CIA Students Respond to Progressive Art Collection in Ready, Set, Relay!

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In Ready, Set, Relay!, Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) students created paintings, drawings, sculptures and digital media in response to celebrated works in the Progressive Art Collection, bringing fresh perspectives to historic works and offering the public a rare opportunity to view Progressive’s collection. Seventeen students spent the semester researching and responding to works by world-renowned artists such as Kerry […]

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The Cleveland Museum of Art Presents Monumental Sculptures by Rose B. Simpson

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“I think in clay,” said Rose B. Simpson in an interview with The New York Times. One of their Breakout Stars of 2023, the Native American sculptor has envisioned a site-specific project for the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Ames Family Atrium this summer. Commissioned specifically for the museum’s expansive, light-filled space, the two monumental figural sculptures, titled Strata,are constructed from […]

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Spatial Harmony: Justin Brennan, Aaron Troyer
and Kero Johannes, plus Nikki Woods:
Conjuring Images, at HEDGE

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HEDGE Gallery opens two exhibits this summer season, and kickstarts new programming that includes group exhibitions, which will be an up-and-coming part of our regular scheduling in 2025 and 2026. Spatial Harmony opens May 17, featuring recent paintings by Justin Brennan, with Columbus-based painter Aaron Troyer and Cleveland ceramicist Kero Johannes. Abstracted scenes, spirited color palettes and optical illusions create […]

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Street Sense and Sensibility, at YARDS Projects

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Street Sense and Sensibility | June 6–July 27 The photographer Garry Winogrand disliked being called a street photographer. He maintained that photography is finding a way to transform something from the real world into a distinctive image. He said: “Great photography is always on the edge of failure.” Street photography was pioneered by maverick photographers who built bodies of work […]

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Zygote Showcases Queer Artists This Summer with Incantations

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This June, building upon the success of last year’s Queer Letterpress Exhibition and the Queer Print + Zine Fair, Zygote Press will continue to celebrate and promote queer artists with the exhibition Incantations, conceived by Cleveland-based artist Jen P. Harris. Incantations centers queer artists who engage with process-centered art practices that question form, presence, identity, and world-building. This exhibition includes […]

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Object Commentary: Shannon Morris at Artful

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Shannon Morris’s current show greets visitors at the entrance to Artful Cleveland: as Mother’s Day approaches, she offers a heroic shrine of trophies stacked to form a pyramid that is both precarious and solid. Shannon, a long time estate sale and thrift shopper, renews the thrifted trophies in a way that reveals presence, strength, appreciation and joy. The word MOTHER is […]

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Arresting the Ordinary: Emil Robinson at Abattoir

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Here is the quantum of breath held upright before the exhale, here are the questions we all carry underneath: where does that hallway lead to, what’s beyond that door, who is here and who is not. Cincinnati-based artist Emil Robinson explores the graceful yet unsettling nature of inside spaces in his solo show, Interiors at Abattoir Gallery, on view until […]

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Kamari Carter: Dark Blue, Almost Black, at SPACES

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Kamari Carter is a New York based multidisciplinary artist, with his latest exhibition, Dark Blue, Almost Black on view at SPACES gallery until May 10. Carter uses a minimalist, multimedia approach to tackle topics regarding Americentrism, policing, and identity through text, imagery, sound and wall work. His presentations and curatorial framework encourage the audience to reflect on what they experience […]

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