This Week at CMA: 3.19.18–3.25.18
- Blog Post
- Events and Programs
- Exhibitions

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

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Purchase Tickets
Through Sun, 5/20
Classical Café Series: Every Tuesday in March
See all the news that was fit to paint at #EyewitnessCMA! Centuries before Instagram, Twitter, or even photography, view paintings recorded history as it happened. This exhibition is your chance to travel back in time to be an eyewitness to the most significant events of 18th-century Europe. Read the Plain Dealer review. Watch the exhibition trailer. Join us every Tuesday in March from 1:00–2:00 p.m. for live classical music in the Ames Family Atrium, featuring performances by members of the Cleveland Orchestra in honor of #EyewitnessCMA!

Wu Man with Huayin Shadow Puppet Band
Wed, 3/21
Wu Man, the internationally renowned pipa virtuoso, joins the brilliant Huayin Shadow Puppet Band for an evening of old-tune traditional music with shadow puppetry.

Close-Looking Session: Dana Schutz’s Eating Atom Bombs
Thu, 3/22
Explore select works in Dana Schutz: Eating Atom Bombs through a series of questions that examine the connection between the state of America today and Schutz’s sculptures and paintings. Learn more about close looking here.

OPEN NOW: Recent Acquisitions 2014–2017
Since 2014, the museum has acquired more than 2,000 works of art through purchase, gift, or bequest; this exhibition highlights 29 of these works that will pique your curiosity, stimulate your imagination, and perhaps even surprise you.

FINAL WEEK: Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar
Through Sun, 3/25
See a 4.5-ton, intricately carved bas-relief sculpture from the National Museum of Cambodia on display for the first time in the United States and shown exclusively in Cleveland. Read the review by the Plain Dealer.