This Week at CMA: 7.16–7.22.18

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July 16, 2018

Statuette of a Woman: "The Stargazer", c. 3000 BCE. Western Anatolia, early Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BCE). 1993.165

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

Image courtesy: Cleveland Museum of Art.

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
OPEN NOW: Through Sun, 9/30
Ticket Sales: Every Monday, next sale: 7/23
The next opportunity to purchase #InfiniteKusama tickets will take place on Mon, July 23 with LIMITED AVAILABILITY for that week only. Visitors can purchase tickets every Monday throughout the run of the exhibition via online and phone only. Extremely limited weekend and evening tickets will be available during these sales.

Statuette of a Woman: “The Stargazer”, c. 3000 BC. Early Bronze Age, Western Anatolia?, 3rd Millennium BC
marble, Overall: 17.2 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm (6 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund 1993.165

Kusama Connections Tours
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. through Sun, 9/30
Join a CMA-trained volunteer docent for special themed tours of the permanent collection that explore museum highlights related to Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors. Tours limited to 30; meet in the atrium. Admission to the exhibition is not included.

Study for Souvenir II, 1997. Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955). Charcoal on paper; 95.2 x 60.9 cm. © Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Kerry James Marshall:Works on Paper
Through Sun, 10/21
James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Gallery (101)
Over the past 35 years, Marshall has created groundbreaking and widely acclaimed work that challenges art historical traditions by representing narratives composed entirely of African American figures. A monumental woodcut anchors the exhibition, accompanied by smaller drawings. This exhibition is part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.

City Stages: Sidi Touré
Wed, 7/18, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Transformer Station, West 29th Street and Church Avenue
A highly acclaimed practitioner of Songhai music whose band features the most exciting new faces on the Malian music scene, Sidi Touré makes music driven by the energy and groove of the rhythms — a danceable, dynamic, trance music overflowing with joy and carried by the beauty of Sidi’s voice. City Stages is presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art and FRONT International.

Play Day at CMA: Polka-Dot Picnic
Sun, 7/22, 11:00–4:00
What better way to celebrate summer than with a pattern-filled picnic? Expect art making, music, and games. Outside the museum, stop by the mobile art studio, Studio Go, and jump from one activity to another on our art-inspired hopscotch. Also enjoy a reading by Ellen Weinstein, award-winning illustrator of Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity! at 11:30 and 1:30. Book signing outside the Museum Store at 12:00 and 2:00. Copies will be available for purchase at the Museum Store.