Columbus Museum of Art

Columbus Museum of Art is proud to announce a new garden project by TERREMOTO, the award-winning California-based landscape architecture and design studio, that will transform the exterior grounds of Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti!

Marking TERREMOTO’s first garden project in the Midwest and first major museum commission, this initiative was developed in partnership with The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture. For their project at The Pizzuti, TERREMOTO partnered with Ohio State Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Michelle Franco, Knowlton School graduate student Dean Hjerpyn, and undergraduates Emma Baker, Ben Parker, and Haley Trolio, along with CMA curatorial staff, to reimagine the building’s exterior grounds and sculpture garden. The group collaboratively redesigned the garden’s planted areas, introducing over seventy species native to the region in a matrix based on indigenous prairie and woodland ecosystems. As a living landscape, TERREMOTO’s garden will continue to develop over time, inviting public engagement and reinforcing the idea that collective care and attention to the ecosystems it encompasses are as significant as the garden itself.

The collaboration between TERREMOTO, the Knowlton School, and CMA advances the museum’s mission to create spaces for inspiring contemplation that spark dialogue and energize communities.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/mrup50Z5H94

BAM Thursdays (Bar, Art, and Music) are back TONIGHT from 5:00–10:00 PM! Kick off your weekend early and enjoy the beautiful weather in our Patricia M. Jurgensen Sculpture Garden.

The evening includes live art-making with Kincs By Nicki from 6:00–8:00 PM, music from DJ O Sharp all night, and performances by Taelor Gray from 7:00–7:30 PM.

Every Thursday through September 10, enjoy live music from local DJs, free gallery admission, delicious food and drinks, and creative experiences with local artists and performers.

No reservation or ticket is needed to attend BAM Thursdays. Members save 25% on food and non-alcoholic beverages during BAM Thursdays. Not a member? Join today.

Also happening tonight: the first artist talk in the Greater Columbus: Up Close series with Malcolm Cochran from 6:00–7:00 PM, and a concert presented by community partner A Tribe for Jazz featuring T.Wong from 7:00–8:30 PM. Separate tickets are required for both experiences.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/FqYp50Z4Uwy



First photo by JToland Photo

CMA is excited to announce that "Artemisia Gentileschi: Naples to Beirut" has been EXTENDED for one additional week and will now remain on view through Sunday, June 7!

The seventeenth-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654) was the most renowned woman artist of her era and remains an enduring figure in feminist art history. This exhibition explores Gentileschi’s career in the Italian city of Naples, where she lived and worked beginning in 1630.

Join today’s free virtual conversation from 11:00 AM–12:00 PM with Gregory Buchakjian and CMA Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Daniel Marcus to learn more about the exhibition. Buchakjian will discuss his long history with Gentileschi’s "Hercules and Omphale," which he discovered as a student in the 1990s, and its ongoing significance to the city of Beirut.

Learn nore and register: https://www.columbusmuseum.org/exhibitions/details/artemisia-gentileschi-naples-to-beirut

📸: Installation view of "Artemisia Gentileschi: Naples to Beirut." Photos: Luke Stettner

This Memorial Day, we’re proud to highlight our participation in the Blue Star Museums program.

CMA offers free admission for active-duty military, veterans, and their families (up to 2 adults and 4 children) from Armed Forces Day through Labor Day. Just show a military ID at the admission desk to enjoy free entry.

Join us for the first artist talk in the Greater Columbus: Up Close series with Malcolm Cochran on Thursday, May 28, from 6:00–7:00 PM.

In conversation with Rae Root, CMA’s Roy Lichtenstein Curatorial Fellow, Cochran will discuss his expansive career and evolving practice. While many may recognize him from public works such as "Field of Corn (with Osage Oranges)" in Dublin and the "Goodale Park Fountain," this conversation will focus on his recent turn towards immersive, sonic installations.

This program is free for members and $5 for nonmembers.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/e1jX50Z2ksk

Malcolm Cochran works across mediums on large-scale sculptures, installations, and public art with an emphasis on place and implicit human presence and histories. He has exhibited at Artpark, MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park, the Wexner Center, Columbus Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Center, Weston Art Gallery, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Eastern State Penitentiary, Retretti Art Center, Finland, and Het Stroomhuis, Holland.

First and second photos by JToland Photo
Third photo: Malcolm Cochran, "Requiem," 2022. Performance at the Rock of Faith Baptist Church, Columbus, OH. Photo: © Brad Feinknopf / feinknopf photography. Courtesy of the Artist.

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