Meet Detroit’s Monument Man
Austen Brantley’s studio is just as understated as he is. Down a massive hallway and into the maze of the Russell Industrial Center, you’ll...
Bedrock and the Carr Center Partner on Downtown Detroit Exhibition Celebrating Black Artists
Bedrock and the Carr Center are celebrating Black History Month with an exhibit made entirely by Detroit students. Celebrating Black Arts will be on...
Meet Detroit Installation Artist Patrick Ethen
Patrick Ethen, a lover of math and science since childhood and University of Michigan Taubman College architecture graduate, never thought he would one day...
Two New Exhibitions at Cranbrook Art Museum Highlight Detroit Artists
Not every show that opens at the Cranbrook Art Museum unfolds like a modern mystery and highlights a budding star of the next generation...
New Mural Unveiled in the Lobby of Downtown Detroit’s Huntington Tower
A fresco mural by renowned artist Hubert Massey was unveiled in the ground floor lobby of Huntington Tower in downtown Detroit today.
The fresco includes...
Visting Hamtramck’s Disneyland
Snuggled between two duplexes in Hamtramck is a folk art installation that has remained open, with constant tinkering, before it relaunches this fall.Hamtramck Disneyland,...
Design Core Detroit Unifies Community Through Art During Month of Design
Community and creativity are at the forefront of Detroit’s social scene this September when Design Core Detroit hosts the city’s 13th annual Month of...
The Art of Bonsai Trees
I introduced myself to Ray Zeno as a serial killer.We were in the back of Telly’s Greenhouse, where he sat working at an old...
Meet The Local Artist Behind Detroit’s Chene Park Portraits
Darius Baber, a native of Detroit, was overjoyed to learn that The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre would be a place where he could use his artistic...
See Paintings, Ceramics, Glass Works, & More at the Ann Arbor Art Fair
The nation’s largest juried art fair returns with nearly 1,000 artists, food, and live entertainment
You Can’t See This DIA Exhibition on James Barnor Anywhere Else in the Country...
The Detroit Institute of Arts is the first place in America to show an exhibition from a highly influential Ghanaian photographer. James Barnor: Accra/London—A...
How Art Displays at the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion Help Cancer Patients
At the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute in Detroit, beauty — and open hearts — can be found in...
Artist Gerhardt Knodel Shares a Glimpse of His Newest Project
At 82 years old, Gerhardt Knodel could be content to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his storied career in the art world....
MOCAD Announces First Solo Exhibition by Detroit Artist Sydney G. James
This Friday, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit will welcome a new exhibition that will feature the works of muralist, illustrator, and cultural organizer...
Canton Native On Performing With the English National Ballet
Sitting outside a cafe in Paris, 27-year- old English National Ballet soloist Precious Adams remembers growing up in an idyllic suburban neighborhood nearly 4,000...
Check Out Black Art in Detroit this Black History Month
In the last half-decade or so, there’s been a marked shift in Detroit’s art scene. After years of grumbling from some artists about having...
‘The Plastic Bag Store’ Opens in Ann Arbor Next Week
A pop-up art and film experience coming to Ann Arbor this January aims to show just how bad single-use plastics are for the environment...
His Last Flyboy: How a Photo Project Helped Me Find Purpose
In 1999, my grandfather was dying of cancer. I was with him almost until the end, a time during which he told my dad...
Michigan Philharmonic Celebrates 77th Season
The Michigan Philharmonic is turning 77 this year, and they’re celebrating the milestone at one of the most unique, and iconic, homes in Plymouth.
On...
Van Gogh in America: 100 Years Later (w/ Josien van Gogh)
A once-in-a-generation exhibit comes to Detroit.
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