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As Flint’s Water Crisis Endures, the Water Remembers

by Sarah Rose Sharp January 22, 2023January 20, 2023

In their MLK Day performance inspired by LaToya Ruby Frazier’s photo series, Sister Tour explored the relationship between Black women and water.

Posted inArt

What’s the Weirdest Ornament You’d Hang on Your Tree?

by Sarah Rose Sharp December 21, 2022December 22, 2022

An exhibition on view at Detroit’s Henry Ford Museum features 7,000 Christmas ornaments, from the traditionally festive to the deeply bizarre.

Posted inArt

Explore Detroit’s Street Art With This Interactive Map

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 20, 2022November 18, 2022

The city’s new initiative comes after years of penalizing and white-washing independent and unauthorized street art.

Posted inNews

Michigan Art Dealer Swindled Seniors in $1.6M Fraud Scheme

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 21, 2022October 21, 2022

Wendy Halsted Beard defrauded her clients of over 100 photographs, including works by Ansel Adams, and targeted elderly collectors.

Posted inNews

Whistleblower Group Seeks to Stop Re-Accreditation of Detroit Institute of Arts

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu July 11, 2022July 11, 2022

In a missive to the American Alliance of Museums, the nonprofit legal organization Whistleblower Aid said the museum does not meet criteria for accreditation, citing “race- and gender-based hiring” and a culture of retaliation, among other issues.

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Olivia Guterson Carries Ancestral Patterns Into Contemporary Art

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich June 27, 2022June 29, 2022

The Detroit-based artist draws from her Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish, and African American roots to create a dazzling new ornamental language.

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Filmmaker dream hampton Culls Memories From Detroit’s Flooded Basements

by Bedatri D. Choudhury May 15, 2022May 15, 2022

Her short film Freshwater is now playing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

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The Cass Corridor Movement’s Salvation Through Salvage

by Sarah Rose Sharp January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

Working with what they had, Cass Corridor artists scrapped and repurposed anything they could get their hands on, attempting to find some salvation for their city through a literal process of salvage and reuse.

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Parents of Michigan School Shooter Took Refuge in Artist Studio in Detroit

by Sarah Rose Sharp December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

Detroit police received a tip that led them to Andrzej Sikora’s art studio, where police took James and Jennifer Crumbley into custody.

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The Tender Nuance of “Habibi”

by Sarah Rose Sharp August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

A group of artists in Detroit is developing a “Habibi Futurism.”

Posted inArt

Black Artists Are Brightening Detroit With Murals

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

A Black-led, open-air mural festival lends visibility to the Black artists in this city.

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Detroit’s Electronic Music Scene, Seen Through Its Black Creators

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

Electronic Landscapes takes the reader into the storied record shops and cozy home studios of Detroit’s most important musicians.

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