Check out these five must-attend events this week at the CMA.
Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe Members FREE, Reserve Tickets OPEN NOW through Sun, 5/20 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.
Mix: Philosophy Friday, April 6, 6:00–10:00 p.m. Purchase Tickets Have a think, and grab a drink in honor of #Rodin100. One hundred years after Auguste Rodin’s death, his iconic sculpture The Thinker remains a symbol of philosophy, freedom, and knowledge. Join us for an evening of intellectually stimulating programming designed to spark your cerebral cortex — and your dance moves.
Play Day at CMA: Teen Takeover Sunday, April 8, 2018, 11:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Ames Family Atrium Join us for a special Play Day designed and facilitated by high school students from the CMA’s Museum Ambassadors and Teen CO-OP programs. Bring your family or come on your own, and enjoy art-making activities, performances, and gallery experiences!
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. In conjunction with this exhibition, see Name Announcer, a durational performance piece that explores public space and how individuals relate to one another, and the first work of its kind to enter the museum’s collection, through September 30, 2018.
CMA at Transformer Station: Dana Schutz: Eating Atom Bombs FINAL WEEKS: Through Sun, 4/15 This exhibition debuts a new series of paintings by Schutz that focuses on the precariousness of our current political and social moment. On view at the Transformer Station. Read the Washington Postreview. Take a closer look at this exhibition.