Cleveland Art, 2024, Issue 4
- Member Magazine
In this issue of the members magazine: Picasso and Paper, Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis; Beyond the Canvas: The Art of Framing in the Conservation Department; A Journey into Art Librarianship; New Beginnings: Celebrating the Eric and Jane Nord Family Network; Viewing Chinese Paintings; Supporter Story: Cathy Lincoln
Picasso and Paper
This month, Picasso and Paper opens to CMA visitors, featuring nearly 300 works that allow visitors to see the iconic Spanish artist in a new way—through the framework of his lifelong engagement and experimentation with paper. The exhibition offers a chronological overview of Pablo Picasso’s career—...
Dove, c. 1890. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Paper cutout; 5 x 8 cm. Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Gift of Pablo Picasso, 1970, MPB110.239. Photo: Gasull Fotografia. © 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Desire and Inspiration
“I was utterly happy to be the subject and to feel I had been made into a work of art,” said writer Charis (pronounced care-iss) Wilson about being photographed by her lover Edward Weston. “Kel’s impulse to make portraits of me was an expression of love, as was my willingness to be portrayed,” wrote...
Nude, 1936. Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958). Gelatin silver print; 24 x 19.1 cm. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Edward Weston Archive / Gift of the Heirs of Edward Weston. © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior
This past April, Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior opened at the Palazzo Soranzo van Axel in Venice. Co-organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM), this survey of the renowned Pakistani American artist was a Collateral Event of the 60th International Art E...
Touchstone, 2021. Shahzia Sikander (Pakistani American, b. 1969). Glass mosaic with patinated brass frame; 211.1 x 152.1 cm. Collection of Kenneth J. Birdwell. © Shahzia Sikander, courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly, New York / Los Angeles
New Beginnings
This past summer, students and staff at the CMA gathered to celebrate the achievements of the inaugural class of the Eric and Jane Nord Family Network program. Now entering its second year, the program provides professional opportunities and financial support in the form of stipends to aspiring youn...
Nord Family Network Fellows: Front row, left to right: Gabrielle Coello, Madeline Clair. Back row, left to right: Ashley Rowell, Kobe Saunders, Jennifer Kim, Zach Terrillion, Hanna Alwine, CMA director William M. Griswold, Kay Horak, Zoe Avery, Madalyn Fox
Viewing Chinese Paintings
Earlier this year, a Mellon-funded Chinese object workshop to study the CMA’s renowned collection of classical Chinese paintings brought 10 PhD candidates from universities throughout the US and Europe to Cleveland. The CMA’s holdings of Asian art, particularly its Chinese painting collection, consi...
Professors Matteini and Chen and students study Wu Bin’s handscroll Five Hundred Arhats, 1591–1626
Supporter Story
Cathy Lincoln has fond memories of attending art classes at the CMA and joining her school friends on field trips to explore the museum’s encyclopedic collection. While studying watercolor painting at Lake Erie College, she continued to visit the CMA often. “I was the one with the car, so I’d take f...
A Journey into Art Librarianship
I have always liked art, but I never considered a career relating to it. The same can be said for the other interests I have. This is why I chose to become a librarian. From working at a video game library to designing projects for history museums, I have explored unique disciplines and pursued rela...
Beyond the Canvas
David Piurek is the Cleveland Museum of Art’s paintings and frames technician, who oversees the creation and preservation of the frames surrounding artworks in the CMA’s collection. Here, he outlines his role and how his work is central to the conservation and presentation of masterworks.
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David Piurek conserving one of two ornate 18th-century Louis XV frames for François Boucher’s Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s