Exhibition Archive

Michelangelo Lovelace. At The Intersection of St. Clair-N-Eddy Road, 1997. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the estate and Fort Gansevoort. © Michelangelo Lovelace Estate

Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life

May 4 - August 18, 2024 | Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life will provide a comprehensive survey of the artist’s career, with works spanning from 1992 to 2020, showing how the artist indeed painted all the way through.

Marilyn Stafford. Model in ready-to-wear with children, Montmartre, Paris, c1955. Silver gelatin print. Courtesy of the Marilyn Stafford Collective

Marilyn Stafford: A Life in Photography

February 24 – July 14, 2024 | Judith Bear Isroff Gallery and Laura Ruth and Fred Bidwell Gallery

Marilyn Stafford (1925–2023) was born in Northeast Ohio, acted on the stage in New York City, sang for chic clubgoers in Paris, met celebrities and politicians, and traveled the world. Amid this fascinating life, photography became her passion, leading to a career that spanned four decades, from the 1940s until 1980. Opening in February, Marilyn Stafford: A Life in Photography highlights the work, people, and issues that were important to the artist. The exhibition provides a reflective and personal look at significant events of the twentieth century through Stafford’s unique point of view.

Land Jam

June 1, 2023 - May 12, 2024 | Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Gallery

Two Ohio artists transform a Museum gallery into an immersive, colorful, sensory experience. Natalie Lanese and Andrea Myers are teaming up for this endeavor, each harnessing their dramatic use of color and scale to turn ordinary walls and floors into an unforgettable environment for visitors to enjoy. While Myers typically works in fabric and Lanese in paint, they’ll combine techniques and materials in this exhibition.

Willie Cole. American Domestic, 2016. Digital pigment print and serigraph on paper. Collection of Wesley and Missy Cochran. 236ColW.2

RETOLD: African American Art and Folklore

November 4, 2023 - March 24, 2024 | Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

African and African American folklore have been around as long as humankind. These stories teach about culture, the mysteries of life, and the survival of a race of people bought and sold who continue to thrive in various aspects of an unjust society.

Amanda D. King: Locusts

June 30, 2023 - February 4, 2024 | Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery

Amanda D. King: Locusts is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust.

Barbara Stanczak Spirit and Matter

September 16, 2023 - February 4, 2024 | The Judith Bear Isroff Gallery

Stanczak committed to working with wood and stone only after a long process of discovery. Born in Germany in 1941, she moved to the United States in 1960 to assist her grandfather in painting church frescoes, and later worked in handmade paper, metal, and a variety of other media. She also worked alongside her husband, Julian Stanczak, whose paintings and prints were celebrated at the Akron Art Museum with a one-artist show in 2013. As her own career evolved throughout her thirty-seven-year tenure as a professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Barbara carved her first wooden sculpture in 1992. “I was tired of searching,” she recalls. “It was time to arrive!”

Reflections

September 8 – December 17, 2023 | The Bud and Susie Rogers Garden

Bahareh and Farzaneh, together known as the Safarani Sisters, are twins who began painting at the age of thirteen in Iran. They received BAs in painting from Tehran University before relocating to Boston, where they still live, and earning MFAs at Northeastern University. The Safarani Sisters incorporate painting with video and performance art. Their hybrid works are thought-provoking and transformative experiences that weave loose but striking narratives.

Keith Haring: Against All Odds

April 15 - September 24, 2023 | The Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

Keith Haring’s career in art began with chalk graffiti in New York City subway stations and, during the 1980s, exploded into paintings, drawings, large-scale murals, fashion, and pop culture. The artist channeled his newfound popularity and his signature style of bold and energetic outlines into expressions of love and positivity. He also used his art to make political statements against environmental destruction, racism, homophobia, and more. Ranging from the artist’s best-known imagery to more personal and adventurous works, Keith Haring: Against All Odds will survey the height of his career, from the early 1980s until his death in 1990 at the age of thirty-one. The show will also include artwork by some of Haring’s friends and artistic peers, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and David Wojnarowicz.