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 […]

“Magic in the Museum” | Visit Detroit

It feels a little like being in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Our tour group is shuffling through the ground floor of the Cranbrook Art Museum when we come to a massive, curved steel door. Gregory Wittkopp, the director of the Cranbrook Art Museum who could give Mr. Wonka a run for his money in the […]

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“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 […]

George Nelson Retrospective at Cranbrook Art Museum | Contract Magazine

On June 16, the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of George Nelson opened at the Cranbrook Art Museum, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. "George Nelson: Architect | Writer | Designer | Teacher" first opened in Germany in September of 2008 at the Vitra Design Museum, marking what would have the American designer's 100th birthday. The exhibition then traveled to Spain before landing state-side at the Oklahoma Art Center in the winter of 2011, moving along to San Antonio and Seattle before arriving at the legendary design institution's newly renovated gallery space in Michigan (Contract, June 2012).