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From the Vault Recent Gifts to the Collection
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Cranbrook Academy grad’s fiberwork inspired by African tradition | Oakland Press

A handful of Clark’s art pieces will be on display at a new exhibition called “From the Vault: Recent Gifts to the Collection” at the Cranbrook Art Museum from Saturday, Nov. 19, through March 12. The exhibition features recent and promised gifts to the museum, including works from Cranbrook Academy …


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Michigan residents share their ‘Truth’ in Cranbrook exhibition | Oakland Press

For Will Sylvester, everyone has a peculiar truth they want to express, but sometimes they need a nudge or a push to let it come out into the open. Resident of metropolitan Detroit and Flint will offer up their own private versions of the “Truth” in a new exhibit opening …


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Detroit and Flint truth-tellers featured in Cranbrook art exhibit | Detroit Free Press

Last summer more than 1,000 Detroit and Flint residents told the truth in a giant bubble known as the Truth Booth. Some of their testimonies will be on view in “The Truth Is I Hear You,” an exhibition opening at Cranbrook Art Museum this weekend and running through March.


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Review: Unsettled: The Work of Edward Gorey | Pulp

Unsettled: The Work of Edward Gorey @ the Cranbrook Art Museum, in Bloomfield Hills, MI opened September 18, 2016 and will be on display through March 12, 2017. The show is a perfect primer for entering the pen-and-ink world of Gorey’s illustrations. Gorey was a prolific illustrator who started working …


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Cranbrook puts smart, spooky spin on Halloween | C & G Newspapers

At Cranbrook, Halloween isn’t just a day on the calendar or an excuse to indulge in a few pieces of candy — it’s an all-out extravaganza. From the science institute to the art museum, this weekend will be packed with family-friendly activities to celebrate all things spooky, with an educational …


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Cranbrook Art Museum Presents Cranbrook Time Machine: Twentieth-Century Period Rooms and From the Vault: Recent Gifts to the Collection

Exhibitions open in November alongside The Truth Is I Hear You Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Oct. 18, 2016— Cranbrook Art Museum announces two new exhibitions opening alongside The Truth Is I Hear You on November 19 that will showcase unique objects from the Museum’s extensive collections. The first is Cranbrook Time …


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Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe

Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe

Cranbrook Art Museum presents the U.S. debut of this career retrospective of Alexander Girard (1907–1993), one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. Girard worked across the fields of architecture, interior design, textiles, and graphics to create stunning environments that greatly enriched the visual language of mid-century modernism. …


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