminutive sculptures fill the walls and surround the viewer in the museum’s photography gallery. The sculptures become characters joined in a story that is hinted at but never told.
A different photographic medium—video—dominates the second of the exhibition’s two galleries, where three videos circle the walls. They ask us to consider the act of making, to explore the concept of turning in space, and to ponder the relationship between touch and language.
Born in Lima, Ohio, and living in Columbus, Hamilton is among Ohio’s most influential and best-known artists. Among her many honors are the National Medal of the Arts, the MacArthur Fellowship, the Heinz Award, and the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Adorning Ritual: Jewish Ceremonial Art from the Jewish Museum, New York
Through Sunday, May 10, 2026
Various Galleries
Free; No Ticket Required
The Cleveland Museum of Art houses an encyclopedic collection, giving visitors valuable insights and perspectives into the lives and cultures of people around the world and throughout time. To enhance its permanent collection and to more fully represent the stories and objects important to our communities, the museum is displaying art on loan from the Jewish Museum, New York, in six galleries.
Most of the works are ritual objects relating to Judaism or the lives of Jewish people, from silver Torah finials to an inlaid marble panel commemorating a marriage. The objects have been placed in context with other works of the same time or region, allowing a fuller narrative to unfold. As you encounter these objects in the galleries, we invite you to consider their relationships to the other works in these spaces.
In addition to the loans from the Jewish Museum, two examples of Jewish ceremonial art from local collections are on display in two additional galleries: an etrog box recently acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art and a miniature Torah ark on loan from the Mishkan Or Museum of Jewish Cultures in Beachwood, Ohio.
Principal support is provided by Rebecca and David Heller and Gail and Elliott Schlang. Additional support is provided by Michael Frank and the late Pat Snyder, Richard A. Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz, Mr. and Mrs. David D. Kahan, Marjorie Moskovitz Kanfer and Joseph Kanfer, Dr. Linda M. Sandhaus and Dr. Roland S. Philip, and the Simon Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
A Myriad of Flowers and Birds in Chinese Art
Through Sunday, May 24, 2026
Clara T. Rankin Suite of Chinese Art Galleries | Gallery 240A
Free; No Ticket Required
For artists of historical China, the natural world was a major source of inspiration. Birds and flowers reflect nature’s beauty in an ideal way. Bird-and-flower paintings were not only appreciated for their decorative appeal and artistic merit, the motifs may also have symbolic connotation and sometimes form a rebus, a visual and auditory pun, to express good wishes to the recipient.
This display presents around 20 paintings, porcelain, and embroidery from the collections of the museum and a private collector, some of which have not been shown to the public before.
This display is dedicated to the memory of the late Clara T. Rankin, museum trustee and lover of birds and flowers.
Highlights of Japanese Art
Through June 14, 2026
Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Japanese Art Galleries | Galleries 235A–B
Free; No Ticket Required
These galleries feature recent acquisitions in dialogue with treasures from the museum’s world-renowned collection of Japanese art. The impressive, large-scale Welcoming Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas from the mid-1300s is displayed alongside the important early 1300s handscroll The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School, which depicts Buddhists interacting with paintings of Amida in descent.
A diminutive sculpture from the 1100s of Gozu Tennō, the ox-headed plague deity, is on view with a large Buddhist sketch and an image of Zaō Gongen, the deity of Mount Kinpu, both also from the same period. Together, these works of art show how Buddhist iconography informed how other gods were represented.
Five small-scale Nabeshima dishes showcase the versatility of ceramists in northern Kyushu during the 1600s and early 1700s, while a complex pair of early 1600s screens depicts the arrival of European traders to the port city of Nagasaki.
Pintoricchio Magnified: An Immersive Conservation Experience
Through Sunday, August 23, 2026
Gallery 115
Free; No Ticket Required
Through a digital immersive experience, step into the conservation studio and get a behind-the-scenes look at the materials and techniques conservators use to preserve paintings in the CMA collection.
For almost 50 years, Pintoricchio’s Virgin and Child (c. 1490–1500) was in storage at the CMA, its last original layers of blue paint hidden beneath a mask of restoration treatments undertaken in the 1900s. Although considered one of the most significant paintings within the early Italian collection, its complicated restoration history and physical state rendered it largely unexhibitable.
In the most recent conservation treatment, original paint layers were revealed, allowing unparalleled access to Pintoricchio’s original composition, freed from past interventions. This allowed conservators to embark on the rediscovery and reexamination of one of the more damaged paintings within the CMA collection and use cutting-edge technologies to better understand the materials and techniques used by the artist. Through a large digital display, visitors can traverse the layers of the painting and its conservation treatment, examining changing details as if magnified under a microscope.
This exhibition is made possible with support from Jared and Linda Buono Chaney and Carl M. Jenks.
All activities of the Eric T. and Jane Baker Nord Family Conservation Suite are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Conservation.
All digital innovation and technology initiatives at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Digital Innovation Fund.
American Printed Silks, 1927–1947
Through Sunday, November 8, 2026
Arlene M. and Arthur S. Holden Gallery | Gallery 234
Free; No Ticket Required
Between the late 1920s and late 1940s, the US was a leader in printed silks used in fashionable attire and interiors. This exhibition showcases printed silks in the CMA’s collection from four American companies—Stehli Silks Corporation, H. R. Mallinson and Company, Silks Beau Monde, and Onondaga Silk Company.
This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Silver, Gold, and Gems: A Spotlight on Jewelry Across Africa
Through Sunday, December 6, 2026
Gallery 108C
Free; No Ticket Required
For the first time, view a permanent display of gold and silver jewelry from across the African continent on view in the collection galleries of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Admire a selection of glittering ornaments from the Akan states of West Africa, shimmering gemstones from the Maghreb region, hair accessories from ancient Egypt in Northern Africa, and the bold silver of five recently gifted Ethiopian necklaces from East Africa. Spanning thousands of years, these works testify to the depth of African creativity, the skill of jewelers on the continent, and the eternal human desire for adornment.
Native North American Textiles
Through Sunday, December 13, 2026
Sarah P. and William R. Robertson Gallery | Gallery 231
Free; No Ticket Required
Newly on display from the permanent collection are two Diné (Navajo) textiles from the late 1800s. Both are rugs woven for the non-Native collectors’ market, modeled on the Diné shoulder blanket.
Ancient Andean Textiles
Through Sunday, December 13, 2026
Jon A. Lindseth and Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Galleries of the Ancient Americas | Gallery 232
Free; No Ticket Required
Between about 3000 BCE and the early 1500s CE, ancient Andean weavers created one of the world’s most distinguished textile traditions in both artistic and technical terms. Within this time span, the most complex and well-preserved group of early textiles to survive was made by the Paracas people of Peru’s south coast.
Children’s Armor from the Imperial Habsburg Armory in Vienna
Through Sunday, June 4, 2028
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court | Gallery 210A
Free; No Ticket Required
Four historically significant suits of armor from the Imperial Habsburg Armory in Vienna, Austria, are being displayed in the armor court for the next three years. The selection focuses on children’s armor and weapons to illustrate how a military education played an important role in training boys to become a knight. A few objects from the CMA’s own collection of children’s armor are being shown alongside these magnificent loans.
Principal support is provided by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation.
New Acquisition: Giambologna’s Fata Morgana
Through Sunday, September 1, 2030
Gallery 117B
Free; No Ticket Required
The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired Fata Morgana, one of the greatest works by Giambologna (Italian, 1529–1608), the preeminent sculptor of his generation, and the last known marble sculpture by his hand in a private collection. This rare and internationally renowned figure is being shown in a gallery evoking the Tuscan grotto in which it was originally placed.
CMA Community Arts Center On-Site Activities
2937 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113
Free Parking in the Lot off Castle Avenue | Estacionamiento gratis en la Avenida Castle
The Creative Table
Monthly on the second Friday, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Free; No Ticket Required | Gratis; No Se Requiere Boleto
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a laid-back evening of conversation and creativity. Whether you’re a painter, poet, photographer, or just curious, come hang out and share what you’ve been working on!
All mediums are welcome. The event is an open-discussion forum.
Únase a nosotros el segundo viernes de cada mes para una noche relajada de conversación y creatividad. Ya sea que sea pintor, poeta, fotógrafo o simplemente curioso, venga a pasar el rato, y comparta en qué ha estado trabajando.
Todos los medios son bienvenidos. El evento tiene un formato de discusión abierta.
Family FUNday: Three Kings Day
Monthly on the first Sunday of the month
Sunday, January 4, 2026, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Free; All Ages; No Reservation Required | Gratis; Todas Edades; Sin Cita Previa
Join us at the Community Arts Center for Family FUNday on January 4, decorating boxes inspired by the cherished Latin American tradition of Three Kings Day. Join us to learn about this wonderful holiday tradition while creating your own decorated box to take home.
Únete a nosotros en el Centro de Artes Comunitario para el Día de Diversión Familiar el 4 de enero. Decoraremos cajas inspiradas en la apreciada tradición latinoamericana del Día de Reyes. Acompáñanos para aprender sobre esta maravillosa tradición festiva mientras creas tu propia caja decorada para llevar a casa.
Community Arts Center Open Studios | Estudios Abiertos del Centro de Artes Comunitario
Weekly on Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Free; No Ticket Required | Gratis; No Se Requiere Boleto
Join us for free, drop-in art making at the Community Arts Center! Each month features a theme that connects community, art, and exploration. This month, we are exploring the work of Filippino Lippi. Create your own artwork inspired by Lippi’s dramatic compositions, expressive figures, and rich storytelling. Whether you’re familiar with Renaissance art or discovering it for the first time, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn about influential artists while making something of your own.
¡Únete a nosotros para una sesión gratuita y sin cita previa de creación en el Centro de Artes Comunitario! Cada mes presentamos un tema que conecta a comunidad, arte y exploración. Este mes exploramos el arte de Filippino Lippi. Crea tu propia obra de arte inspirada en las composiciones dramáticas, figuras expresivas y rica narrativa de Lippi. Ya sea que estés familiarizado con el arte renacentista o lo descubras por primera vez, esta es una maravillosa oportunidad para aprender sobre artistas influyentes mientras creas algo propio.
Comic Club
Monthly on the first Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Free; All Ages; No Reservation | Gratis; Todas Edades; No Es Necesario Registrarse
Be inspired and venture into the world of storytelling with artist Kobe Saunders (opens in a new tab). Work in the company of others to develop your own style and collaborate!
Explore the long history of sequential art through various genres and cultures, including newspaper comic strips, American superhero comics and graphic novels, Japanese manga, and media adaptations (film and television) of these stories. Practice techniques to improve drawing and storytelling skills with a focus in character design, visual language, and panel structure.
Inspírate y aventúrate en el mundo de la narración de historias con el artista Kobe Saunders (opens in a new tab). ¡Trabaja en compañía de otros para desarrollar tu propio estilo y colaborar!
Explora la larga historia del arte secuencial a través de varios géneros y culturas, incluidas las tiras cómicas de periódicos, los cómics y novelas gráficas de superhéroes estadounidenses, el manga japonés y las adaptaciones de medios (cine y televisión) de estas historias. Practique técnicas para mejorar las habilidades de dibujo y narración con un enfoque en el diseño de personajes, el lenguaje visual y la estructura de paneles.
The 2025–26 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.
Performances at Transformer Station are generously supported by the Cleveland Foundation.
All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Principal annual support is provided by Michael Frank and the late Pat Snyder, the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, the John and Jeanette Walton Exhibition Fund, and Margaret and Loyal Wilson. Major annual support is provided by the late Dick Blum and Harriet Warm and the Frankino-Dodero Family Fund for Exhibitions Endowment. Generous annual support is provided by two anonymous donors, Gini and Randy Barbato, Cynthia and Dale Brogan, Dr. Ben and Julia Brouhard, Brenda and Marshall Brown, Gail and Bill Calfee, the Leigh H. Carter family, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Mary and Jim Conway, Joseph and Susan Corsaro, Ron and Cheryl Davis, Richard and Dian Disantis, the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Leigh and Andy Fabens, Florence Kahane Goodman, Martha H. and Steven M. Hale, Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Linda Harper, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., the estate of Walter and Jean Kalberer, Mrs. Nancy M. Lavelle, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, the William S. Lipscomb Fund, Bill and Joyce Litzler, Lu Anne and the late Carl Morrison, Mrs. Peta and the late Dr. Roland Moskowitz, Jeffrey Mostade and Eric Nilson and Varun Shetty, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, Dr. Nicholas and Anne Ogan, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, Henry Ott-Hansen, the Pickering Foundation, Christine Fae Powell, Peter and Julie Raskind, Michael and Cindy Resch, Marguerite and James Rigby, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, Elizabeth and Tim Sheeler, Saundra K. Stemen, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
All activities of the Eric T. and Jane Baker Nord Family Conservation Suite are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Conservation. Principal annual support is provided by an anonymous donor and the Parker Hannifin Corporation. Major annual support is provided by Cathy Lincoln, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, and the Dawn M. Neff Endowed Fund for Conservation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, Brenda and Marshall Brown, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Albert Leonetti and Ruth Anna Carlson, Dr. and Mrs. John T. Lai, Albert Leonetti and Ruth Anna Carlson, June and Simon K. C. Li, William and Joyce Litzler, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Anya and John Rudd, Dr. Isobel Rutherford, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, Paula and Eugene Stevens, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
All digital innovation and technology initiatives at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the Digital Innovation Fund. Principal support is provided by two anonymous donors, the Bishop Parker Foundation, Walt and Kathy Fortney, Mr. William N. Hanson in loving memory of Susan H. Hanson, the late Dr. and Mrs. Gilles Klopman, the late Mr. Arthur S. Rundle, John and Leanne Sauerland, and Mrs. Meredith M. Seikel. Major support is provided by Mr. and Mrs. Tim Elek Jr. and the Trilling Family Foundation.
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About the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is renowned for the quality and breadth of its collection, which includes more than 66,500 artworks and spans 6,000 years of achievement in the arts. The museum is a significant international forum for exhibitions, scholarship, and performing arts and is a leader in digital innovations. One of the foremost encyclopedic art museums in the United States, the CMA is recognized for its award-winning open access program—which provides free digital access to images and information about works in the museum’s collection—and is free of charge to all. The museum is located in the University Circle neighborhood with two satellite locations on Cleveland’s west side: the Community Arts Center and Transformer Station.
The museum is supported in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and made possible in part by the Ohio Arts Council (OAC), which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically. For more information about the museum and its holdings, programs, and events, call 888-CMA-0033 or visit cma.org.