Cleveland Triennial Is an Artistic Scavenger Hunt With Civic Pride
Aug. 13, 2018
CLEVELAND — The first-ever Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art here, conceived by the collector Fred Bidwell and directed by the artist and curator Michelle Grabner, is organized like a scavenger hunt. In addition to more or less self-contained shows at places like MoCA Cleveland and the Akron Art Museum, the festival includes a number of unusual stand-alone installations that seem designed to guide visitors all over the city and its surrounding suburbs.

An installation by Yinka Shonibare MBE, “The American Library,” 2018, at the Cleveland Public Library, is filled with books wrapped in African cloth and stamped with names of American immigrants.CreditYinka Shonibare MBE. All Rights Reserved, DACS/ARS, NY. Photo by Field Studio