Opening Day of Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak

October 21, 2022
10:00 AM–5:00 PM

Location: CMA


Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak will be the first major retrospective of Sendak since his death in 2012, and the largest and most complete exhibition of one of the most celebrated and original artists of our time. On view from October 21, 2022 through March 5, 2023, the exhibition is organized by the Columbus Museum of Art in conjunction with The Maurice Sendak Foundation.

See over 150 sketches, storyboards, and paintings by Sendak drawn from the collection of The Maurice Sendak Foundation. Highlights include original work for Sendak’s most famous books: Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Outside Over There.
Exhibition Details
Admission Tickets
Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, 1963, tempera on paper, 9 ¾ x 11” © The Maurice Sendak Foundation
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