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Laura Quattrocchi transforms lottery tickets into thought-provoking sculptures for 'The Loser Show'
The tragic yet comedic interactive exhibition is displayed at Andy Arts on Detroit’s west side
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Arts, Environment, Things to Do, Andy Arts, Lotto, lottery tickets, Detroit numbers, Fenkell, westside Detroit, Detroit art, Detroit artists, things to do in Detroit, Detroit art exhibitions, Slideshow
Detroit’s Kresge Arts intermingles sound with visual and literary arts in first-ever online exhibition
The exhibition includes themes of solidarity and community, inspired by 1970s Detroit radio DJ The Electrifying Mojo
Tags: Arts, Music, News, Kresge Arts, Detroit artists, Michigan artists, Detroit art, sound art, music, visual art, poetry, Detroit poets, Slideshow
City Walls unveils ‘DCleated’ art project ahead of NFL Draft
Twenty artists painted oversized football cleats to be placed around the city, with proceeds going to local charities
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Arts, Arts Spotlight, Visual Art, DCleated, 2024 NFL Draft, Arts Spotlight, Detroit artists, Detroit City Walls, Arts & Culture, Detroit art, Slideshow
New York-based Free Art Collective hopes to reach Detroit artists for upcoming Global Day of Art
The nonprofit also has the goal of starting a branch in Detroit in the near future
Tags: Arts, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Detroit art, Detroit artists, Free Art Collective, Global Day of Art, New York, Eminem, Mom's Spaghetti, Slideshow
Detroit Institute of Arts works to return Indigenous remains and sacred objects amid federal law updates
Museums across the U.S. have covered or removed Native American exhibitions in response to stricter regulations
Tags: Arts, Government, History, News, Longform, Detroit Institute of Arts, Indigenous people in Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Library Street’s ‘Little Village’ campus to open in May with Charles McGee exhibit
It includes The Shepherd, Charles Mcgee Legacy Park, Assemble Sound, a skate park designed by Tony Hawk, and more
Tags: Arts, News, Visual Art, Music, Library Street Collective, Little Village, The Shepherd, Charles McGee, Charles McGee Legacy Park, The Lantern, MOCAD, East English Village, Detroit art scene
Award-winning Detroit musician Audra Kubat hosts songwriting workshops and performance at the DIA
The workshops will be a collaboration between Kubat and guests to write a song inspired by select artworks within the DIA
Tags: Michigan Music, Education, Music, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Women's History Month, Audra Kubat, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit music, songwriting workshops, Detroit art, Detroit events, Detroit concerts, things to do in Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
Upcoming ‘BLACK’ exhibition at the Carr Center displays the diversity of Black artists in Detroit
The show will run through the end of February in honor of Black History Month
Tags: Arts, Critics’ Picks, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Black History Month, Detroit artists, Detroit art, Black artists, the Carr Center, Slideshow
Historic African American film exhibit headed to the DIA this February
‘Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971’ will include nearly 200 historical film posters, costumes, props, and excerpts
Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Movies, Critics’ Picks, Detroit Institute of Arts, Things to Do, Detroit art scene, film
The Amber Collective works to highlight underrepresented Detroit artists
The arts group recently opened a brick-and-mortar shop, but it may only be temporary
Tags: Arts, Local Businesses, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Amber Art Collective, The Amber Collective, Detroit artsits, Detroit art, Black femme artists, women artists, Black artists, Things to do in Detroit, shop local, Slideshow
Detroit kids collaborate with local artists for upcoming children’s talk show ‘Mixture of Four’
Children are the future
Tags: Arts, Stage, Visual Art, Television, Mixture of Four, Detroit artists, Children's talk show, Detroit contemporary, Detroit art, youth development, Slideshow
Detroit Dance Collective to perform at upcoming Detroit Dance City Festival
Dance as emotional expression
Tags: Festival Guide, Arts & Culture Features, Detroit Dance City Festival, ArtLab J, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Opera House, Detroit Dance Collective, Cover Story
Detroit Dance City Festival returns for its 11th year
Celebrate dance at this annual community building event from Sept. 8-10
Tags: Culture, Arts & Culture, Stage, Things to Do, Dance, Festival, Community, Art J, Detroit City Dance Festival, Detroit Institute of Arts
Photographer James Barnor’s first U.S. retrospective brings 20th century Ghana to Detroit
The DIA exhibit shows Ghana before, during, and after becoming an independent nation
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, James Barnor, Detroit Institute of Arts, African photography, James Barnor U.S. retrospective, Ghanaian photography, Arts Stories & Interviews
DIA to host film screening and discussion of Rosa Parks documentary
Directors of ‘The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks’ will join audience members for a talk following the film
Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Detroit Institute of Arts, Things to do, Black History Month in Detroit
In trial film ‘Saint Omer,’ rich reflection arises from restraint
Based on the real-life 2013 case of Fabienne Kabou, a woman who was accused of killing her own baby, the drama screens at the Detroit Film Theatre this weekend
By George Elkind
Tags: Movies, Movies, Kayije Kagam, Fabienne Kabou, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts, DFT, Detroit Film Theatre, Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA
In the DIA’s ‘Van Gogh in America,’ there’s more than meets the eye
Van Gogh still beckons
By David Nichols
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Vincent Van Gogh, Van Gogh in America, DIA, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts
‘Lust for Life’ paints Van Gogh — convincingly — as a realist
The 1956 Kirk Douglas-starring biopic screens Saturday at the DIA to coincide with its new ‘Van Gogh in America’ exhibition
Tags: Movies, Movies, Lust for Life, Vincent Van Gogh, DIA, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Film Theatre, Video
‘Van Gogh in America’ opens at Detroit Institute of Arts on Sunday
The exhibition celebrates 100 years since the DIA became the first U.S. museum to acquire one of the iconic artist’s paintings
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Things to Do, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts, Vincent van Gogh
Iconic Charles McGee mural displayed in downtown Detroit for a limited time
See the celebrated Detroit artist’s 2011 ‘Play Patterns II’ until Oct. 16
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Charles McGee, Library Street Collective, Detroit artist, public art
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
By Steve Neavling
Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit
Pot-friendly Michigan music venue scales back programming