Category: Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Return of an Old Friend
After a long and (for me) painful absence for conservation, Andrea del Sarto's The Sacrifice of Isaac is once again on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [caption id="attachment_3202" align="aligncenter" width="444"] The Sacrifice of Isaac, by…
Direct flights from Cleveland to Trenton
Direct flights between Cleveland and Trenton NJ began this month. This means I can fly to Trenton for an over night stay at our property there. Trenton, which is on the Delaware River (think Washington…
Cleveland Gallery Reviews
Frequent readers might have noticed the dwindling number of reviews of Cleveland galleries. I've been exploring the Cleveland art scene--such as it is--for two years and my early sense of discovery has long since dissipated.…
Lunch at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Due to the bad weather, the usually crowded Cleveland Museum of Art cafeteria was practically deserted today. The fare isn't good enough to fight jostling lines, but today's peace made the none-too-good food perfectly acceptable.…
Cleveland Museum of Art finishes renovations
After 8 years and $350 million, the Cleveland Museum of Art has--finally!--completed its ambitious renovations. The long awaited (by me) opening of the new West Wing's China, India and Southeast Asia collections means all collections are once…
Robert Blackburn
During my weekly visit to the Cleveland Museum of Art I was pleasantly surprised to see a newly-hung lithograph titled Blackburn. In the lithograph by Ron Adams (an artist heretofore unknown to me) I instantly…
Phooey on Bonfoey!
Bonfoey keeps its door locked so visitors have to wait to be buzzed into the gallery. Yesterday, for the third time, I was prevented from entering the gallery because nobody buzzed me in. THIRD TIME.…