This Week at CMA: 7.9–7.15.18

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July 9, 2018
Statuette of a Woman: "The Stargazer", c. 3000 BCE. Western Anatolia, early Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BCE). 1993.165Public Domain

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

Installation view of Dots Obsession — Love Transformed into Dots (2007) at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929). Mixed-media installation. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore; Victoria Miro, London; David Zwirner, New York. © Yayoi Kusama. Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
OPEN NOW: Through Sun, 9/30
Ticket Sales: Every Monday Beginning 7/16
Weekly ticket sales will take place on Mondays throughout the run of the exhibition beginning Mon, 7/16, from 9:00 a.m.5:00 p.m., or until tickets sell out. On this day only, tickets will be available for purchase for any open date and time slot. After 7/16, tickets sold during the weekly ticket sales will only include a date and time for that week.

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.

FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Open Sat, 7/14
With a roster of national, international and area-based artists at all points in their career, FRONT will examine the ever-changing and politically urgent conditions of an American city. The Cleveland Museum of Art will present new commissions in addition to works by artists that variously engage the museum’s architecture, its community, and the history and contemporary landscapes of Cleveland as An American City.

Jupiter and Okwess, Image copyright Florent de la Tullaye

City Stages: Jupiter & Okwess​
Sat, 7/14, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Location: Euclid Avene, between Mayfield Road and East 115th Street
From Kinshasa, Jupiter Bonkodji and his band infuse a wealth of traditional Congolese rhythms into contemporary African music. City Stages is presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art and FRONT International.

Meditation at the Museum
Monthly, second Saturday, 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Clear your mind and refresh your spirit with meditation sessions led by experienced practitioners. All are welcome; no prior experience with meditation is required.