News
Detroit Street Artist Arrested While Painting Mural Commissioned by City
“They treated me like a felon even though I was commissioned by the city to do this,” said Sheefy McFly, adding that he felt "racially profiled and bullied."
Michigan
Performance
A Healing Performance in the Face of Danger and Trauma
You Are Next to Me is a dense and complicated ongoing work that manages to be funny, human, and spontaneous, about interaction and healing in the face of very present danger and trauma.
In Brief
Mercedes-Benz Is Suing Artists Who Accused the Car Company of Copyright Infringement
"An advertisement for a Mercedes Benz car that costs $200,000, without any compensation to me, or without even asking my permission first, is totally unacceptable," one of the artists said.
Art
The Colors of the Ancient Mediterranean in Vivid Dimensions
A new exhibition at University of Michigan’s Kelsey Museum of Archaeology dives deep into the material and application of pigment and in doing so highlights a colorful, international history.
Art
Elderly Models Camouflage With Nature in These Folklore-Inspired Photographs
In Norwegian-Finnish artist duo Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen's Norse mythology-inspired photographs there's a beauty in old stories, old places, and old people.
Art
An Artist Honors the Overlooked Activism of Black Women
Helina Metaferia's exhibition By Way of Revolution connects histories of protest movements and acknowledges the overlooked labor of women within them.
Art
Six Local Artists Grapple with the Specter of Detroit’s Manufacturing Heritage
An ambiguity between adaptation and transformation hangs over this large exhibition.
Art
The Power of Art Lies in Self-Expression
Mirror, Mirror presents art as something fundamental that unites human beings in the capacity for reflection and self-expression.
Announcement
Stamps Gallery Presents the 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition Dry Socks in a Submerged Canoe
The exhibition includes work by Masimba Hwati, Laura Magnusson, Rowan Renee, Mayela Rodriguez, and Bridget Quinn. On view at the Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan March 15 to 31.
Art
Refugees Tell Their Stories Through Mementos
Jim Lommasson shows the human side of impersonal statistics with photographs of the personal belongings that immigrants brought with them.
Announcement
Cranbrook Academy of Art Introduces New MFA in 4D Design
The program nurtures contemporary design practice by exploring today’s most pressing questions through the medium of emerging technologies.
Art
An Artist Couple from Bangladesh Shares Their Deeply Political Work
EAST LANSING, Mich. — It’s most intuitive to equate activism with a kind of direct action: collecting signatures, participating in a public protest, sending sharply worded letters, community organizing.