Artist Alexander Buzzalini mounting his piece “Good Bye, Old Paint.” Public Pool hosted a playful investigation of several hallmarks of traditional masculinity with “Beer, Bacon and Bullets,” a three-man show featuring the work of Alexander Buzzalini, Angelo Conti and Matthew Hunt. “California Gold International Engine” by Matthew Hunt. “Grand West Loop” by Matthew Hunt. Detail […]

ZIPR’s Gallery Guide, an in-depth resource for art in the downtown area. There’s a new must-read for anyone with their finger on the quickening pulse of the Detroit art scene: ZIPR Magazine. The Zenith Index of Public Record (ZIPR) will debut with its inaugural issue this Friday, November 22nd, which includes an extensive Gallery Guide and […]

Design for the “Infinite Mile” hard copy release by artist Osman Khan. This Saturday, November 15, from 6-8 p.m. at the Cass Café will be the release party for the latest issue of “Infinite Mile.” Issue #11 features contributions by Katherine Craig, Colin Darke, Clara DeGalan, Christina deRoos, Alex B. Hill, and Matthew Piper. ∞ […]

“Grand Pre-.” In an opening at Popps Packing designed to confound and delight, artists Ben Hall and Andrew Mehall teamed up for a massive installation that hopped the banks of Popps’ main gallery, parking up the street outside, and crossing St. Aubin to continue in locations in and around Mehall’s residence. The cushy interior space of “Dollar […]

Dave Eggers took Detroit by storm this week, with a presentation at the 2014 Richard C. Van Dusen Urban Leadership Forum at Wayne State University, titled “Buccaneers, Robots, Yetis, and Other Agents of Social Change.” The title of the presentation refers to the eclectic storefronts that act as an interface between the public and the […]

YOUMACON 2014, for the love of anime and all things Japanese. Halloween and Dia de los Muertos both took place this weekend, October 31–November 2, with traditional celebrations including a procession to Clark Park, where neighbors built a community ofrenda, sponsored by the DIA and open to the public from 12-4 p.m. on Sunday, November […]

The lineup of artists for Alley Culture’s Fall 2014 opening. Kitty-corner from each other on an unassuming stretch of Willis between Trumbull and Lincoln, the low-key art outpost Alley Culture and “Detroit’s sexiest anarchist collective,” known as Trumbullplex, have been coalescing talent and embracing alternatives since the early ’90s. Founded in 1995 by Sherry Hendrick […]

“The Spirit Post,” an ofrenda by yours truly, Knight Arts blogger rsharp. Photo courtesy of Carrie Morris Tonight, Friday, October 24th, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. is the opening for the second annual exhibit of “Ofrendas” for Día de los Muertos, a group show hosted by the DIA. Twenty-eight artists have contributed ofrendas to this colorful special […]

On the weekend of October 17-18, PuppetART Theater (a Knight Arts grantee) held the PuppetLAB Festival, two nights of original puppet performances, some of which have been in development for more than a year. PuppetLAB is a program that runs from June-October, with the goal of developing new puppet performances, and the five performance teams […]

“Yard/Zone” by Sarah Wagner. “Yard/Zone,” the latest show at Popps Packing, is an installation by Sarah Wagner – a rendering of her neighborhood, haunting in its simplicity and delicate materials. The installation, which opened on October 4th, is a dimensional scale map of the houses—whole, and in various states of decay and overgrowth—from Wagner’s “Banglatown” […]