It has been some years since I had seen a painting by Albert Pinkham Ryder at the Cleveland Museum of Art. This time I couldn't persuade myself to finish the paintings in the first gallery of American Art before I went into the second. So I passed works works by Ashcan artists, decorative arts objects … Continue reading Temptation and Death at the Cleveland Museum
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An Explosion of Thought
Several museums in the United States have an example of Rodin's The Thinker. There's the Nelson-Atkins in Kansas City, The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, as well as examples in Louisville, Baltimore and California. More than 20 monumental-sized bronze casts of the sculpture are in museums around the world. In addition, there are sculptures of different … Continue reading An Explosion of Thought
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe
First major U.S. exhibition of Christian relics and reliquaries premieres in Cleveland — organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum and the British Museum This fall the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) will premiere a groundbreaking exhibition examining the role of relics and reliquaries in the development of Christianity and the … Continue reading Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe
Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889; Cleveland. 2009
A major international exhibition opening this fall at the Cleveland Museum of Art explores a watershed moment of transformation in Gauguin's career that introduces the themes, motifs and the style that would emerge as hallmarks of his career. Featuring more than 75 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by Paul Gauguin and his contemporaries, Paul … Continue reading Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889; Cleveland. 2009
The Cleveland Museum of Art Returns
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) returned more than 900 works of art to 19 spectacularly renovated galleries on the second floor of its historic 1916 museum building on June 29. These works from the museum’s permanent collection have been in storage since 2005 when CMA closed for an expansion and renovation project that is … Continue reading The Cleveland Museum of Art Returns
Urban Art & Antiques 