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Cranbrook Art Museum in the News
Nick Cave
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Nick Cave debuts “Here Hear” sound sculpture at Cranbrook | The Oakland Press, The Macomb Daily, The Daily Tribune

A new exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum features a collection of more than 30 sculptural Soundsuits by Nick Cave, an artist whose reputation has steadily grown in recent years. Sometimes confused with the Australian musician who shares his name, Cave earned a graduate degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art …


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Designing Summer
Press Releases
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Cranbrook Art Museum Presents “Designing Summer: Objects of Escape”

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., June 19 , 2015 – Cranbrook Art Museum is pleased to announce that the exhibition Designing Summer: Objects of Escape will open on June 20, 2015. The exhibition examines how summertime is embodied through objects of the past and present in Michigan. It will run through August …


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Exhibitions
John Glick

John Glick: A Legacy in Clay

John Glick: A Legacy in Clay

John Glick is a people’s potter. In a career spanning over five decades, the ceramist has remained committed to the art and craft of functional vessels and their incorporation into the rituals of daily life. John Glick: A Legacy in Clay is the first major exhibition and publication to survey …


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Him, a project by Liz Cohen

Him, a project by Liz Cohen

Liz Cohen’s artistic practice is rooted in both photography and performance, and she is perhaps best known for her immersive, ten-year project BODYWORK, which explored low-rider and custom car culture. This exhibition launches a new body of work that draws from her continued interest in exhibitionism, subcultures, and acts of …


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Lou Reed

Lou Reed, Metal Machine Trio: The Creation of the Universe

Lou Reed, Metal Machine Trio: The Creation of the Universe

Cranbrook Art Museum will present the audio installation of Metal Machine Trio: The Creation of the Universe, a live ambisonic 3-D sound installation inspired by Lou Reed’s controversial 1975 double album Metal Machine Music. Originally presented by the University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach (UAM, CSULB) in 2012, …


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Read Image, See Text

Read Image, See Text

Read Image, See Text is an exhibition that explores the various creative approaches to the artist book—an artistic structure that often is a playful investigation of the verbal and visual, the tactile and legible. Within the exhibition, the communicative value of the book is complemented or subverted by design, concept, …


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Cranbrook Art Museum in the News
Nick Cave
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Black Artist News – June 19: Nick Cave, Gordon Parks, Mickalene Thomas & More | Culture Type

THE WEEK’S TOP NEWS COVERAGE from around the web featuring artists Nick Cave, Gordon Parks, Noah Purifoy, Mark Bradford, Mickalene Thomas and designer Duro Olowu. T MAGAZINE talks to Chicago-based artist Nick Cave about “Here Hear,” his first solo exhibition in Michigan at the Cranbrook Art Museum. An alumni of …


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Cranbrook Art Museum in the News
Nick Cave
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Video: Nick Cave: Here Hear at Cranbrook Art Museum | Creative Voice / Artrain

Here is your preview for Nick Cave’s exhibition Here Hear at Cranbrook Art Museum! Lots of great events coming up this weekend to celebrate the opening of this exhibition and the kick off of several upcoming performance events. Take a look to learn more! ‪#‎HEREHEAR‬


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Cranbrook Art Museum in the News
Nick Cave
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Sculptor Nick Cave to Host Solo Exhibit at Cranbrook Academy of Arts | DBusiness

Cranbrook Academy of Arts graduate and well-known artist Nick Cave will have a solo exhibit at the Bloomfield Hills Academy, including a collection of about 30 wearable fabric sculptures, along with other sculptures and his video work. The exhibit opens Saturday. The 7,000 square foot exhibit, Here Hear, will feature 11 …


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Cranbrook Art Museum in the News
Nick Cave
Assortment of humanoid fabric sculptures

Nick Cave Launches an Electrifying Exhibition and Performance Series | Architectural Digest

This weekend marks the beginning of a major exhibition of work by Nick Cave at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, a small town just north of Detroit. It’s a homecoming for the artist, who studied at Cranbook’s art academy in the 1980s and still feels a connection to both …


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