Art Detroit Now Newsletter – February 3, 2012

Your online guide to great contemporary art in Detroit.

February 2, 2012 - News, exhibitions, openings and events.

Arab American Museum

Fighting for Democracy: Who is the “We” in We the People?

This exhibit highlights the stories of seven diverse individuals, their service to their country and their civic engagement that helped to [...]

Art Detroit > Now 1/27/12

Art Detroit Now Newsletter – January 26, 2012

Your online guide to great contemporary art in Detroit.

January 27, 2012 - News, exhibitions, openings and events.

Long-Sharp / Curis Modern + Contemporary Fine Art

Before They Were Famous: Behind the Lens of William John Kennedy
American fine art photographer William John Kennedy’s exhibition of newly published prints of Andy [...]

Top Ten Cultural Events of 2011 (Detroit and Metro-Detroit)

1.  Art X Detroit, another Kresge event that celebrates and supports creatives
2.  Cranbrook Art Museum re-opening – they set the bar yet again
3.  Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s triumphant return after 6 month strike
4.  Big anniversaries: The Heidelberg Project celebrates 25 years and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit celebrates 5 years
5.  Noel Night returns [...]

Climate Change and Darwin’s Birthday at Cranbrook Institute of Science

February events at Cranbrook Institute of Science include a lecture by University of Michigan Professor Henry Pollack and a Celebration of Darwin’s Birthday.
Henry Pollack Ph. D., U of M Professor and co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will discuss his most current research on climate change and his book, A World Without Ice, [...]

Artology: the Fusion of Art and Science at Cranbrook

[ November 17, 2009 3:00 pm to January 3, 2010 3:00 pm. ] Animal Logic: Photography and Installation by Richard Barnes
Through January 3, 2010

Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook Institute of Science mark the start of a pioneering collaboration entitled Artology: the Fusion of Art and Science Art at Cranbrook with the opening of Animal Logic: Photography and Installation by Richard Barnes at the Institute of Science through January [...]

Mixed Signals & Mark Newport @ Cranbrook Art Museum

“Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports” and ”Mark Newport: Superheroes in Action”
Both exhibitions run through March 29.
Cranbrook Art Museum
 
Mixed Signals focuses on artists from the mid-1990s to the present who question the notion of the male athlete in American culture during the preceding decades. Participating artists: Matthew Barney, Mark Bradford, Marcelino Goncalves, Lyle Ashton Harris, Brian [...]