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This Week at CMA: 7.2–7.8.18

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July 2, 2018
View South on Cliff Street at its Intersection with Beekman Street, 1966–67. Danny Lyon (American, 1942-). 2011.241Copyright

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

Infinity Mirrored Room — The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, 2013. Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929). Wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic panel, rubber, LED lighting system, acrylic balls, and water; 287.6 x 415.3 x 415.3 cm (113 1/4 x 163 1/2 x 163 1/2 in). Courtesy of David Zwirner, New York. © Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
OPEN THIS WEEK: Sat, 7/7–Sun, 9/30
Don’t have your tickets yet? No problem! Weekly ticket sales will occur on Mondays throughout the run of the exhibition beginning Monday, July 16, at 9:00 a.m. Tickets sold during the weekly ticket sales after Mon, 7/16 will only include a date and time for that week.

View South on Cliff Street at Its Intersection with Beekman Street, 1966–67. Danny Lyon (American, born 1942). Gelatin silver print; 27.9 x 35.6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2011.241. © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos

Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan
OPEN NOW
Lyon’s documentary series became the model for visual work addressing the aging infrastructure of American cities, and the perils of the 1960s policy of urban renewal through demolition. Read the New Yorker article.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Art Stories
Sat, 7/7
Join us for this weekly story time that combines children’s books, CMA artworks, and interactive fun. Designed for children ages 2 to 5 and their favorite grown-up.

Statuette of a Woman: “The Stargazer”, c. 3000 BC. Early Bronze Age, Western Anatolia?, 3rd Millennium BC
marble, Overall: 17.2 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm (6 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund 1993.165

Kusama Connections Tours
Sun, 7/8–9/30
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Join a CMA-trained volunteer docent for special themed tours of the permanent collection that explore museum highlights related to Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors. Tours limited to 30; meet in the atrium. Admission to the exhibition is not included.

Open Studio
Every Sunday, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
FREE, no registration required.
All ages welcome.
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.