Detroit art

An exhibition currently at the Cranbrook Art Museum challenges our idea of what a theater is. Rather than an ornate performance space like, say, the…

Metro Detroit native Saladin Ahmed has been writing for years. From poetry to short stories to novels, he has experimented in many genres. Ahmed’s most…

(Support trusted journalism like this in Michigan. Give what you can here.) There are some new faces in the management of the Detroit Institute of Arts’…

The massive fire that killed 36 people at the Ghost Ship, an Oakland, California warehouse art space, has put similar venues under the microscope in…

A prominent Detroit arts organization is losing its home in a downtown neighborhood it helped revitalize.The Carr Center has called a historic building in…

Angela Flournoy’s new novel, The Turner House, is receiving praise across the literary spectrum, from The New York Times to Buzzfeed.It was also a…

Carey Gustafson spent hours in her bedroom as a kid, sketching images of rock stars and actors and her favorite pop culture characters. She especially…

Leni Sinclair’s camera captured the music scene of Detroit in the ‘60s and ‘70s even as she played a seminal role in the growing countercultural movement…

Michigan-raised artist Brenda Goodman is happy. That’s because she’s finally getting steady recognition from the art world, after years of rejection. This…

Detroit has itself a brand new resident.Liana Aghajanian is the latest winner for Detroit’s Write A House program.She was chosen from more than 200…