This Week at CMA: 7.30–8.5.18

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July 30, 2018
Installation image of Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors with wall-height red, pink, and yellow artworks.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

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

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
OPEN NOW: Through Sun, 9/30
Ticket Sales: Every Monday, next sale: 8/6
#InfiniteKusama tickets are still available! The next opportunity to purchase tickets will take place on Mon, August 6. Limited availability. 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.

A stop on the Kusama Connections tour. Installation view of Twilight in the Wilderness, 1860. Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900). Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

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. Learn more about the tour via the blog post here.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Art Stories
Saturdays, 11–11:30 a.m.
Read, look, and play at CMA! Join us for this weekly story time that combines children’s books, CMA artworks, and interactive fun. Designed for children ages 2 to 6 and their favorite grown-up. Each session begins in the atrium and ends with a gallery walk.

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. Learn more about the exhibition via the Plain Dealer article here.

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. This exhibition is part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.