The Detroit Printing Co-op: The Politics of the Joy of Printing

The social activism of the 1960s and 1970s gave rise to an “underground press,” which provided an alternative way to publish writings on a variety of issues, including Black empowerment, the quest for civil liberties and workers’ rights, anti-Vietnam war sentiment, and critiques of capitalism. This was not a single press but rather a loose […]

Headspace: Jim Dine’s Glyptotek

Headspace: Jim Dine’s Glyptotek Inspired by a 1984 trip to Glyptothek, Munich’s museum dedicated to antique Greek and Roman sculpture, artist Jim Dine set out to create a book of prints inspired by the collection. He produced forty drawings uniquely designed to function as transparencies in the production of héliogravure prints, a printmaking process used to reproduce the earliest photographs. […]

Cranbrook Art Museum reopens with new hours, policies, and summer exhibition | Metro Times

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Allie McGhee: Banana Moon Horn

Allie McGhee has been an important pillar of the Detroit art scene for more than five decades with a practice defined by his signature approach to abstraction. This retrospective is a long overdue presentation of significant past works from McGhee’s extensive and dynamic oeuvre, as well as the premiere of ambitious new paintings created for […]

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Tunde Olaniran: Made a Universe

Hailing from Flint, Michigan, Tunde Olaniran is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, singer and performer. Beginning in 2019, the museum partnered with Olaniran to help create their most ambitious project to date—the short film and exhibition Made a Universe. Olaniran worked with Detroit-based artists to create the film’s scenography, costuming, and props. These elements are re-imagined in […]

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Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock

Olga de Amaral, one of the most recognized names in Latin American art, lives and works in her native Bogotá, Colombia. Tracing the artist’s career over five decades, Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock is the artist’s first major museum retrospective in the United States, consisting of some 60 works that elucidate her seminal […]

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Artists Who Redefine Themselves in Cranbrook Art Museum Show | Widewalls

Tagged: Contemporary Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Shapeshifters

Cranbrook Art Museum Announces New Summer Exhibition – Shapeshifters: Transformations in Contemporary Art

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, July 9, 2020 — On July 15, 2020, Cranbrook Art Museum will open the new exhibition, Shapeshifters: Transformations in Contemporary Art. Featuring more than 70 works from 39 artists drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition explores the artist’s ability to redefine themselves, transgress their chosen medium, and transcend the world around them. The […]

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Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science and Cranbrook Gardens Reopen to the Public in July

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH., July 1, 2020 – Cranbrook Educational Community announced today that its public-facing venues will reopen in July. Cranbrook Gardens will reopen July 1, 2020. Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook Institute of Science will reopen July 15, 2020. “After careful evaluation, we have decided that it is safe at this time to open […]

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The inspiring tale of an overlooked female designer who helped define mid-century modern style | CNN

Tagged: Cranbrook Art Museum, design, Ruth Adler Schnee