Contemporary Art Society: Friends of the Cleveland Museum of Art

12/13/2023

The artwork of Daniel Arsham, creative director of the Cleveland Cavaliers, is sought after by museums, galleries, and collectors around the world. Courtesy of Daniel, The Sculptor Center showed CAS pieces from Daniel’s personal collection. Everything new will get old and everything old can be new.

06/26/2022

Some pics from a recent Chelsea NYC art walk including the 7,872 metal arms from "Pass The Baton" by artist Glenn Kaino and his decade-long collaborator, the iconic Olympian who broke 13 world records before standing in an unforgettable silent protest at the 1968 Olympic Games, Tommie Smith.

02/02/2022

Throwback photos from CAS Cleveland Art Glass Tour 11 2019

06/24/2020

CAS members, there's still time to RSVP for our Curatorial Conversation this Friday at noon via Zoom. We'll be joined by Nadiah Rivera Fellah, CMA's Associate Curator of Contemporary Art.

06/05/2020

The CMA looks forward to welcoming visitors back on June 30 with new safety measures and free, reservation-only timed tickets to ensure reduced capacity and promote social distancing. For those who wish to remain at home and visit the museum virtually, the CMA will continue to develop and share the high-level, digital-engagement offerings for which the CMA is known worldwide. Museums anchor the places they serve, and we are committed to providing a truly safe space in which all our neighbors may see themselves, heal, and find peace. For more information visit cma.org/visitplan.

Here’s what you need to know about visiting when we reopen:

Free, reservation-only timed tickets will be limited to eight per person. Members may reserve tickets beginning June 18 and general public on June 22.

Facial coverings will be required.

The CMA will scan the temperature of all visitors upon entry.

The café and restaurant, museum store and coat check will initially remain closed; however, the museum will reopen these amenities as circumstances safely allow.

Credit card only, no cash.

No large bags.

During this first phase, the museum’s hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays.

06/03/2020

Hi CAS members! While we look forward to being able to host in-person events once it's safe to do so, in the meantime we're working with CMA to create virtual opportunities to engage as a group!

Our first opportunity will be a Facebook Watch party for CMA's MIX: Bloom THIS Friday, June 5th. From 8-9 pm, you'll have a chance to connect with fellow CAS members and join in on the digital dance party! 💃 To attend, hop on over to our page and click the Watch Party link, which we’ll post at the event start time.

05/13/2020

Provenance Café may be closed for now, but you can still enjoy lunch with CMA from home!

✨ LIVE EVENT: Today at 12pm: Join curator Stephen Harrison and educator-scholar Key Jo Lee to discuss Emma Amos’s "Sandy and Her Husband" and decorative art from the museum’s collection, reflecting on the ways works of art and design make the home a place of tranquility. https://bit.ly/2RVBnq0
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Image: Sandy and Her Husband, 1973. Emma Amos (American, b. 1937). Oil on canvas; 112.4 x 127.6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2018.24 © Emma Amos / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

04/28/2020

Looking for ways to keep connected with CAS while The Cleveland Museum of Art is closed? Enjoy the with "Staying Connected", CMA's new virtual programming series featuring curated content tailored to each affinity group's unique interests. Drawn from the museum’s online collection and its Thinker blog, as well as board member recommendations for reading and viewing, we hope this virtual programming helps provide a sense of community and joy during this time of separation.

To start things off, check out this short video (narrated by Reto Thüring and Beau Rutland) about Louise Bourgeois's sculpture Blind Man's Buff (1984): https://youtu.be/xio38f3uL20

And to learn more about the piece, follow this link: https://bit.ly/2Sfss2S

03/22/2020

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Artist Yayoi Kusama was born in 1929. This image is a throwback to when “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” was on view at the CMA in 2018. Throughout her career, Kusama has produced more than 20 distinct Infinity Mirror Rooms. The exhibition, organized by the Hirshhorn Museum, was the first to focus on this pioneering body of work by presenting seven of the rooms, the most ever shown together. Did you see the exhibition? What was your favorite work?
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Image courtesy Scott Shaw Photography for Cleveland Museum of Art.

03/14/2020

Just a reminder that starting today, CMA will be closed, with plans (currently) to reopen on Tuesday, March 31.

The Cleveland Museum of Art announced Friday March 13 that it would close starting Saturday March 14 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and would remain closed at least until March 14.

02/22/2020

Have you had a chance to see “PROOF” yet? 📸

✨"PROOF" is open now, FREE! cma.org/proof 📸

01/29/2020

Opening soon! 📸

COMING SOON, FREE: "PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet." In the era of the contact sheet, they examined details looking for the perfect image to tell a story. Process, artistry, celebrity. Picture. Perfect. Opens Fri, 2/7. cma.org/proof.
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Image: 12 Hands of Miles Davis and His Trumpet, New York, 1986, printed 1999. Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009). Gelatin silver print, selenium toned; 60.3 x 47.1 cm. © The Irving Penn Foundation. Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

01/21/2020

Check out what CMA’s got on tap for 2020!

The Cleveland Museum of Art released its exhibit calendar for 2020, including 13 shows ranging from specialized and scholarly to blockbusters with broad public appeal.

01/15/2020

Exciting news on FRONT 2021!

“‘The show will address difficulties, wounds, things that require healing,’ Cleveland philanthropist and cultural entrepreneur Fred Bidwell, the show’s founding CEO, said in an interview before the event. But he said: ‘there’s a speculative sense of hope and optimism that change is possible.’”

The 2021 edition of the FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art adopted a title from a Langston Hughes poem, plus healing and transformation as its major themes.

01/14/2020

Kudos to CAS member Sarah Kabot! 🎉

Today's Daily Artist is 2017 recipient, Sarah Kabot! Learn more about Sarah at sarahkabot.com or clevelandartsprize.org/sarah-kabot.html

01/10/2020

So excited for this exhibition! 📸

COMING SOON, FREE: "PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet." In the era of the contact sheet, they examined details looking for the perfect image to tell a story. Process, artistry, celebrity. Picture. Perfect. Opens Fri, 2/7. cma.org/proof.

01/07/2020

Wishing for more snow this winter? Visit CMA! ❄️

The Cleveland Museum of Art installed a seasonally appropriate sculpture of a snowman inside a glass-enclosed cooler in its big central atrium. The work goes on view today, Tuesday, Jan. 7.

12/27/2019

Check out some of CMA’s latest acquisitions, including photographs from Ohio contemporary artist Ann Hamilton!

Cleveland (December 22, 2019)—Recent acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art include a rare 14th-century Korean Buddhist painting from the Goryeo period, drawings by Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904) and Maarten de Vos (Flemish, 1532–1603) and five photographs by well-known Ohio arti...