This Week at CMA: 4.22.19–4.28.19

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April 22, 2019
Landscape with a Windmill , 1646. Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682).

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

Video courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art
OPEN NOW
Members: See it FREE | Member Guests: Half Off
Tickets
“The big new Shinto exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art is the latest in a long line of excellent, Cleveland-only cultural experiences dished up by one of America’s greatest art museums.” — Steven Litt via The Plain Dealer

Video courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950
OPEN NOW | FREE
Discover the pioneering photographs of iconic American artist Gordon Parks as he chronicled life in the 20th century.

Landscape with a Windmill, 1646. Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682). Oil on wood; 49.5 x 68.5 cm. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1967.19

Lecture: Jacob van Ruisdael’s Landscape with a Windmill: Human Ingenuity and Divine Favor
Wed, 4/24, 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: John Walsh
FREE |Tickets
Eminent scholar John Walsh (Yale, Harvard, J. Paul Getty Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MFA Boston) examines this brilliant painting by a precocious 18-year-old who became the greatest landscape painter in the Netherlands. The work is currently a highlight of the CMA’s newly reinstalled Northern European galleries.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Special Event
Cherry Blossom Picnics
Sun, 4/28
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
FREE | no ticket required
Gather with friends and family and enjoy the beauty of the Fine Arts Garden. Picnickers wearing pink or white receive free admission to Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art.

Installation view, Raúl de Nieves: Fina, February 2–April 28, 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art at the Transformer Station. Photo © The Cleveland Museum of Art

CMA at Transformer Station
Raúl de Nieves: Fina
FINAL WEEK| FREE
“Through energetic acts of accumulation that involve sewing, gluing, cutting and sculpting, the artist turns military surplus jumpsuits and humble, craft supplies into opulent celebrations of the senses and the joy of living.”- Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer. This exhibition is organized by the CMA and is on view at Transformer Station.