Cleveland Art, March/April 2020
- Member Magazine
In this issue of the members magazine: Acquisitions 2019; Meet Kristen Windmuller-Luna; Queen of the Leica; Gold Needles; A Graphic Revolution; Aleksandra Vrebalov Antennae; 17th Century Meets 21st; Exploring the Americas
Acquisitions 2019
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s mission is to create transformative experiences through art, for the benefit of all the people forever. The encyclopedic collection—ranging from the ancient world through today, representing art created in all corners of the globe—is central to our identity. Each year w...
Meet Kristen Windmuller-Luna
Kristen Windmuller-Luna joined the museum as curator of African arts in January, having previously held a curatorial post at the Brooklyn Museum. A widely published scholar, she was featured in Henry Louis Gates’s 2017 PBS documentary Africa’s Great Civilizations. She graduated with a BA in art hist...
Queen of the Leica
Gold Needles
In partnership with the Seoul Museum of Craft Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art presents Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea to celebrate the textile arts of Korean women during the later years of the Joseon dynasty (1392−1910). At that time, when the conservative interpretation of neo-Confucian...
One Hundred Children at Play (detail), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Ten-panel folding screen; embroidery on silk. Seoul Museum of Craft Art, 2018-D-Huh-0001
A Graphic Revolution
Printmaking gained popularity throughout Latin America beginning in the early 20th century, offering artists a new, democratic way to express themselves while reaching the broadest possible audience. Working in countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico, artists began to experime...
Aleksandra Vrebalov Antennae
The world premiere of Antennae by Aleksandra Vrebalov is the third in a series of compositions commissioned by the museum in partnership with the Cleveland Foundation. This evening-long sound experience features members of the Kovilj Monastery choir, 60 local singers, four trumpets, two organs from...
17th Century Meets 21st
In 2017 two interns from the Patricia H. and Richard E. Garmin Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State College worked to restore a 17th-century British overmantel by Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721) that now graces the new British gallery. Mary Wilcop was the William E. and Mary F. Conway Grad...
Exploring the Americas
As a young girl, Andrea Vazquez de Arthur took art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art and attended jazz concerts in its courtyard. “My dad would bring me here often on the weekends,” she says. “The African and Native American masks really stood out.”
She is still studying the art of the Americas...
Andrea Vazquez de Arthur