Exhibitions

Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Exhibition Opens at Cranbrook Art Museum on April 13 

2019 Graduate Degree ShowPress Releases

Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Exhibition Opens at Cranbrook Art Museum on April 13 Opening Reception on Saturday, April 13, 6–9pm OPEN(STUDIOS) Returns on Sunday, April 28 BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH., March 20, 2019 –The 2019 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art opens to the public on April 13 and will showcase work from more than […]


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Interview with Andrew Blauvelt and discussion of upcoming summer exhibition, “Landlord Colors” | Detroit Free Press

Cranbrook Art Museum in the NewsLandlord Colors

For the Cranbrook Art Museum based in Bloomfield Hills, the motivation to move their focus downtown is partially spurred on by the rush of grant dollars flooding the Detroit arts scene. In 2014, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded the museum $150,000 for its “Nick Cave: Here Hear” project as part of […]


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Daniel Arsham is Bringing the Beach to Detroit | Hip in Detroit

Cranbrook Art Museum in the NewsDaniel Arsham

Detroit’s art scene will become a little more interesting this week when two separate art exhibits featuring the work of Daniel Arsham open in two separate galleries across town. The New York-based artist and co-creator of Snarkitecture has created two immersive experiences that will take you inside the mind of the artist. Read the full story here.


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A giant ball pit you can jump in is coming to downtown Detroit | Detroit Free Press

Cranbrook Art Museum in the NewsDaniel Arsham

A story about The Beach Detroit and Daniel Arsham’s exhibition, read the full story here.


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CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SUMMER EXHIBITION, LANDLORD COLORS: ON ART, ECONOMY, AND MATERIALITY

Landlord ColorsPress Releases

On View from June 21 through October 6, 2019 Exhibition will feature works by more than 60 artists produced during periods of economic and social upheaval in Cuba, Greece, Italy, South Korea, and Detroit  Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, January 28, 2018—In the summer of 2019, Cranbrook Art Museum will present Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and […]


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Upcoming “Landlord Colors” exhibition profiled in the Financial Times

Cranbrook Art Museum in the NewsLandlord ColorsPress Coverage

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2019 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art

2019 Graduate Degree Show

The most innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists, and designers will be on display at the 2019 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art. The Degree Exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of 65 graduates as they launch their careers. […]


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Daniel Arsham, The Source: A Catalog of Late-20th-Century American Relics

Daniel Arsham

In The Source: A Catalog of Late-20th-Century American Relics, artist Daniel Arsham continues his fictional archaeology of the future through the creation of iconic objects and products of late-twentieth-century American life. Devoid of their natural coloration and in a seemingly petrified state, these newly produced works are exhibited as relics from the not-too-distant past—the unearthed […]


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Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality

Exhibitions

Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality reconsiders periods of economic and social collapse through the lens of artistic innovations and material-driven narratives. It examines five art scenes generated during heightened periods of upheaval: America’s Detroit from the 1967 rebellion to the present; the cultural climate of the Italian avant-garde during the 1960s-1980s; authoritarian-ruled South […]


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Wild Vinyl: Designer Art Toys

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A creative outlet for many street artists, illustrators, and graphic designers, art toys emerged in the late 1990s in Asia before becoming a collecting phenomenon in the United States in the early 2000s. Produced in limited editions, designer art toys take the form of a child’s plaything, but are collected by adults, who value these […]


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