Scott Hocking leads trio of Detroit artists in new Cranbrook exhibit | The Detroit News

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Detroit Artist Bakpak Durden Shines In This Season of Exhibits At Cranbrook Art Museum | BLAC Detroit

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Cranbrook Art Museum Announces First Museum Retrospective of Detroit-based Artist Scott Hocking

Scott Hocking: Detroit Stories Opens November 5, 2022 Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Oct. 17, 2022 — This fall, Cranbrook Art Museum will host the first museum retrospective of the Detroit-based artist Scott Hocking, whose long career of work spans sculpture and installation, and photography and video. Hocking has been living and working in Detroit for more […]

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Who Are Our Storytellers Today? Tunde Olaniran’s Star is Rising | Detroit Is It

Bakpak Durden: The Eye of Horus

Bakpak Durden is a self-taught artist born and raised in Detroit. Durden’s hyperrealistic work draws upon diverse inspirations, including dramatic cinema and Dutch Baroque painting. The Eye of Horus is Durden’s first solo museum exhibition and the inaugural show of the Cranbrook Art Museum’s Fresh Paint series, which highlights new work from Detroit-based artists. The Eye of Horus […]

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Constellations & Affinities: Selections from the Cranbrook Collection

The permanent collection of Cranbrook Art Museum has undergone many evolutions over its nearly 100-year existence. However, one facet of our holdings has remained consistent: the Cranbrook Collection, which is dedicated to works by artists, alumni, and artists-in-residence affiliated with our sister institution, Cranbrook Academy of Art. Constellations & Affinities: Selections from the Cranbrook Collection […]

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Artist Tunde Olaniran’s ‘Made a Universe’ opens a portal at a Detroit museum | NPR

The Healing Memorial

Cranbrook Art Museum, The City of Detroit, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy and Huntington Place have organized a large-scale memorial art installation to help our community heal from loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Healing Memorial is a site-specific adaptation of the Beaded Prayers Project by world-renowned artist Sonya Clark (CAA, MFA Fiber ’95), which has traveled the world for […]

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Tunde Olaniran On The Journey Of Debut Film & Exhibit ‘Made A Universe’ | EDITION

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Slam dunk: New Cranbrook Art Museum exhibit uses basketballs, nets | The Detroit News

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