Cleveland Art, 2025, Issue 2
- Member Magazine
In This Issue of the Members Magazine: A Talk with Takashi Murakami, Rose Iron Works, Chinese Photos at the Millennium, the Road to Renaissance to Runway, the Bubon Statue Departs, an Endowment for Contemporary Art, Transformer Station Activated, Solstice’s 14th Celebration
Takashi Murakami. Photo: Shin Suzuki. © Takashi Murakami / Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
A Talk with Takashi Murakami
Just before the opening of Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, former Margaret and Loyal Wilson Chief Exhibition, Design, and Publications Officer Heidi Strean spoke with artist Takashi Murakami about the multifaceted contemporary exhibition presented at the CMA. Encounter the depth...
White Tiger and Family 2024–25. Takashi Murakami. Acrylic on canvas mounted on aluminum frame; 180 x 214.1 cm. © 2024–25 Takashi Murakami / Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Photo: Kei Okano. Courtesy of Gagosian
Rose Iron Works
Keen on learning about local heritage as a new Clevelander, I took up an invitation from CMA conservators Beth Edelstein and Colleen Snyder to visit the Rose Iron Works studio in October 2023. The CMA’s collection of decorative arts, the care of which I had assumed two months prior, includes Muse wi...
Chinese Photos at the Millennium
In the People’s Republic of China between 1949 and 1978, photography’s principal function was to serve the government by presenting idealized images of life under Chairman Mao and communist rule. Access to photographic equipment was reserved primarily for official publications and purposes. In 1978,...
The Road to Renaissance to Runway
When conceiving any curatorial project, including a major fashion exhibition like Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses, hurdles arise, from deciding on narratives to reconciling a meandering object checklist. Take a look behind the scenes at my journey on the road to Renaissance to Run...
Ensemble, resort 2025. Ian Griffiths (British, b. 1963) for Max Mara (Italy, est. 1951). Burned silk velvet bonded with sable wool. Max Mara. Photo: Vogue. © Condé Nast
The Bubon Statue Departs
Through July 8, 2025, a monumental ancient bronze statue of a draped male figure stands at the center of the Monte and Usha Ahuja Founders Rotunda. Acquired by the CMA in good faith in 1986, the statue was recently deaccessioned for return to Türkiye after scientific tests showed that it likely once...
Adorning Ritual
Because of the success of the first installation of loans from the Jewish Museum, New York, at the CMA, the museums have partnered again for a new display of Jewish ceremonial art. The Jewish Museum has one of the world’s largest and most important collections of Jewish ritual art. The concept of th...
Marriage Wall Panel or Tabletop, 1700s–early 1800s. Italy. Marble: inlaid with cut stones; 97.8 x 146.7 x 5.7 cm. The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Gift in memory of Curtis Hereld; Edward and Helene Toledano Fund; Traditional Judaica Acquisitions Committee Fund; Dennis Stein Bequest; Judaica Endowment Fund; Phil and Norma Fine Fund; Gift in memory of Frieda and Felix Warburg and Edward M.M. Warburg; Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman, by exchange; Gifts of Alex Schmelzer, Lisa Rotmil, and Family; Helen and Jack Cytryn Fund; and Gifts of the Jewish Museum Volunteer Association and the Ellis Goodman Family Foundation, 2007-1. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Museum, New York
Endowment for Contemporary Art
Lauren Rich Fine is both a community leader and a prolific collector of contemporary art; her leadership, foresight, and financial support has helped catapult the CMA onto the world stage of contemporary art. Fine first visited the museum as a child. Upon her return to Cleveland as an adult in 1996,...
Lauren Rich Fine. Photo courtesy of Lauren Rich Fine