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Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America Exhibition Dates: June 14, 2013 – October 13, 2013 To view photos from the ArtMembers’ Opening Reception, click here.

Michigan Modern Opens at the Cranbrook Art Museum | The New York Times

The state that was the center of both the automotive and furniture industry for most of the 20th century has never been given due regard for its design influence. That’s the premise of “Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America,” which opens on June 14 at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Curated by […]

Made in Michigan: Modernism | Metromode

Think Michigan heritage, and a number of things come to mind. Manufacturing, lumbering, hunting, fishing and the labor movement would likely be among them. But Modern design? Doubters, take heed. While the state’s role in such a highbrow industry as design may not be on the forefront of most Michigander’s consciousness now, it’s simply a […]

Cranbrook Gives Michigan its Due in Modern Design | The Detroit News

Cranbrook highlights Detroit’s Midcentury Marvels of Design, Architecture | Detroit Free Press

Michigan Modern is Here!

Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America (Upper Galleries) Four-Day Symposium: June 13 – 16, 2013 Members’ Only Opening Reception: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 6:30-8:30pm* Exhibition Dates: June 14, 2013 – October 13, 2013 Check out the links below for the latest press coverage of Michigan Modern. Architect’s Newspaper Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America Detroit […]

A Visual History of Michigan’s Outsize Influence on American Modernism | Atlantic Cities

With the likes of Albert Kahn, Minoru Yamasaki, Eliel Saarinen, and Charles and Ray Eames all calling Michigan home at some point in their careers, the state is arguably long overdue for a look back on the innovations it gave to the rest of the design world. It will soon do just that with Michigan […]

Alec Soth Featured on Michigan Radio (NPR)

http://cpa.ds.npr.org/michigan/audio/2013/01/2013116_stateside_alecsoth.mp3 Alec Soth’s exhibition, “From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America,” is on display at the Cranbrook Art Museum through March 30. Soth spoke today with Cyndy about his time in Michigan and the various people he encountered. Soth was unfamiliar with Michigan at the start of his trip. “The truth is, I knew very […]

“From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America” Draws Critical Acclaim

The Detroit Free Press takes a look at metro Detroit’s art exhibitions to go see this holiday season. Of the current Alec Soth exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum, writer Mark Stryker says, “It’s a diverse and impressive body of work, including a printed newspaper that meditates on themes of community, and it’s a good example […]

HuffPost Detroit Takes a Closer Look at Soo Sunny Park and Alec Soth

In an upcoming exhibition, two artists document place and transform space, with work that captures individualized moments of the American landscape and experience. Soo Sunny Park’s installation “SSVT (South Stafford, Vermont) Vapor Slide (2007)” and “From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America” open at the Cranbrook Art Museum Saturday, running through March 30, 2013. Though […]