Jova Lynne explores the notions of Paradise and tourism in her performance art piece Paradise Travel Company.
Sarah Rose Sharp
Sarah Rose Sharp is a Detroit-based writer, activist, and multimedia artist. She has shown work in New York, Seattle, Columbus and Toledo, OH, and Detroit — including at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She is primarily concerned with artist and viewer experiences of making and engaging with art, and conducts ongoing research in the state of contemporary art in postindustrial and redeveloping cities.
A New Feminist Poetry or a Trudge through Patriarchy
It’s not that Women of Resistance isn’t an excellent cross-section of work by and about the intersectional experience of contemporary womanhood; it’s that the intersectional experience of contemporary womanhood is a slog through all the crap that’s been piled on top of us.
µTopian Dinners and Dining With the Enemy
Detroit-based experimental theater ensemble The Hinterlands hosts a series of uTopian Dinners, forging connections between artists around the world.
Two Artists Are Alla-bout Bob Ross, and a Forthcoming Book on His Painting Techniques
Two artists went on a journey towards Bob Ross, what they discovered were happy little accidents.
A Meditation on Identity through Chickenheads and Chains
LaKela Brown’s plaster-cast sculptures represent the common trappings and symbols of her 1990s hip hop-flavored upbringing.
Nevin Aladağ, Kimsooja, and Nari Ward Create Visual Metaphors for Migration, Exile, and Belonging
Three artists tackle notions of blended culture and identity in Worlds Otherwise Hidden at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
Cleveland Mounts Global Triennial But Local Artists Are Largely Overlooked
No one art festival can do everything, but FRONT has made a bold inaugural effort to establish itself as a new art destination.
Debunking the Myths Around America’s Rise to Power
Sarah Wagner questions the romanticized or elided stories that Americans tell themselves about the forces that built the United States into a world power.
A Painter Reflects on When Black Men Get to Rest
After undergoing brain surgery, Mario Moore produced a series of works about Black men resting and recovering — a realm he describes as a “fantasy land.”
An Independent Print Shop Finds Ways to Connect Artists to Detroit’s Nonprofits
Six Detroit artists were paired with these community-minded nonprofits to produce attractive prints available for supporters.
Intimate, Odd, and Eerie America as Captured by Alec Soth
Wandering through the various lives visited by Soth’s images, it is easy to understand the political and cultural schisms in our country.
Mary Anne Carter Appointed New Acting Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts
Unlike other Trump appointees, the new chair of the NEA seems informed and somewhat engaged with the department she will oversee.