New! Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors Member Presale

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Cleveland, OH (May 16, 2018)—The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) will offer a one-day only member presale for tickets to Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors on Monday, June 18, beginning at 9:00 a.m. This will be the final opportunity for members to reserve advance tickets to the exhibition. 

The sale is open to any new or current member who has not reserved tickets to the exhibition. Free timed tickets will be limited by level of membership and are not guaranteed. Members may reserve tickets if their membership account is active through the date of their ticket. To reserve tickets in the one-day member sale, the last day to join or renew is June 14 (excludes mail renewals and new gift memberships). To verify, renew or upgrade membership levels, or to confirm log-in information, go to ClevelandArt.org/members or call the ticket center at 216-421-7350. Members who have already reserved their Kusama member tickets may not purchase additional tickets at this time. 

The museum recommends reserving tickets through its online platform by visiting ClevelandArt.org/Kusama. Tickets can also be reserved by phone at 216-421-7350. There will be no on-site ticket sales.

Based on the exhibition’s popularity, tickets are expected to book quickly. Your first choice of date and time may not be available, so have other date and time options in mind when reserving tickets. The exhibition will be on view at the CMA from July 7 to September 30, 2018, in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Hall and Gallery, as well as in the Ames Family Atrium. So far, visitors from 47 states have reserved tickets and will travel to Cleveland, the only Midwest venue, to see Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors.

Weekly ticket sales will occur on Mondays throughout the run of the exhibition beginning Monday, July 16, at 9:00 a.m. Due to Labor Day (Monday, September 3), that week’s ticket sale will occur on Tuesday, September 4. Sales will take place online and by phone only. Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for children 6–17, and free for children 5 and under (limit 2 children up to age 17 per adult ticket). Visit ClevelandArt.org/Kusama for more details.

Member Tickets

*Open to active members who have not already reserved tickets

Free timed tickets for members will be available Monday, June 18, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Tickets are not guaranteed. 

Phone sales: Beginning at 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Online sales: Beginning at 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Ticket Limits:

• Friend ($65): 1 adult ticket per membership
• Partner ($90): 2 adult tickets per membership
• Ambassador ($140): 2 adult tickets per membership
• Fellow ($250): 4 adult tickets per membership 
• Contributing ($500): 4 adult tickets per membership
• Director’s Circle ($1,000): 4 adult tickets per membership
• President’s Circle ($2,500) and above: 6 adult tickets per membership

Partner level and above may reserve up to 4 children’s (up to age 17) tickets. Friend level may reserve up to 2 children’s (up to age 17) tickets. No additional tickets are available for purchase at this time. Tickets are nontransferable and nonrefundable. An ID and a CMA membership card must be presented with tickets. Membership account must be active through the date of the ticket.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The museum is closed Mondays.

On select Tuesdays and Thursdays, the museum will remain open until 9 p.m. to offer visitors additional times to view Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors. No other galleries will be open during that time.

About Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors celebrates the legendary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s 65-year career. The exhibition spans the range of Kusama’s work, from her groundbreaking paintings and performances of the 1960s, when she staged polka-dot “Happenings” in the streets of New York, to her widely admired immersive installations and the US debut of her recent series of paintings, My Eternal Soul. Visitors have the unprecedented opportunity to experience seven of Kusama’s captivating Infinity Mirror Rooms, including Where the Lights in My Heart Go, exclusive to the exhibition’s presentation in Cleveland. Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors provides an unforgettable sensory journey through the mind and legacy of one of the world’s most significant artists. 

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors is organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

WINNER! 2017 Best Contemporary / Postwar Solo Artist Exhibition, Global Fine Art Awards

Photo caption: Yayoi Kusama with recent works in Tokyo, 2016. Photo by Tomoaki Makino. Courtesy of the artist. © Yayoi Kusama