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This Week at CMA: 7.23–7.29.18

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July 23, 2018
Statuette of a Woman: "The Stargazer", c. 3000 BCE. Western Anatolia, early Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BCE).

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: 7/30
#InfiniteKusama tickets are still available! The next opportunity to purchase tickets will take place on Mon, July 30 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.

Photo courtesy Multiflora Productions.

City Stages: Orquesta el Macabeo
Wed, 7/25, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Location: Transformer Station, West 29th Street and Church Avenue
One of the great sensations of the current Puerto Rican salsa scene, Orquesta el Macabeo updates the island’s salsa tradition with new ideas and energy. City Stages is presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art and FRONT International.

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.

1400 West 25th Street at Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 2018. Allen Ruppersberg (American, b. 1944). LED light box with Duratran film, vinyl wallpaper. Photo © The Cleveland Museum of Art. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.

Allen Ruppersberg: Then and Now
Through Sun, 12/2
Pollock Focus Gallery (010)
Ruppersberg pays homage to his hometown in a new series of photographs taken from the vantage point of billboards across Cleveland. Installed in metal light boxes, they serve as a reminder of the city’s industrial history.