Cleveland Art, July/August 2013
- Member Magazine
Articles in this issue: Carrie Mae Weems; Minimal Prints; Ai Weiwei; Perseus' Last Duty; Fine Arts Garden; Film; Performance; Education.
Less is More
Jane Glaubinger Curator of Prints
Around 1960 an avant-garde style of art emerged that focused on geometric forms depicted in solid, flat colors. This spare, objective approach stood in stark contrast to Abstract Expressionism, which had dominated the preceding two decades. Extolling the random, acc...
Luxuriance
Louise W. Mackie Curator, Textiles and Islamic Art
After many years, the Cleveland Museum of Art will have a gallery devoted to the display of its exemplary collection of textiles from 62 countries in the recently named Arlene M. and Arthur S. Holden Gallery. This association with the Holden family i...
Perseus’ Last Duty
Wiliam Robinson Curator of Modern European Art
Perseus’ Last Duty 1949. Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950). Oil on canvas; 89.4 x 142 cm. Sundry Art–Miscellaneous 2013.7
To many, Max Beckmann (1884–1950) is an enigma. A leading figure in the German Expressionist and New Objectivity movements, Beckmann...
The Fine Arts Garden
Jeffrey Strean Director of Design and Architecture
Thomas Zarfoss Benkhe & Associates, Landscape Architects
An Olmsted Brothers sketch for the stairs and balustrade at the Euclid Avenue end of the Fine Arts Garden
Thomas Zarfoss is principal of Benkhe & Associates landscape architects. His firm design...
