June Exhibitions and Event Listings for the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Events
The CMA turns 110!
Saturday, June 6, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free
Saturday, June 6, 2026, marks the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 110th birthday! Founded in 1916, the CMA remains among the finest art museums in the world, free and committed to public access “for the benefit of all the people forever.
Everyone is welcome to celebrate the CMA’s birthday celebration with free entrance into our blockbuster exhibitions, Manet & Morisot and Martin Puryear: Nexus, along with special events and giveaways.
Parade the Circle
Saturday, June 13, 2026, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Wade Oval
Free; No Ticket Required
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s (CMA) Parade the Circle, the beloved tradition celebrating art, culture, and community, returns on Saturday, June 13, 2026. The 34th annual parade takes place in University Circle and features vibrant and imaginative costumes, towering puppets, floats, and intricately crafted masks. This year’s event coincides with the CMA’s 110th anniversary as an institution and the United States Semiquincentennial.
This year’s theme, “Momentum,” is inspired by the special exhibition American Printed Silks, 1927–1947, the lived experience of acclaimed lead artist Héctor Castellanos Lara, and the legacy and evolution of our creative community. Those interested in participating are highly encouraged to view the exhibition.
“I grew up between sewing machines. Surrounded by women, transforming fabric to be worn. Hands, colors, and patterns chasing one another,” says Castellanos Lara. “My own strike of marbles clacking from the patio, at play. The exhibition American Printed Silks took me back to that room in Guatemala, our own little industrial garment revolution, my childhood home. Much like the textile designers of the early to mid-1900s, I draw inspiration from the museum and use lived experiences to define my visual language. Our stories—some of sacrifice and resilience—are momentous and unyielding.”
“Breathless and energized, our own momentum pushes us to innovate. Let’s harness the power of this creative energy together, express ourselves, and keep celebrating. Creativity in motion stays in motion. What story you bring to the parade?”
Parade the Circle, which was founded by the CMA in 1990 with a small number of artists, has since grown to become a treasured large-scale event, drawing crowds in the tens of thousands every June. Families, friends, neighbors, community groups, churches, artists, performers—everyone is welcome to express their creativity, show their talent, and celebrate the arts at Parade the Circle. Every year, unique and magnificent parade designs delight participants and attendees alike. Watching the parade is free for all.
The day begins at 10:00 a.m. with Circle Village on Wade Oval, presented by University Circle Inc. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in interactive activities offered by esteemed institutions from the area, such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Botanical Garden, and the Music Settlement.
Presented by Akron Children’s.
Parade the Circle: Puppets in Play
Saturday, June 13, 2026, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
Step right up and march into a world of imagination! After the parade, step behind the scenes of the spectacle and into the magical world of puppetry. In this lively, hands-on experience, young creators and grown-ups design and build their own hand puppets alongside featured artist Susie Underwood .
Be surrounded by a dazzling display of parade puppets and larger-than-life creations from years past! Let their movement, color, and personality spark your own puppet’s story.
Solstice 2026
Saturday, June 20, 2026, 7:00–11:59 p.m.
South Terrace
Enter through the main lobby.
Sold Out; Additional Ticket Release Possible
Solstice 2026 is sold out! Additional tickets may become available based on a favorable weather forecast. Become a member or join our email list to be among the first to know. Any additional tickets are released on Monday, June 15, at 10:00 a.m.
Celebrate long summer days and hot summer nights at the museum’s 15th annual Solstice—a night when art and music come together.
Cirque Flip Fabrique (Canada) kicks off the outdoor main stage entertainment with acrobatics performed on top of a retrofitted school bus. Then, live music sets from Daymé Arocena (Cuba), Son Rompe Pera (Mexico), and Nik West (United States) follow. These three electrifying musical acts showcase African diasporic party music, including Afro-Latin jazz, cumbia, and funk. NicNacc and Eso, two prolific Cleveland-based DJ’s famous for their monthly dance parties, take over the atrium. Projections, light displays, and decorations electrify the museum. The galleries stay open late into the night, and some of them host flash talks presented by museum staff. In addition, guests can experience the CMA’s blockbuster exhibitions, Manet & Morisot and Martin Puryear: Nexus.
NOTE: The CMA closes at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, and opens at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, due to Solstice. Our south doors are temporarily closed from Thursday, June 18, through Monday, June 22. Please use the main entrance when entering and exiting the building during those days. Provenance Restaurant is closed on Sunday, June 21.
As a safety precaution, visitors pass through a metal detector upon entry to the event. See a complete list of museum policies.
New This Month
“Bunjin” in Japanese Art
Sunday, June 21–Sunday, December 6, 2026
Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Japanese Art Galleries | Galleries 235A–B
Free; No Ticket Required
This installation explores how some Japanese artists of the 1700s and 1800s interpreted what it meant to embrace a lifestyle centered on a shared appreciation of learning and literature. Bunjin is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word wenren (文人), literally “person of letters.” Often translated into English as “literati,” wenren originally referred to Chinese scholars of the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) who held government positions and fostered social groups in which they could exchange their own paintings and poems. Over time, knowledge of this tradition—professional scholars creating amateur artworks inspired by values shared with friends—found its way to both Japan and Korea. In Japan, the most widespread engagement with the idea of the scholar-artist took place during the Edo period (1615–1868).
Final Days and Weeks
still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper
Through Sunday, June 7, 2026
James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Galleries | Galleries 101A–B
Free; No Ticket Required
still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper is the first exhibition to highlight the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection of prints and drawings by Native American artists. In 2022, the creation of the museum’s Indigenous Peoples and Land Acknowledgment inspired a commitment to greatly strengthen its holdings in this important field. The title of this show comes from a poem on Indigenous survivance by Navajo poet Kinsale Drake and references the fact that the CMA land acknowledgment serves “not as an end but rather as the beginning” of an ongoing collaboration with our Native community members. The objects on view survey the ways in which Native artists have innovatively used various print and drawing techniques to explore their cultural heritage.
This exhibition includes around 30 works created from the 1950s through today that showcase the unique histories and perspectives of Indigenous artists from a number of backgrounds and tribal affiliations. Featured are works ranging from a series of powerful woodcut portraits by T. C. Cannon (Kiowa-Caddo, 1946–1978) to a set of deeply symbolic color lithographs by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, 1940–2025). The presentation also includes work by multimedia artists, such as Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow, born 1981), Kay WalkingStick (American, Member of the Cherokee Nation/Oklahoma, born 1935), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingít/Unangax̂, born 1979), Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations, born 1954), and Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo, born 1983), among others, to shed new light on the importance of the graphic arts within their contemporary practices. Community voice labels by members of the museum’s Native American Advisory Committee, who have been involved in the museum’s efforts, highlight the local impact of this growing collection at the CMA.
This exhibition is made possible with support from the Malcolm E. Kenney Curatorial Research Fund.
Highlights of Japanese Art
Through Sunday, 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 25 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 depict the arrival of European traders to the port city of Nagasaki.
On-Site Activities
Lunchtime Lecture
Frederic Edwin Church’s “Twilight” and Rebirth
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Speaker: Mark Cole, William P. and Amanda C. Madar Curator of American Painting and Sculpture
Happy 200th birthday, Frederic Edwin Church! This talk offers a deep dive into the CMA’s beloved Twilight in the Wilderness (1860) and reveals how its acquisition by the CMA helped revive the artist’s popular and critical reputation.
Film Screening for Martin Puryear: Nexus
Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Speaker: Emily Liebert, Lauren Rich Fine Curator of Contemporary Art and Chair of Art of the Americas and Modern and Contemporary Art
Join us for a screening of two short documentaries about Martin Puryear’s outdoor work, Martin Puryear: Lookout (2023) and Meditation in a Beech Wood (2024). Afterwards, enjoy a Q and A session with Emily Liebert, the CMA’s Lauren Rich Fine Curator of Contemporary Art and chair of art of the Americas and modern and contemporary art.
Summer Creativity Camp: Forging Routes, Finding Roots
Daily, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. from Monday, June 8, 2026 until Friday, June 12, 2026
Museum Classrooms
Ticket Required
Play and experiment in these weekly art-filled camps bursting with engaging gallery games and hands-on activities. Camps take place on-site at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Campers spend the mornings exploring art in the galleries with the CMA’s gallery teachers and afternoons flexing their creative muscles.
June 8–12, 2026
Age groups: 5–6, 7–9, 10–12, 13–16
In this journey through the natural world, learn how we can gather inspiration from ourselves and the world around us, while forming new paths.
Senior Studio: Sketching
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 2:00–3:30 p.m. and Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Calling all seniors! Looking for an opportunity to learn some new art skills or build on those you have? Come to the CMA for Senior Studio, an art class just for those over 55. This summer, enjoy sketching in the galleries with instruction from professional artist Rebekah Wilhelm. All skill levels are welcome, beginner to expert. Materials are provided.
Summer Creativity Camp: Forest to Form
Daily, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. from Monday, June 15, 2026, until Friday, June 19, 2026
Museum Classrooms
Play and experiment in these weekly art-filled camps bursting with engaging gallery games and hands-on activities. Camps take place on-site at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Campers spend the mornings exploring art in the galleries with the CMA’s gallery teachers and afternoons flexing their creative muscles.
June 15–19, 2026
Age groups: 5–7, 8–9, 10–12, 13–16
Explore how the rhythms and movements of nature can grow into three-dimensional creations that blur the line between the organic and the imagined.
Curator Tour: “Epic of the Northwest Himalayas”
Thursday, June 18, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 23, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery | Gallery 010
Speaker: Sonya Rhie Mace, George P. Bickford Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Join us for an expert-led tour of the exhibition Epic of the Northwest Himalayas: Pahari Paintings from the “Shangri” Ramayana. Sonya Rhie Mace, the exhibition curator, leads tours of the exhibition in May, June, and July.
Make and Sip: Pastels
Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Join us for a creative evening of art making, drinks, and ambience. With painter and instructor Adrian Eisenhower, learn to make your very own pastel drawing inspired by the works on view in the exhibition Manet & Morisot. Enjoy wine, beer, cocktails, and light snacks as you sketch, sip, and get inspired by the beauty of Impressionist paintings.
Each ticket includes a voucher for one beer, cocktail, or glass of wine. Any additional beverages or snacks are available for purchase.
Guided Tours
Wednesday, June 3, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
On the first Wednesday of each month at 1:00 p.m., specially trained docents lead a gallery tour designed for individuals experiencing memory loss and their caregivers. The Cleveland Museum of Art offers these thoughtfully structured tours to uplift the spirit, engage the mind, and create a relaxed, enjoyable social experience. Docents are trained to be responsive to the interests and abilities of all participants, encouraging conversation, shared memories, and meaningful engagement with art.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
American Art History Tours
Weekly on Sundays, 3:00–4:00 p.m., from Sunday, June 7, 2026, through Sunday, July 26, 2026
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
In honor of United States’s 250th birthday, celebrate more than 250 years of American art. From colonial works created before the Revolution to the sweeping landscapes of the Hudson River school, and from the vibrant modernism of Harlem and Greenwich Village to contemporary voices, this tour traces a distinctly American artistic journey. Explore how art in the United States evolved from John Singleton Copley to Amy Sherald, revealing a nation striving to live out its ideals.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Manet & Morisot Tours
Daily, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., and Tuesday through Friday 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m., through July 3, 2026.
Ames Family Atrium
Join a guided tour of Manet & Morisot and discover the fascinating bond between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot. Our docents illuminate the complex relationship of these two groundbreaking artists, colleagues, family members, and friends. Featuring 36 paintings and 7 drawings and prints loaned from major US and European collections, the exhibition reveals the evolution of their singular artistic friendship.
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.
There are no tours on Saturday, July 4—the museum is closed in observance of Independence Day.
Martin Puryear Tours
Weekly on Saturday and Sunday, 1:00–2:00 p.m. through Sunday, July 26, 2026
Ames Family Atrium
Join us for a docent-guided tour of Martin Puryear: Nexus, the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work in nearly two decades. Developed in close collaboration with Puryear himself, this career-spanning survey traces his innovations from the 1960s to the present, featuring iconic sculptures alongside never-before-seen pieces, prints, and drawings. Your guide illuminates how Puryear’s elegant visual vocabulary is shaped by global material traditions, African American history, and the natural world, offering a deep dive into the expressive power of one of our most influential contemporary artists.
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.
There are no tours on Saturday, July 4—the museum is closed in observance of Independence Day.
Art and Conversation Tours
Tuesdays, 10:15–10:45 a.m.
Ames Family Atrium
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.
Pride Month Tours
Saturdays, June 6 through June 27, 2026, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
Celebrate Pride Month with guided tours featuring artworks by LGBTQIA+ artists in the museum’s collection. The museum celebrates Pride Month in June and all year round. Learn about LGBTQIA+ artists after 1900 in the museum’s collection in 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.
There are no tours on Saturday, June 13—please join the Cleveland Museum of Art for Parade the Circle.
Daily Guided Tours
Tuesday through Sunday
Ames Family Atrium
Public tours are offered Tuesday through Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., 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
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.
Continuing Exhibitions
Manet & Morisot
Through Sunday, July 5, 2026
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Gallery
Manet & Morisot is the first ever major exhibition dedicated to the artistic exchange between Édouard Manet, often referred to as the father of modern painting, and Berthe Morisot, the only woman among the founding members of the Impressionist movement. Unfolding over a period of roughly 15 years, between 1868 and 1883, theirs was perhaps the closest relationship between any two members of the Impressionist circle. As friends and colleagues—by turns collaborative and competitive—they collected one another’s work. Morisot posed for some of Manet’s most compelling portraits, several of which are on view in the first gallery of the exhibition. When she married Manet’s younger brother, their professional connection deepened into a familial bond. Thirty-six paintings and seven drawings and prints borrowed from museums and private collections in the United States and Europe reveal the evolution of a singular friendship between two groundbreaking artists.
Visitors see beach and garden scenes made en plein air (out-of-doors) that demonstrate how Manet borrowed individual motifs and compositional ideas directly from Morisot. Portraits of fashionable Parisian women of the 1880s by the two artists show their different perspectives; Manet’s paintings were inspired by admiration and erotic interest while Morisot’s were informed by lived experience. The exhibition closes with a self-portrait by Morisot painted when she was in her mid-40s, revealing her perception of herself as a professional artist.
This exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Presented by Bank of America.
Generous support is provided by Anne T. and Donald F. Palmer. Additional support is provided by Carl M. Jenks.
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Martin Puryear: Nexus
Through Sunday, August 9, 2026
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Hall and Gallery 224B
The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, co-organize the most comprehensive exhibition of Martin Puryear’s (American, born 1941) career in nearly two decades. Developed in close collaboration with Puryear, this exhibition introduces new audiences to one of the most celebrated and influential artists of our time.
Puryear’s singular work across mediums illuminates the expressive potential for abstraction in the present moment. Martin Puryear: Nexus begins with work from the early 1960s and follows the artist’s innovations in form, material, and process since then. Visitors encounter new works that make their first appearance in this show, alongside sculptures that are iconic and those that have not been exhibited publicly in decades. Sculpture, the medium for which Puryear is best known, is integrated with prints, drawings, and documentation of the outdoor commissions that the artist has created around the world.
Martin Puryear: Nexus highlights the global histories that have inspired Puryear’s practice, offering a fresh and timely perspective on his impactful body of work. Puryear’s art is renowned for its elegance and beauty. While accentuating the work’s visual allure, this exhibition and its accompanying catalogue look beyond form. The exhibition’s interpretive frame, rooted in new scholarship, sheds light on the ways that the artist’s unique visual vocabulary has been shaped by his enduring interests in global traditions of material culture, African American history, and the natural world.
Martin Puryear: Nexus is accompanied by an expansive and richly illustrated catalogue. Designed and published by the Cleveland Museum of Art, with distribution by Yale University Press, this publication is anchored by five essays authored by a new generation of scholars: Rizvana Bradley, Joan Kee, Emily Liebert, Michelle Millar Fisher, and Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi. Additional perspectives enter the book through a series of responses to individual works, contributed by thinkers and makers from a range of disciplines, many of whom are longtime interlocutors of the artist, including Nairy Baghramian, Alex Da Corte, Thelma Golden, Tom Joyce, Maya Lin, Kerry James Marshall, Pam Paulson, Julia Phillips, Charles Ray, and Billie Tsien. Alongside these contemporary perspectives, the catalogue features archival materials that have never been published.
Presented by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Principal support is provided by the late Agnes Gund. Generous support is provided by the Gottlob family in loving memory of Milford Gottlob, MD, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by Kenneth H. Kirtz and family.
Following the CMA, Martin Puryear: Nexus travels to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
Epic of the Northwest Himalayas: Pahari Paintings from the “‘Shangri’ Ramayana”
Through Sunday, August 16, 2026
Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery | Gallery 010
Free; No Ticket Required
Forty paintings are reunited from a widely dispersed pictorial series that presents the story of the Hindu divine hero Rama. The timeless tale, more than 2,000 years old, remains a cultural force across southern Asia. Potent themes of righteousness, vengeance, and loyalty are explored through dramatic episodes in which demons are vanquished, lovers are separated, and monkeys, bears, and a man-eagle save the day. Magic abounds, and emotions fly with warriors’ arrows. Three digital stations present more than 100 gently animated images of paintings from multiple collections reassembled into their original episodic sequences.
Created with blazing colors for a royal collection around 1700, the “Shangri” Ramayana has been a beloved and enigmatic series among scholars and collectors for the past century. New evidence from previously unpublished paintings reveals many more artistic styles and triple the number of total folios than have been previously recognized. It argues in favor of a collaborative model of production involving artists from across the alpine region of Pahari India, which straddles the present-day state of Himachal Pradesh and that of Jammu and Kashmir.
Twelve lenders generously contributed to this focused exhibition. The unbound pictorial series began to be divided as early as the 1760s, suggesting that its spiritual merit was intended to be shared among multiple owners. Its title derives from the kingdom of Shangri, where a member of the royal family sold his 275 folios to a dealer in Delhi, beginning in 1962. Hundreds more paintings, however, have been in other royal collections.
The exhibition celebrates the publication of the Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection of Pahari paintings, which includes three pages of the “Shangri” Ramayana that are on view and contextualized in Epic of the Northwest Himalayas.
Principal support is provided by William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham. Major support is provided by V. V. Rajadhyaksha, DLZ Corp. Generous support is provided by the Bagri Foundation.
France in the Time of Manet and Morisot
Through Sunday, August 23, 2026
Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Galleries | Gallery 230
Free; No Ticket Required
Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot lived during a tumultuous yet fertile period in France. Events included war and the loss of territory; modernization and the rise of industry; and a shift from rural to urban living. As both artists were living in Paris, it became the largest city in continental Europe and the arts capital of the world. Manet and Morisot’s lifetime also coincided with the birth and rise of a new art form—photography—which recorded many of these social, political, and cultural changes.
Masters of the new medium such as Charles Marville and Édouard-Denis Baldus were commissioned by the Emperor Napoleon III, the Louvre museum, and the railroads to document both historic monuments and the construction of new architectural and engineering marvels throughout the country. This era also saw the rise of celebrity portraiture and of the general public as patron. Actresses such as Sarah Bernhardt and popular authors Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas, and others sat for photographers such as Nadar, André Adolphe-Eugene Disderi, Gustave Le Gray, and Étienne Carjat. The resulting portraits were printed—and sold—in large quantities to meet a soaring public demand for portraits of the luminaries of the time. When the rising urban middle class sought to have their own likenesses recorded, they flocked to the same studios.
In this exhibition, drawn from the museum’s rich holdings of 19th-century French photography, we can feel that we, like the photographers, are eyewitnesses to the transformation of France in the 1800s. This show was organized to complement Manet & Morisot, on view in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Gallery from March 29 through July 5, 2026.
This exhibition is made possible with support from Anne T. and Donald F. Palmer.
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 in 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.
Pahari Paintings: Art and Stories
Through Sunday, August 23, 2026
Gallery 242B
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.
Provenance: Journeys of Korean Art
Through Sunday, October 18, 2026
Korea Foundation Gallery | Gallery 236
Free; No Ticket Required
This installation in the Korea Foundation Gallery highlights the captivating stories behind how works of art entered the museum’s collection. Not all arrived as a purchase from art dealers or auction houses—some emerged from on-site research trips that led to unexpected discoveries, while others were welcomed through generous gifts and donations. A Royal Outing, an 1800s Korean folding screen on loan from the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, Ohio, for example, left its home in Seoul as a farewell gift from a Korean king to his American English teacher. The Amitabha Triad was an unexpected find in a pawn shop during a curator’s early-1900s research trip. Meanwhile, the Portrait of a Court Official once belonged to a Danish doctor who cherished it as a memento of his time in 1960s Seoul before it entered the museum’s collection.
These extraordinary objects remind us that transparent provenance, or history of ownership, not only upholds ethical collecting practices but also reveals compelling stories—narratives that illuminate the cultural, social, and political worlds in which these works of art changed hands.
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.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts and 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.
The Plum Scenery Studio: Wu Hufan and His Circle in Modern Shanghai
Through Sunday, November 15, 2026
Clara T. Rankin Suite of Chinese Art Galleries | Gallery 240A
Free; No Ticket Required
Wu Hufan (Chinese, 1894–1968) was one of the most influential and important collectors and artists of modern Shanghai. Many paintings in the CMA’s collection bear his collector seals or inscriptions express his art expertise. This installation presents about 20 artworks from the museum and private collections, including five recent gifts to the CMA, all of which illustrate the exchanges and relationships Wu Hufan entertained with his students, painters, and poets of the time.
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.
Hidden Insights: Looking at the Backs of Portrait Miniatures
Through Sunday, February 14, 2027
Ellen and Bruce Mavec Gallery | Gallery 203B
Free; No Ticket Required
Portrait miniatures were portable luxury objects treasured by their owners both for the cherished portrait and the precious materials from which they were crafted. Frequently, patrons would spend substantially more than the cost of the portrait to have it placed in a gold or silver case outfitted with pearls, enamel, diamonds, colored glass, or elaborate hair work. Thirteen miniatures spanning 230 years represent a variety of approaches to ornamenting the back of a portrait and suggest the wealth of information that can be hidden from view.
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
Yoga for All: Connecting, Mind, Body, and Community | Yoga para Todos: Conectando, Mente, Cuerpo y Comunidad
Saturday, June 6, 2026, 11:00–11:45 a.m.
Community Arts Center | Centro de Artes Comunitarias
Free; Reservation Required | Gratis; Es Necesario Registrarse
Come one, come all, both short and tall, for free yoga at the Community Arts Center!
We invite our Cleveland-area families every first Saturday to come out for an afternoon of movement, fun, relaxation, and connection at the Cleveland Arts Center (CAC)! This free event is hosted by Cleveland Clinic yoga professional and Lululemon ambassador Valerie Williams, who guides you through a series of fun stretches, movements, games, and giveaways to brighten up your day! Practice yoga alongside your kids, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or very best friends—all ages are welcome! Don’t worry if your little one might not stay quiet on their yoga mat—we encourage kids to have fun while they move, or they have the option to read or draw in our studios. Snacks and refreshments are provided for all children in attendance. Please join us after yoga for an art-making session with our amazing Community Arts Center staff.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own yoga mats. Limited mats are available.
Email commartsinfo@clevelandart.org (opens in a new tab) (opens in a new tab) to reserve your spot.
¡Vengan uno, vengan todos, tanto bajos como altos, para practicar yoga gratis en el Centro Comunitario de Artes! ¡Invitamos a nuestras familias del área de Cleveland cada primer sábado a salir a pasar una tarde de movimiento, diversión, relajación y conexión en el CAC! Este evento gratuito es presentado por la profesional de yoga de Cleveland Clinic y embajadora de Lululemon, Valerie Williams, quien lo guía a través de una serie de divertidos estiramientos, movimientos, juegos y obsequios para alegrar su día. Practica yoga junto a tus hijos, padres, abuelos, tías, tíos o mejores amigos, ¡todas las edades son bienvenidas! No te preocupes si tu pequeño no se queda callado en su esterilla de yoga: animamos a los niños a divertirse mientras se mueven, o tienen la opción de leer o dibujar en nuestros estudios. Se proporcionan refrigerios y refrigerios para todos los niños que asisten. Únase a nosotros después del yoga para una sesión de creación artística con nuestro increíble personal del Centro de Artes Comunitarias.
Se anima a los participantes a traer sus propias colchonetas de yoga. Hay colchonetas limitadas disponibles.
Envíe un correo electrónico a commartsinfo@clevelandart.org para reservar su lugar.
Comic Club
Saturday, June 6, 2026, 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. 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. ¡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.
Family FUNday: Mini Parade
Sunday, June 7, 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 as we launch our first mini parade with Michelle Littlejohn! Parades are special events that highlight culture, identity, and community voice through the creation of floats, costumes, displays, and often marches. We invite you to join us in the fun as we parade around the Community Arts Center in anticipation of Parade the Circle—the Cleveland Museum of Art’s annual celebration that speaks to the innovation and collaboration that shapes creative communities.
Michelle Littlejohn is an independent artist and illustrator based in Cleveland, Ohio. She creates illustrations and products inspired by the little moments, big emotions, and everyday adventures of life as a mom of five, where inspiration is never in short supply. Vanilla Star Art and Café is her online shop featuring stickers, miniatures, and other charming finds. The name is deeply personal: the vanilla flower’s five petals represent her children, and the star represents her, Starrelish. It is inspired by her story Kat Daycare, which follows a college student running a cat daycare and Mr. Wal, a squirrel who owns a magical tree café, where their worlds meet in cozy, adventurous ways.
The Creative Table
Friday, June 12, 2026, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center | Centro de Artes Comunitarias
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.
Presented by Bank of America. Additional support is provided by Shurtape Technologies.
Community Arts Center Parade Studios | Centro de Artes Comunitarias Estudios de Desfile
Weekly on Saturday and Sunday, 1:00–4:00 p.m. through Sunday, June 7, 2026
Free; No Registration Required | Gratis; No Se Requiere Reserva
This year, for the very first time, the CMA Community Arts Center is serving as the primary makerspace for Parade the Circle. The CAC is the museum’s vibrant, art-making hub located on the near west side and is considered the “home” for Parade the Circle. Anyone is welcome to visit the CAC to see vibrant floats, puppets, and costumes come to life!
Parade the Circle has opportunities for people of all ages, skill levels, and abilities. Individuals, families, and teens can use this time to get to know parade artists, lend a hand, and engage in the creative process. Those interested in joining a performing group have the opportunity to explore options with other creatives and artist leaders in the space, to learn more about how to make their vision come to life.
Parade the Circle, which was founded by the CMA in 1990 with a small number of artists, has since grown to become a treasured large-scale event, drawing crowds in the tens of thousands every June. Families, friends, neighbors, community groups, churches, artists, performers—everyone is welcome to express their creativity, show their talent, and celebrate the arts at Parade the Circle. Every year, unique and magnificent parade designs delight participants and attendees alike.
All those performing in the parade must adhere to the event guidelines.
For more information about attending the event or about how to get involved, please contact parade@clevelandart.org.
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.
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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, Robert M. Kaye, Jane and Doug Kern, the late Mrs. Nancy M. Lavelle, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. Lipscomb, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Roy Minoff Family Fund, 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, Frank and Fran Porter, Christine Fae Powell, Peter and Julie Raskind, Michael and Cindy Resch, Marguerite and James Rigby, 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 the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Mrs. Martine Kowal, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, the Reinberger Foundation, 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, the Dawn M. Neff Endowed Fund for Conservation, and Dr. Isobel Rutherford. 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., 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, Michael Prunty and the late M. Lee Maxwell, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Anya and John Rudd, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Seven Five Fund, 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, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Elek Jr., Walt and Kathy Fortney, Mr. William N. Hanson in loving memory of Susan H. Hanson, the late Dr. and Mrs. Gilles Klopman, the Bishop Parker Foundation, the late Mr. Arthur S. Rundle, John and Leanne Sauerland, and Mrs. Meredith M. Seikel. Major support is provided by the Trilling Family Foundation.
The Community Arts Center was made possible with principal support from Chuck and Char Fowler and the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund. Major annual support for the Community Arts Center is provided by the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund and the Reinberger Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by the Giant Eagle 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.