Six works by Jaye Schlesinger. The “MUNDANE” spread, including everyone’s favorite foods: PB&J, Red Vines, Twinkies, peanut brittle and double-stuff Oreos. You can be reasonably assured that when an art show adopts the moniker of “the MUNDANE show,” you are likely walking into an environment that is anything but common, ordinary, banal or unimaginative. It […]

Beginning on Friday, January 2nd, Cinema Detroit (a.k.a. The Burton Theater, a.k.a. Cass City Cinema) has been screening Citizenfour, the Laura Poitras documentary that exhaustively documents the circumstances surrounding the notorious leak of National Security Agency documents and practices by NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Though it has been through a comedic number of name changes, Cinema Detroit remains […]

Photo: Co-Founding Editor Jennifer Junkermeier and Associate Editor Ryan Harte. On Thursday, December 18th, surrounded by the artificial woodlands at the Cass Café, the crew behind Infinite Mile (a Knight Arts grantee) debuted their Year 1 print compendium to much-deserved kudos, distributing copies to contributors and those savvy enough to pre-order for the holidays. A […]

It’s one action-packed weekend after another this holiday season, with last weekend seeing the return of traditional favorites of the season: Noel Night and the Detroit Urban Craft Fair, as well as a gamut of art happenings, openings and shenanigans. Midtown at capacity for Noel Night. The 42nd Annual Noel Night was full of dramatic […]

Friendly competition, taking place over “The Butcher Block” by Chris Zagacki. Chess, anyone? It was a good old-fashioned chess brawl over at Popps Packing on Friday, December 5th, in celebration of the chess-themed group show. Participants were invited to contribute a chess set of their own design, and the offerings were as intricate and varied […]

Over the last decade, Corine Vermeulen has built out a quiet niche for herself as one of the premier photographers in Detroit, with an emphasis on capturing the essence of her subjects, semi-staged and in their element. Her meticulous approach to portraiture-as-documentation draws upon a long tradition of semi-candid photography, and has showcased such Detroit […]

Detail from “Erica” by Karpov. Last week was the last chance to see “Delray: Beyond Isolation,” a collection of black and white photographs by Karpov the Wrecked Train, which was on display at Galerie Camille from Friday, November 21st through Saturday, November 29th, as part of the ongoing event/art series organized through WDET in partnership […]

Steven Shaviro is a one-man brain trust, currently holding a position at Wayne State University as he broadens his oeuvre of published work, most recently with The Universe of Things. He graced me with a little Q&A on the areas of his expertise, which I hope you enjoy as much as I did! Other works […]

The bidding was silent and furious at the HNAF poster auction. Saturday, November 22nd was a banner night for the arts in Hamtramck. There was a packed house for the Ben Hall/Andrew Mehall artist talk at Popps Packing, as well as a lively crowd on hand at 9338 Campau for the poster auction benefiting the […]