Cleveland Art, 2025, Issue 4
- Member Magazine
In This Issue: Still, Yet Moving: Ann Hamilton and Photography, still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper, A Spring Exhibition Preview: Anticipating Manet & Morisot, Martin Puryear, and Pahari Paintings, Welcoming a World Treasure: The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva from the Goryeo Dynasty, Born-Digital Auction Catalogs, Reimagining Digital Innovation
Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (detail), 1872. Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883). Oil on canvas; 55.5 x 40.5 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Purchase with the participation of the Heritage Fund, the Meyer Foundation, China Times Group, and sponsorship coordinated by the daily Nikkei, 1998, RF 1998 30. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
still/emerging
still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper is the first exhibition to highlight the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection of prints and drawings by Native American artists. In 2022, the creation of the museum’s Indigenous Peoples and Land Acknowledgment inspired a commitment to greatly strengthen...
Bischkisché: Among the Willows, 2023. Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow, b. 1981). Acrylic and graphite on kitakata paper and coated pastel paper; 50 x 70.1 cm. Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2024.170.1. © Wendy Red Star, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
A Spring Exhibition Preview
In the New Year, a wave of dynamic exhibitions arrives at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The season begins with Manet & Morisot, featuring the artistic relationship between Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot and her friend and colleague, Édouard Manet. It continues with Martin Puryear: Nexus, the mo...
Welcoming a World Treasure
In June 2025, the Cleveland Museum of Art acquired an exceptionally rare hanging scroll dated to the mid-14th-century Goryeo dynasty of Korea—one of only 10 known surviving examples in the world—depicting a standing image of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏菩薩). Shown as a youthful Buddhist monk in simple...
Born-Digital Auction Catalogs
Art auction sales catalogs represent a primary source for various types of information relating to art and artists, including provenance, or the recorded history of the ownership of an artwork through time. Establishing provenance is critical in determining the authenticity and rightful legal owners...
A Gift to the Cleveland Community
Sally and Larry Sears have been devoted members and benefactors of the Cleveland Museum of Art for more than 40 years, playing a vital role in its continued growth and impact. Specifically, their support of the CMA’s educational initiatives, most notably the establishment of the Sally and Larry Sear...
Sally and Larry Sears
Classical, Vocal Traditions, New Jazz
Last year, the performing arts department presented more than 100 events. This year is on track to be equally busy. With so many offerings, it can be difficult to choose which performances to attend. Therefore, I’d like to highlight one show per month from December through February that I am really...
Tarta Relena. Photo © DUNA VALLÈS
Supporter Story
Howard Freedman and Rita Montlack’s earliest memories of the Cleveland Museum of Art date back to their school days, when each visited on a field trip. Though they attended different schools, their recollections are strikingly similar: Both were awestruck by the museum’s many wonders, especially the...
Howard Freedman and Rita Montlack in front of Rita’s Hopeful installation at the Summa Health Hospital Emergency Room, holding a recent addition to their collection: an inflatable Nana by a favorite artist of theirs, the late Niki de Saint Phalle
Where Art Meets Innovation
Conservation has long served as a meaningful point of collaboration between Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin and the Cleveland Museum of Art. At the CMA, the conservation team plays a critical role in caring for the museum’s internationally lauded permanent collection, advising on acquisitions, displ...
Dean Yoder, Lapis Senior Conservator of Paintings and head of paintings conservation examining Caravaggio’s Crucifixion of Saint Andrew with the antivibration microscope gantry system designed in collaboration with Parker Hannifin