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This Week at CMA: 5.14.18–5.20.18

May 14, 2018
327, 329, and 331 Washington Street, between Jay and Harrison Streets, 1966–67. Danny Lyon (American, 1942-). 2011.253

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

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

LAST CHANCE: Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Members FREE, Reserve Tickets
Through Sun, 5/20
See all the news that was fit to paint at #EyewitnessCMA! 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.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Stroller Tours
Wed, 5/16
Join us the second or third Wednesday of each month for a casual and lively discussion led by a museum educator in the galleries — just for parents and caregivers and their pre-toddler age (18 months and younger) children.

327, 329, and 331 Washington Street, Between Jay and Harrison Streets, 1966–67. Danny Lyon (American, born 1942). Gelatin silver print; 23.5 x 30 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2011.253. © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos

EXHIBITION OPENING: Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan
Sat, 5/19
Lyon’s documentary series became the model for visual work addressing the aging infrastructure of American cities, and the perils of the 1960s policy of urban renewal through demolition.

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.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Daily Guided Tours
There’s nothing better than tagging along on a public tour to learn new perspectives and hear great storytelling about the works in our collections. Public tours are offered daily at 1:00 p.m. Tours depart from the information desk in the Ames Family Atrium.