This Week at CMA: 10.15.18–10.21.18

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October 15, 2018
Side by side images with Catherine de’ Medici on the left and Georgia O’Keeffe on the right.

Portrait of Catherine de’ Medici (detail), c. 1547–59. Germain Le Mannier (French, active c. 1537–59). Oil on canvas; 212 x 118 x 9 cm. Gallerie degli Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, deposit, Florence, 1890, n. 2448; Georgia O’Keeffe (detail), c. 1920–22. Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946). Gelatin silver print; 11.4 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.). Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM, Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 2003.01.006.

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

Two exhibitions. One price.
Member reservations: Mon, 10/15–Sun, 10/21
Public presale: Mon, 10/22–Wed, 10/31
TODAY, Mon, 10/15, at 9:00 a.m. is the first opportunity for CMA members to reserve free member tickets to two upcoming special exhibitions :Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern and Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries! “! Members may reserve their free tickets exclusively through Sun, 10/21. After that date, ticket purchase opens up to the public. Click here to reserve your tickets.

The Sea [Rose Pastor Stokes, Caritas Island, Connecticut], 1909, printed after 1917. Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Palladium print; 24.5 x 18.5 cm. Princeton University Art Museum, The Clarence H. White Collection, assembled and organized by Professor Clarence H. White Jr., and given in memory of Lewis F. White, Dr. Maynard P. White Sr., and Clarence H. White Jr., the sons of Clarence H. White Sr. and Jane Felix White, x1983–496

Exhibition Opening: Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895–1925
Sun, 10/21/18–Mon, 1/21/19
A leading figure of American Pictorialist photography, Ohio-born Clarence H. White was an influential teacher and a gifted artist celebrated for his beautiful scenes of quiet domesticity and outdoor idylls. This exhibition surveys White’s career from its beginnings in 1895 in Newark, Ohio, to his death in Mexico in 1925.

Hebrew Miscellany, c. 1300. Northern France. British Library, London, Additional 11639, fol. 517v

Julius Fund Lecture in Medieval Art: The Subversive Afterlife of Images: Implied, Ensuing Action in Medieval Jewish Visual Culture
Wed, 10/17, Recital Hall
For any work of art, the view of the object at rest is a snapshot of the extant state of theological and political affairs surrounding the given image. Hear Marc Michael Epstein, professor of religion and visual culture on the Mattie M. Paschall Davis and Norman Davis Chair at Vassar College discuss his work-in-progress, People of the Image: Jews & Art, scheduled for release next year. Free; no reservation required. This lecture is hosted by the Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University and cosponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Family Game Night
Friday, 10/19, Ames Family Atrium
Treasure hunts, puzzling mysteries, and bewitching fun! Supersized games and our Mystery Quiz Show await you in the atrium. Plus, help us solve our gallery-wide art heist adventure and you’ll earn a detective badge. The whole family will need to work together to figure out this one! Expect games and puzzles to challenge any age. Plus, it wouldn’t be Game Night without museum Twister and our giant chessboard. Free; register here.

Untitled, 2005. Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955). Ink and graphite on paper; 35.5 x 27.9 cm. Private collection. © Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Kerry James Marshall: Works on Paper
FINAL WEEK
Through Sun, 10/21
Over the past 35 years, Marshall has created groundbreaking and widely acclaimed work that challenges art historical traditions by representing narratives composed entirely of African American figures. A monumental woodcut anchors the exhibition, which also features a selection of smaller drawings. Read the Plain Dealer review. Organized on the occasion of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.