Cleveland Art, 2023, Issue 2
- Member Magazine
In this issue of the members magazine: Egyptomania; The Power of Pleasure; The Photos of Raja Deen Dayal; Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit; Colors of Kyoto; Exhibitions; Parade the Circle Returns; Solstice and City Stages; Welcome, Alexander J. Noelle; Adding a Work by Amy Sherald
Egyptomania
Since the 1800s, Egyptomania—the fascination with ancient Egyptian culture most often expressed in art and architecture—has also permeated fashion. The discovery of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 led to Egyptian-influenced creations in couture fashions and luxury accessories over the following t...
The Power of Pleasure
At the height of springtime, on March 16, 1962, America’s First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, arrived in Udaipur, the capital of Mewar in India’s northwestern state of Rajasthan. A photograph in the exhibition A Splendid Land shows the First Lady in a boat with her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill of Pola...
The Photos of Raja Deen Dayal
In 2016, the museum acquired 37 photographs by Raja Deen Dayal (1844–1905), hailed as the first great Indian photographer. These images, which show the British ruling elite in India and two boy maharajas and their nobles, had all once been part of a single photo album. Popular from the 1850s until t...
Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit
As Cleveland comes into bloom this summer, a new exhibition explores how symbols derived from nature—flowers, fruits, animals, trees, and the landscape itself—shaped the meaning of many prints and drawings made before 1600. Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit features highlights of the CMA’s extraordinar...
Colors of Kyoto
Seifū Yohei III (清風與平) (1851–1914) was a leading ceramist of Japan’s Meiji period (1868–1912). This Kyoto-based artist had a focus on producing subtle color and surface design effects in porcelain. He had a deep interest in Chinese-style tea, known as sencha in Japan, and literati culture—that of bi...
Given by the Heusingers
James and Christine Heusinger’s gift to the museum is one of the finest collections of work by Seifū Yohei III and other generations of the Seifū Yohei studio that can be found outside of Japan. Theirs is a story of generosity, long-lasting relationships, and decades of museum membership.
When did yo...
The Heusingers in front of Season of hope and courage; Myosotis sylvatica (woodland perennial); common name, forget-me-not by Maggie Denk-Leigh, associate professor and printmaking department chair at the Cleveland Institute of Art
Welcome, Alexander J. Noelle
Alexander J. Noelle joined the CMA this past fall as assistant curator of European paintings and sculpture, 1500–1800. Noelle brings rich experience to the role, combining his specialized knowledge with a desire to facilitate new interpretations for visitors to the museum.
Holding both a PhD and an M...
Meet the Staff
Protection Services is a crucial department at the CMA, tasked with guarding our world-class collection of artworks and engaging thousands of visitors each year in meaningful ways.
Many of our guards are trained in a variety of roles. In addition to monitoring the artworks in the galleries for potent...
Gallery guards Jaren Gilliam and Heidi Mell
PHOTO: MCKINLEY WILEY
Toni and Don Scherzer
Toni and Don Scherzer have called Cleveland home for 47 years and have been active members of the Cleveland Museum of Art for 37. The Scherzers recently established a generous endowment at the museum to help fund internships for culturally and socioeconomically underrepresented students. This spring...
Adding a Work by Amy Sherald
The Cleveland Museum of Art was honored to add He was meant for all things to meet (2022) by Amy Sherald (American, b. 1973) to its contemporary collection in March. Sherald, one of the leading contemporary figurative painters, is widely celebrated for her portraits documenting Black American subjec...