Steven Litt
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Katharine Lee Reid, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art from 2000-2005, has died at age 80
Katharine Lee Reid, who led the Cleveland Museum of Art from 2000 to 2005, has died at age 80 in Chapel Hill, N.C., where she had retired. → Read More
Renaming Cleveland Indians for Hope Memorial Bridge Guardians resonates artistically and culturally
The renaming of the Cleveland Indians for the Guardians that keep watch over the Hope Memorial Bridge is absolutely brilliant because it resonates on so many levels. → Read More
Cleveland Museum of Art unveils 13 shows for 2020 on Picasso, photography, Khmer sculptures and more
The Cleveland Museum of Art released its exhibit calendar for 2020, including 13 shows ranging from specialized and scholarly to blockbusters with broad public appeal. → Read More
Cleveland Museum of Art extends holiday weekend hours for Michelangelo, Tiffany, atrium cocktails
The Cleveland Museum of Art announced it is extending hours for exhibitions on Michelangelo drawings and Tiffany stained-glass lamps on three Saturdays during the holidays, while offering a pop-up bar in the museum's atrium. → Read More
New strategic plan for Cleveland Museum of Art sets big goals: $1 billion in art, $1.25 billion endowment
The Cleveland Museum of Art's new strategic plan, released today, sets goals for the next decade including acquisition of $1 billion worth of art, and growing its endowment to $1.25 billion. → Read More
Akron Art Museum lands $8M Knight Foundation grant
The $8 million grant to the Akron Art Museum announced today by the Knight Foundation is the biggest single gift in the museum's history. → Read More
Trump era inspires Public Square installation on political protest by New York artist Olalekan Jeyifous
The New York-based artist known as Lek has installed four large-scale painted aluminum sculptures of protesters in Public Square as part of a multi-year LAND Studio public art project funded by philanthropists Char and Chuck Fowler. → Read More
West Shoreway $100M re-do brings benefits, but falls short of original vision (photos)
A dozen years and $100 million later, it's hard to see the Ohio Department of Transportation's re-do of the Shoreway, scheduled for completion next year, as more than a faint echo of the project's original concept. → Read More
Julie Reilly succeeds Albert Albano as executive director of ICA Art Conservation
The nonprofit ICA Art Conservation has appointed veteran conservator and nonprofit leader Julie Reilly of Omaha, NE to succeed Albert Albano as executive director. → Read More
Cleveland Museum of Art's bold goal: 1 million attendance with William Griswold leadership in place (photos)
Cleveland Museum of Art's William Griswold thinks the institution can grow attendance to 1 million a year and plans to get there by broadening and diversifying its audience. → Read More
Leading Op artist and Cleveland Institute of Art professor Ed Mieczkowski has died at age 87 (photos)
Leading Cleveland artist Ed Mieczkowski, who taught for 39 years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and who championed Op Art, died in California Friday at age 87. → Read More
First Look: Lake Link Trail in Flats opens Friday, has impressive views (photos)
Cleveland Metroparks has finished a half-mile section of the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail on the West Bank of the Flats as part of a larger regional system designed to connect Cleveland to Lake Erie, the Cuyahoga River and points south. → Read More
Instagram chooses Cleveland as one of five global cities for #kindcomments mural project (photos)
Instagram chose Cleveland as one of five global cities in its #kindcomments project for LBGT Pride Month, based on the strength of Ohio City's 2016 Creative Fusion murals. → Read More
Cleveland Museum of Art's impressive Mughal painting show is a centennial dazzler (photos)
The Cleveland Museum of Art's free new centennial year exhibit on Mughal painting in its permanent collection offers revelations about an Islamic empire in India and the visual brilliance and cultural tolerance it promoted. → Read More
Public Square announces upcoming programs and events through Christmas tree lighting
Cleveland's Public Square announces programming and events from now through the fall, including the annual Christmas tree lighting. → Read More
Artist Dan Rothenfeld launches a quest to revive 'Gravity Place' on the Cuyahoga River (commentary, photos)
Cleveland artist Dan Rothenfeld wants to revive a radial streets pattern laid out on Columbus Road Peninsula in 1833, converging on a spot called "Gravity Place," a little-known feature along the Cuyahoga River. → Read More
Rock Box project ready to rock downtown Cleveland in time for RNC 2016 (photos)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Rock Box project, supported by Destination Cleveland, is ready to rock downtown in time for the Republican National Convention in July. → Read More
City of Cleveland withholds $3.1 million from Opportunity Corridor until state meets hiring goals
The City of Cleveland is withholding $3.1 million from Opportunity Corridor to protest what it calls relaxed standards on minority hiring by the Ohio Department of Transportation, and failure to provide $10 million to clean up polluted land. → Read More
Cleveland Browns will keep Jim Brown sculpture design secret until September unveiling (photos)
The Cleveland Browns won approval from the Cleveland Planning Commission for the placement of the base of their planned sculpture of Jim Brown, but are keeping the design of the sculpture a secret until its unveiling in September. → Read More
City Planning Commission votes to let FirstEnergy raze Lake Shore power plant (photos)
Cleveland's City Planning Commission voted 4-1 on Friday in favor of allowing the demolition of FirstEnergy's Lake Shore power plant, dashing the hopes of preservationists who wanted to explore saving it. → Read More