This Week at CMA: 12.17.18–12.23.18
- Blog Post
- Events and Programs
- Exhibitions

Image courtesy Scott Shaw Photography for Cleveland Museum of Art.
Check out these must-attend events this week at the CMA.
Two exhibitions. One price.
Secure your holiday tickets NOW to both special exhibitions, Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries, and Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern! Advance tickets strongly recommended. Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern has regularly sold-out on weekends.

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern
OPEN NOW: Through Sun, 3/3
Take a unique look into the fascinating connections between the paintings, personal style, and public persona of one of America’s most iconic artists. Read the Plain Dealer review and dive deeper into the exhibition with the blog post here.

Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries
OPEN NOW: Through Mon, 1/21
“Renaissance Splendor,” which focuses on six tapestries probably commissioned in the mid-1570s by Catherine de’ Medici, queen mother of France, is sumptuous and dazzling.” -Steven Litt via The Plain Dealer
Read the Wall Street Journal review. Explore the steps taken to clean and repair the Valois Tapestries in this blog post. Learn more about The Age of the Medici film series on view at the CMA.

Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920
COMING SOON: Open Sat, 12/22
Explore the key role that northeast Ohio played in the art and life of American artist Charles Burchfield. He experimented avidly with watercolor, which allowed him to develop a new abstract style that defined his work.

Open Studio
Sundays, and Holiday Dates: Thurs, 12/20, 12/27, and 1/3
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Join us for drop-in art making! Everyone is encouraged to imagine, experiment, and create. Enjoy special holiday pop-out Open Studios in the atrium on Thurs, 12/20, 12/27, and 1/3.

CMA at Transformer Station
OPEN NOW: In Her Image: Photographs by Rania Matar
Through Sun, 1/13/19
Lebanese-American photographer Rania Matar uses the portrait to examine the nature of female identity in girlhood, adolescence, and middle age in the United States and the Middle East. Read the Akron Beacon Journal review.

Check out the blog post recapping the CMA teen co-op panel event with artist Rania Matar here! This discussion with the artist and local thought leaders explored the complexities and universality of the mother-daughter relationship and womanhood.