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This Week at CMA: 8.13–8.19.18

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August 14, 2018
Installation image of pink room room with pink orbs, all with black polka-dots and reflected in mirrors.

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors installation image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

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

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
OPEN NOW: Through Sun, 9/30
Ticket Sales: Every Monday, next sale: 8/20
#InfiniteKusama tickets are STILL AVAILABLE! Tickets will be on sale every Monday at 9:00 a.m. throughout the run of the exhibition. Limited availability for all dates. Online and phone purchase only. The museum strongly encourages purchasing tickets online as phone sales will have longer wait times.

Video courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art

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Self-guided tour, available now
There are some things that you #mustcma. The Cleveland Museum of Art creates transformative experiences through art, “for the benefit of all the people forever.” See what makes the CMA one of the top art museums in the nation with these iconic works of art. Learn more #ontheblog.

Photo courtesy of the artists.

City Stages: Cheick Hamala Diabate
Wed, 8/15, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Location: Downtown Cleveland,
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Diabate successfully fuses the traditional rhythms and vocals of his ancestors with the more electric American sounds he has absorbed over the past decade living in the US. City Stages is presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art and FRONT International.

Study for Souvenir II, 1997. Kerry James Marshall (American, b. 1955). Charcoal on paper; 95.2 x 60.9 cm. © Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Kerry James Marshall:Works on Paper
Through Sun, 10/21
James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Gallery (101)
Over the past 35 years, Marshall has created groundbreaking and widely acclaimed work that challenges art historical traditions by representing narratives composed entirely of African American figures. A monumental woodcut anchors the exhibition, accompanied by smaller drawings. Learn more about the exhibition this Friday at the curator talk with Emily Liebert, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. This exhibition is part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.

1400 West 25th Street at Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 2018. Allen Ruppersberg (American, b. 1944). LED light box with Duratran film, vinyl wallpaper. Photo © The Cleveland Museum of Art. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.

Allen Ruppersberg: Then and Now
Through Sun, 12/2
Pollock Focus Gallery (010)
Ruppersberg pays homage to his hometown in a new series of photographs taken from the vantage point of billboards across Cleveland. Installed in metal light boxes, they serve as a reminder of the city’s industrial history. Learn more about the exhibition this Friday at the curator talk with Emily Liebert, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. This exhibition is part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.