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This Week at CMA: 4.16.18–4.22.18

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April 16, 2018
Mojave Desert Clouds, 1936. Brett Weston (American, 1911–1993). 1992.52Copyright

Check out these five must-attend events this week at the CMA.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Members FREE, Reserve Tickets
OPEN NOW through Sun, 5/20
See all the news that was fit to paint at #EyewitnessCMA! Centuries before Instagram, Twitter, or even photography, view paintings recorded history as it happened. This exhibition is your chance to travel back in time to be an eyewitness to the most significant events of 18th-century Europe. Read the Plain Dealer review. Watch the exhibition trailer.

Mojave Desert Clouds, 1936. Brett Weston (American, 1911–1993). Gelatin silver print; 19.2 x 23.9 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.52. © The Brett Weston Archive

Curator Talk: Brett Weston
Wed, 4/18
Join Curator of Photography Barbara Tannenbaum in an exploration of the six-decade-long career of this “photographer’s photographer.”

Image courtesy Stephen Bivens.

Speak Up, Speak Out: Ekphrastic Poetry Day
Sat, 4/21
Free + open to all
Ekphrastic poetry brings art to life through words. Come experience how poets reimagine artwork with words in honor of National Poetry Month.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Open Studio
Every Sunday, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
FREE, no registration required.
Join us for drop-in art making in our new Make Space. Everyone is encouraged to imagine, experiment, and create. Each week features a new art idea. You’ll find us on the classroom level of the museum.

Name Announcer, Date n/a. Pierre Huyghe (French, 1962-). Durational performance, . Purchased with funds from an anonymous donor 2017.191 © Pierre Huyghe 2011.

OPEN NOW: Recent Acquisitions 2014–2017
Since 2014, the museum has acquired more than 2,000 works of art through purchase, gift, or bequest; this exhibition highlights 29 of these works that will pique your curiosity, stimulate your imagination, and perhaps even surprise you. In conjunction with this exhibition, see Name Announcer, a durational performance piece that explores public space and how individuals relate to one another, and the first work of its kind to enter the museum’s collection, through September 30, 2018.