The Cleveland Museum of Art opens its first major exhibition of the spring season on March 29, with Manet & Morisot, a presentation examining the creative and personal relationship between two of 19th-century France’s most significant painters. The show runs through July 5, 2026, in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Gallery.
Described as the first major exhibition dedicated to the artistic bond between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, the show brings together 36 paintings, drawings, and prints drawn from international collections. The two artists maintained a 15-year professional and personal connection beginning in the late 1860s, with Manet serving as a mentor and regular portrait subject while Morisot developed a distinctive voice in Impressionism. The exhibition traces that exchange through portraiture, landscape work, and a late Morisot self-portrait in which she presents herself explicitly as a working artist.
March programming at the museum also features a full calendar of performing arts events tied to Women’s History Month. On March 22, the early music ensemble Les Délices performs Marianne Mozart, highlighting works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s sister Marianne and other female composers of the era. On March 25, the Barcelona sextet Maruja Limón makes its Cleveland debut, performing a set that draws on flamenco, Latin pop, and electronic sound. Additional events include the museum’s MIX evening series, a lunchtime lecture on the museum’s Native American works on paper exhibition, family art-making workshops, and sensory-friendly museum hours.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is located at 11150 East Boulevard in Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood. General admission is free. For a full schedule of March events and exhibition information, visit clevelandart.org.
Source: Cleveland Museum of Art