Art
Artists Remix and Riff Off Oberlin’s Architecture
As part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, artists have transformed the Oberlin College campus with sculptural reflections on architecture.
Sarah Rose Sharp
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Exquisite Scrolls that Unravel Imaginary Journeys
Anne Gilman's super-sized scrolls feel like hand-drawn maps, perhaps charting a journey through a metaphysical region.
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Billionaire Art Collector Wants to Take Artists into Space
In Elon Musk's universe, anyone can go into space.
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How a Political Sociologist Fell into Photojournalism After a 1980 Trip to Iran
Following her initial trip, Randy Goodman returned to Iran multiple times, shifting her focus to the many women she encountered.
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A New Curatorial Vision Disrupts Inherited Ideas of Regional Identity in African Art
Laura De Becker's first major exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art puts its expansive historical African art holdings in conversation with contemporary art of the continent.
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The Deeply Shared Rhythms and Patterns of Paintings and Quilts
Both Allie McGhee, a painter, and Carole Harris, a fiber artist, are lifelong Detroiters, and both have established a signature aesthetic akin to visual jazz.
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In the Chapel of a Michigan Church, an Artist Creates a Lamentation for Syrian Refugees
Michael Takeo Magruder's "Lamentation for the Forsaken" at Christ Church Cranbrook creates a resonance between the suffering of Christ and that of Syrian refugees.
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Creating a Pantheon of Black American Gods, from James Baldwin to Nina Simone
“We’ve had Civil Rights, and a lot of people we idealize, especially in the Black community, we treat them like they are gods,” says the artist Tylonn Sawyer.
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An Intimate Look at Charles and Ray Eames, from Their Creative Process to Their Home Life
The World of Charles and Ray Eames, which presents some 400 artifacts, is the first major survey of the Eameses since the 1990s.
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50 Years of a Beloved Detroit Artist's Hauntingly Weird Paintings
Featuring an alter ego named Jonny Strange and "a dragon called Raoul", a retrospective of Jon Strand's mind-boggling work is on view at Wayne State University Art Gallery.
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How Meditation Has Inspired an Artist's Vision
When artist Aaron Fowler discovered he might have been a father, he created a powerful series of works about how it's "okay to not be a perfect person."
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The True Collaborative Power Between Artist and Curator
You can approach each work in this show as individual, but the really charming and kinetic action happens in the interactions.