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Yayoi Kusama: Fireflies on the Water
Jul. 21, 2020 — Jan. 3, 2021Over the past several years the Toledo Museum of Art has cultivated an exhibition program that strives to embody a celebration of singular masterworks, a demonstrated commitment to global contemporary art, the promotion of diverse perspectives, and an emphasis placed on multi-sensory artist projects and installations. All of these elements will be brought together in Toledo Museum of Art’s special presentation of Yayoi Kusama’s site-specific installation, Fireflies on the Water, made possible through a generous loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The Bauhaus Experiment: Art & Design from the Toledo Museum of Art
Aug. 25, 2020 — Feb. 7, 2021Through a selection of objects drawn from TMA’s collection, The Bauhaus Experiment presents an introduction to the school’s key ideas and methods and the significant late 19th-century and early 20th-century artistic movements that influenced it.
The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art
Oct. 3, 2020 — Jan. 3, 2021Judith Schaechter has explored and pushed the limits of the stained-glass medium for over three decades with her striking stained-glass panels that fuse the medieval with the boldly contemporary. The Path to Paradise is the first survey and major scholarly assessment of this groundbreaking artist’s 37-year career.
Luminous Visions: Phillip K. Smith III and Light Across the Collection
Oct. 17, 2020 — Apr. 3, 2021To mark the significant acquisition of Flat Torus 4, Luminous Visions: Phillip K. Smith III and Light Across the Collection considers the work alongside objects from the Toledo Museum of Art’s collection that span time, culture, and media and explore the theme of light from a wide range of perspectives.
Radical Tradition: American Quilts and Social Change
Nov. 21, 2020 — Feb. 14, 2021Radical Tradition: American Quilts and Social Change brings historical and contemporary works together in critical dialogue to consider how quilts have been used to voice opinions, raise awareness, and enact social reform in the U.S. from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Telling Stories: Resilience and Struggle in Contemporary Narrative Drawing
Nov. 21, 2020 — Feb. 14, 2021Telling Stories: Resilience and Struggle in Contemporary Narrative Drawing showcases the extraordinary vitality of contemporary drawing as an expressive medium as presented through the works of Amy Cutler, Robyn O’Neil, and Annie Pootoogook.
Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints and Drawings
Feb. 6, 2021 — May. 2, 2021Marking the artist’s 100th birthday, Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints and Drawings celebrates the breadth of Thiebaud’s accomplishments and career.
The Art of Conservation
Mar. 10, 2021 — Aug. 29, 2021TMA conservators will be treating a range of TMA objects that have been affected by time, artist techniques, human use and previous repair, including iconic works from the African American quilting community of Gee’s Bend, ancient Greek ceramics, sculpture by the 20th-century American sculptor Marisol, an ancient Egyptian stele and many more.
Chameleon Effects: Glass (Un)Defined
Mar. 27, 2021 — Jun. 5, 2022Chameleon Effects: Glass (Un)Defined brings together historical and contemporary works from the Toledo Museum of Art’s collection to explore the spectrum of technical and formal possibilities of glass