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This Week at CMA: 1.2.19–1.6.19

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January 2, 2019
Visitors looking at paintings hanging in the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

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

Video courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Two exhibitions. One price.
Secure your 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.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

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 Forbes article here and dive deeper into the exhibition with the blog post here.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

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.

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MIX: Pop
Fri, 1/4, 6:00 p.m.
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Artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Claes Oldenburg bridged the gap between fine art and pop culture. Celebrate one of the most recognizable styles of modern art — Pop Art — and enjoy specialty drinks and a mix of old and new popular music, including sounds of today that sampled the sounds from the Pop Art era from DJ Red-I.

The Sun through the Trees, 1917. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Watercolor; 51.4 x 36.2 cm (20 3/16 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 804.1930. Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation.

Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920
OPEN NOW
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. Read the Plain Dealer review.

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New Acquisitions On View Now in New Northern European Galleries
The completely redesigned galleries features several important new acquisitions on view for the first time. Learn more #ontheblog here.

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Open Studio
Sundays, and Holiday Dates: Thurs, 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, 12/27, and 1/3.

Soraya and Tala, Yarze, Lebanon, from the series Unspoken Conversations, 2014. Rania Matar (American, born 1964). Inkjet print; 28.8 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist and Robert Klein Gallery

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.

Images courtesy MercyWerks Studios for Cleveland Museum of Art.

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.