Cleveland Art, July/August 2018
- Member Magazine
In this issue of the members magazine: Kerry James Marshall; Not That Kind of Victorian; Building Images; June and Simon K. C. Li; City Stages.
Untitled 1999. Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955). Woodcut, 12 panels; each 251.6 x 130.3 cm. Collection of the Orlando Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Acquisition Trust. Photo: Howard Agriesti. © Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Kerry James Marshall
Investigating the way things come to be what they are—and visualizing how they might be something different—lies at the heart of Kerry James Marshall: Works on Paper. Comprising 12 four-by-eight-foot panels, the large-scale woodcut anchoring the show exemplifies what Marshall has characterized as hi...
Untitled, 1999. Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955). Woodcut, 12 panels; each 251.6 x 130.3 cm. Collection of the Orlando Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Acquisition Trust. Photo: Howard Agriesti. © Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Not That Kind of Victorian
William Morris celebrated the thrushes in the garden of his country home, Kelmscott Manor, by designing the now iconic pattern Strawberry Thief. He could never have imagined that the design would be in use 135 years later on items as varied as Dr. Martens combat boots and tea cozies. Designed in 188...
Persistent Pattern, A modern iteration in blue and cream of Daisy, the first wallpaper produced by Morris & Co.
Building Images
Building Elements, Installation view in the east wing glass box of sculpture by Marlon de Azambuja and photographs by Luisa Lambri
June and Simon K. C. Li
With the establishment of the June and Simon K. C. Li Center for Chinese Painting Conservation, the Cleveland Museum of Art becomes a leader among US museums to advance the field. The center is made possible by a transformative $1.5 million gift from June and Simon K. C. Li, a philanthropic Californ...
Photo by Jamie Pham
City Stages
The museum’s popular summer concerts return in expanded form! The city’s premier global music series now reaches into five neighborhoods throughout the city. In partnership with FRONT International, the expanded City Stages series features the very best in global music, in neighborhoods where Clevel...
Photo by Scott Shaw