Toledo Museum of Art 2019 Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Eye On Art  |  01/12/2019 10:00 am

Current and Upcoming 2019 Exhibitions

Sights & Sounds: Art, Nature, and the Senses

Through Feb. 24, 2019, New Media Gallery
A multisensory art installation of video, new media and works on paper by artists from around the world is located in a recently renovated gallery dedicated to contemporary art at the Toledo Museum of Art. Sights & Sounds: Art, Nature, and the Senses presents modern and contemporary works of art in a variety of media that explore and relate to the natural world. Many of the works are recent acquisitions installed for the first time, while others from TMA’s acclaimed collection have only been shown occasionally. The exhibition is sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council with additional support from 2019 Exhibition Program Sponsor ProMedica.

Expanded Views: Native American Art in Focus

Through April 28, 2019, Gallery 29A
Over the past several years, the museum has been working to build up its collection of Native American works of art, both historical and contemporary. This exhibition features the new acquisitions in this area and presents a large-scale work by the artist James Lavadour, on loan for this exhibition. Works as diverse as a traditional Acoma Manta and Cherokee tipi cover are shown together with contemporary works by Lavadour and artists Wendy Red Star and Marie Watt. Additionally, a select number of paintings from the museum’s established American paintings collection are included as part of the exhibition. Expanded Views: Native American Art in Focus is free to the public and will be on view through April 28, 2019. The gallery renovation was made possible in part by the State of Ohio Cultural Facilities Grant Program.

Different Trains

Feb. 9-May 5, 2019, Canaday Gallery
A profoundly moving work, Different Trains is a large-scale video installation that spans nearly 25 feet in length and is 29 minutes in duration. The work features a 1988 musical score by Steve Reich, performed by Kronos Quartet, that is reinterpreted by Spanish filmmaker Beatriz Caravaggio. The string quartet and recorded voice score is an emotionally charged rumination on the train journeys of his youth and of the horrific deportation trains of the Holocaust. The score was awarded the 1989 Grammy for the Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Created by Caravaggio in 2016, Different Trains sets Reich’s score to an archival film montage that lends new depths and insights to the original musical composition. The video stands as important reminder of one of the greatest tragedies in human history. The work is both historically important and aesthetically impressive. Both the music and videos are beautifully composed; Reich’s score fragmented and modern, with Caravaggio’s editing swiftly leading the audience through the work. This presentation of Different Trains is supported by the Stacey and Harley Kripke Philanthropic Fund, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, the Ruth Fajerman Markowicz Holocaust Resource Center and Dr. Allen and Hindea Markowicz, with additional support from the H.L. Thompson, Jr. Family Fund.

Katherine Gray: (Being) in a Hotshop

Feb. 9-May 12, 2019, Gallery 18
In this solo exhibition of Katherine Gray’s work, visitors will receive an introduction to glassmaking that involves experiences beyond the visual. Gray immerses the audience into the sights, sounds, and smells of the glass making studio. Using primarily glass (and cleverly, defining the material with itself), she invites the audience to discover glassmaking through multiple senses. Visitors will be able to grasp a greater understanding of the process of glassblowing through this immersive and sensory installation, experiencing many of the sensations the artist encounters while creating the works of art seen in the exhibition. Katherine Gray: (Being) in a Hotshop is presented by O-I with additional support from the Ohio Arts Council and 2019 Exhibition Program Sponsor ProMedica.

Global Conversations: Contemporary World Art in Dialogue

March 9, 2019-March 8, 2020, Levis Gallery
In recent years, the Museum has been working to grow and broaden its holdings of global contemporary art. Global Conversations: Contemporary World Art in Dialogue will feature dozens of contemporary works of art that encompass a broad range of media and geographic regions. Presented together, these works will offer visitors the chance to explore the many powerful ways that artists are considering the state of the world in the 21st century as they engage with today’s issues of urgency – identity, migration and the digital revolution are amongst the rich topics brought forth for exploration. The exhibition is sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council with additional support from 2019 Exhibition Program Sponsor ProMedica.

“Everything Is Rhythm”: Mid-Century Art & Music

April 6-Nov. 3, 2019, New Media Gallery
Following on the success of Sights and Sounds: Art, Nature and the Senses (July 21, 2018-Feb. 24, 2019), the next installation of the New Media Gallery will once again feature a multisensory display, this time focused on an exploration of the relationship between art and music. Jointly curated by Director of Curatorial Affairs, Halona Norton-Westbrook, and Scott Boberg, manager of programs and audience engagement, the exhibition will feature a selection of 20th-century abstract works presented in tandem with a carefully curated musical program. Everything is Rhythm seeks to engage visitors by prompting close looking, contemplation and a consideration of the connection between visual and auditory art forms. The exhibition is sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council with additional support from 2019 Exhibition Program Sponsor ProMedica.

Life is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture

June 15-Sept. 15, 2019, Canaday Gallery
The first large-scale domestic exhibition to provide a historical overview of this topic with an emphasis on the Midwest, Life is a Highway will bring together a diverse selection of artists to showcase the automobile’s reshaping of the 20th-century American landscape and cultural attitudes of self-expression. Featuring more than 100 works from the Toledo Museum of Art’s own collection, as well as both private and public loans, this exhibition will chart the rise of automobility as a visual icon of American identity. With works spanning from early depictions, through the Pop Artists’ portrayal of the automobile’s impact upon consumer culture, to the present, the car’s image as a symbol of freedom and independence, newness, mobility and renewal will be explored. Organized through four themes that call attention to the social, aesthetic, environmental and industrial dimensions of its legacy, this exhibition will include a range of visual media. Life is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture is presented by BP America with additional support from 2019 Exhibition Program Sponsor ProMedica.