News
A Looted Greco-Roman Statue Goes on Display Before Its Return
After a months-long legal battle, the sculpture is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art ahead of its repatriation to Turkey, with newly added context about its provenance.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Art
Photography Show Aims to Upend Xenophobic Border Narratives
In Picturing the Border, intimate works by 12 photographers urgently visualize the nuances and coexistent contradictions of US-Mexico border identities.
News
Cleveland Museum of Art Returns 2,200-Year-Old Statue to Libya
Experts say the Ptolemaic figure was taken from a Libyan museum during World War II.
Opinion
A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue
The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.
Art
From Ancient Egypt to Teotihuacán, Centuries-Old Palettes Illuminate the Role of the Painter
Despite all of the ancient painted objects in our museums, it’s rare to see an actual paint set.
Announcement
Study Art History With Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Museum of Art
The joint program provides students with funded opportunities to earn master's degrees in art history and museum studies, as well as PhDs in art history.
Art
A Showcase for Shintō’s Gods
An exhibition of rarely seen, ancient art explores the complex ideas and rich expressions of Japan’s indigenous religion.
Art
How Museums Are Combatting a Shortage of East Asian Art Conservators
While American collections of East Asian art have grown tremendously, the specialized conservation laboratories that maintain these collections have not.
News
The Cleveland Museum of Art Digitized 30,000 Artworks in the Public Domain
The museum is now offering unrestricted access to nearly half of its collection. As an added bonus, metadata for more than 61,000 works is also available without restriction.
Interview
Carl Pope Returns from His Hiatus with His Largest Installation Ever
After four years away from the art scene the artist returns with work that maps the visual language of contemporary blackness through 108 letterpress posters in the most important installation in the US right now.
Art
Cleveland Mounts Global Triennial But Local Artists Are Largely Overlooked
No one art festival can do everything, but FRONT has made a bold inaugural effort to establish itself as a new art destination.
Art
The "Shelfies" of Korea's Joseon Dynasty
Chaekgeori may not be well known in the United States, but it's an art form that influenced centuries of art in Korea.