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This Week at CMA: 5.21–5.27.18

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May 21, 2018
Aerial View of Manhattan, 1966–67. Danny Lyon (American, 1942-). 2011.236Copyright

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

Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan
OPEN NOW
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. Read the New Yorker article.

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.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Film: Discover Arts Series: Hitler vs. Picasso and the Others
Tue, 5/22
Directed by Claudio Poli. In 1937 the Nazi regime held two exhibitions in Munich: one to stigmatize “degenerate art,” and one curated by Hitler to glorify “classic art.” Italian actor Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty) narrates this account of the systematic bartering, looting, and destruction of great art during WWII. Features masterpieces by Botticelli, Klee, Matisse, Monet, Chagall, Renoir, and Gauguin.

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.

Open Studio
Every Sunday, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
FREE, no registration required.
All ages welcome.
Join us for drop-in art making in our new Make Space. Everyone is encouraged to imagine, experiment, and create. Each week features a new art idea. You’ll find us on the classroom level of the museum.