Cleveland Art, December 2009
- Member Magazine
Articles in this issue: Dreamscape; Form Without Function; A Focus on Fiber; Education; Performance; Calendar.
A Taste for Flemish Art
Stephen N. Fliegel Curator of Medieval Art
The museum recently acquired a distinctive and beautiful sculpture of the Enthroned Virgin and Child. This impressively carved work is, on stylistic grounds, probably by the hand of Gil de Siloé or a member of his important workshop. A sculptor of northern o...
Dreamscape
William H. Robinson Curator of Modern European Art
The museum recently expanded its collection of modern European art through the acquisition of a major painting by Yves Tanguy, one of the most important and influential artists of the Surrealist movement. Drafted into the French army in 1918, Tanguy...
Form Without Function
Stephen Harrison Curator of Decorative Art and Design
For the first time in her long, illustrious career as one of America’s greatest living ceramic artists, the Cleveland Museum of Art is currently showcasing the work of Toshiko Takaezu. Installed in the gallery devoted to post-1945 decorative art a...
A Focus on Fiber
Martha Young President, Textile Art Alliance with TAA member Ruta Marino
The first meeting of the Textile Art Alliance (until 1986 the Textile Arts Club) was convened in November 1934, with the enthusiastic support of CMA director William M. Milliken and Gertrude Underhill, associate curator in charg...
