This Week at CMA: 9.17.18–9.23.18

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September 17, 2018

Exhibition image of people in a dark room with speckled blue, green, and orange lights, reflected in mirrors. — Image courtesy Scott Shaw Photography for the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
Through Sun, 9/30
FINAL SALE: Mon, 9/24
The LAST CHANCE to purchase #InfiniteKusama tickets is Mon, 9/24 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Tickets will be sold out after that day’s sale ends. Extremely limited availability. Online and phone purchase only. The museum strongly encourages purchasing tickets online as phone sales will have longer wait times.

Untitled (Club Study II), 2013. Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955). Watercolor and pencil on paper; 72.3 x 66.1 cm. © Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Curator Talk: Allen Ruppersberg and Kerry James Marshall
Wed, 9/19
Experience the work of two groundbreaking artists in this curator-led tour of the FRONT exhibitions Allen Ruppersberg: Then and Now and Kerry James Marshall: Works on Paper.

Film: Kusama — Infinity
Fri, 9/21, Sat, 9/22, Sun, 9/23, Tue, 9/25
Yayoi Kusama’s life and work are surveyed in this acclaimed new documentary made by a former resident of northeast Ohio. Director Heather Lenz will answer audience questions following the screenings on 9/22 and 9/23. Note: admission to the film does not include admission to the #InfiniteKusama exhibition.

Video courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art

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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, Greene Naftali, New York, and Marc Selwyn Fine Art.

Allen Ruppersberg: Then and Now
Through Sun, 12/2
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 reminders of the city’s industrial history. Commissioned by FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.