A Newly Acquired Ancient Greek Vase
By Seth Pevnick, Curator of Greek and Roman Art Each of the lots of ancient Greek vases on view in the Dr. […]
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A Seating Arrangement for God
By Justin Willson, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Art History Leadership, The Cleveland Museum of Art/ Case Western Reserve University Seating plans form […]
New on View at the CMA: Amy Sherald’s He was suggested for all things to fulfill
By Emily Liebert, Curator of Contemporary Art The Cleveland Museum of Art was honored to include He was implied for all things […]
A Hunt for Meaning: Hunting Scenes in India, 1700–1900
By Sonya Rhie Mace, George P. Bickford Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art Articulated in seductive colors with intriguing details, hunting scenes […]
How Hard Can It Be? Installing Fashion for Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
By Sarah Scaturro, Eric and Jane Nord Chief Conservator I’ll let you in on a clean trick of museum work: style is […]
Illustrating the Global: New Acquisitions in Contemporary Art
By Emma Zavodny, Curatorial Intern in Contemporary Art The S. Mueller Family Galleries of Contemporary Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art […]
Another Day, Another Sovereign: Tudor Coinage
By Amanda Mikolic, curatorial assistant, Cleveland Museum of Art Henry VIII, c. 1540. Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger(German, active in Switzerland […]
Parade the Circle Returns to Cleveland
By Stefanie Taub, Director of Community Arts The sun is shining as it constantly does on the 2nd Saturday of June in […]
A New Pastel Portrait for Cleveland
By Emily J. Peters, Curator of Prints and Drawings Treasured for its dazzling coloring and matte surface area, the pastel medium was […]
Bani Abidi: The Song
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton 11 February- 6 May Bani Abidi was born in Lahore, Pakistan and has actually resided in Berlin given that 2011 when she was welcomed to sign up with the prominent …
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Prior to that, Abidi studied initially in Lahore and then at the Art Institute of Chicago where she started to establish her practice in moving image. Abidi’s work generally integrates imaginary as well as documentary components, frequently grounded in the experience of city living. Abidi deftly skewers pomposities and dissects the absurdities of institutional ceremonials. Privacy hangs over the movie like a 2nd character; the guy’s every motion and gesture speak of strangeness, of his dislocation from another life. We understand nearly absolutely nothing about him, the movie provides an insight into the guy’s interior life, reveals complicated mixes of yearning, loss, convenience and human originality.