This Week at CMA: 4.30.18–5.6.18

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April 30, 2018

Plants and Leaves, Hawaii, c. 1985. Brett Weston (American, 1911–1993).

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

The Eruption of Vesuvius, 1771. Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1799). Oil on canvas; 116.8 x 242.9 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection, 1978.426. Image: The Art Institute of Chicago / Bridgeman Images

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
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FINAL WEEKS: 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, and take a closer look at Eyewitness Views: through the blog Take a Trip Through 18th Century Europe.

Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus (Giver of Blessings), early AD 500s. Early Byzantine. Wool; 136.5 x 114 cm. Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington, DC, BZ.1929.1

Annual Harvey Buchanan Lecture in Art History and the Humanities
Housing the Body — Dressing the House: Studying and Displaying Byzantine Textiles
Wed, 5/2
Gudrun Bühl, PhD, museum director and curator at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, discusses how the Byzantines related to textiles, with particular attention to ideas that draw on the material properties of fabric.

Mix: Spectacle
Friday, May 4, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
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Join us for a night of splendor as we celebrate the special exhibition Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe. In the 1700s, Venice was renowned for its extravagant celebrations. Tonight, we present a spectacle of our own with live music, dancing, and wearable art. Enjoy specialty cocktails and free admission to the exhibition.

Plants and Leaves, Hawaii, c. 1985. Brett Weston (American, 1911–1993). Gelatin silver print; 34.9 x 26.8 cm. Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Christian Keesee Collection, 2017.168. © The Brett Weston Archive

Brett Weston: Photographs
FINAL WEEK: Through Sun, 5/6
“Nature is a great artist. The greatest,” said photographer Brett Weston. Drawn from the museum’s collection, this exhibition surveys four decades of his work and debuts more than 40 photographs from the Brett Weston Archive. Learn more about Brett Weston and his father, photographer Edward Weston, on CMA Thinker.

Portrait #16, South Africa, 2016, printed 2017. Pieter Hugo (South African, b. 1976). Digital chromogenic print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2017.67. © Pieter Hugo, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York

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.

Name Announcer, Date n/a. Pierre Huyghe (French, 1962-). Durational performance, . Purchased with funds from an anonymous donor 2017.191 © Pierre Huyghe 2011.

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.