It’s the most wonderful time of the year – EDITION time! I’ll be debuting some of my newest work, a series called Detroit Patchworks. Getting it all figured out! For our last exhibition of the year, Simone DeSousa Gallery is pleased to present EDITION 18, a group show celebration bringing […]
Last week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art drew a little side-eye over their forthcoming exhibition, Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll, a show dedicated to the iconic instruments of rock and roll — a beautiful and storied history that apparently includes no female participants besides St. Vincent. The […]
DETROIT—Many of us have joked at least once about having “first world problems,” with the implication being that people in places with weaker infrastructure have more serious worries. But this phrase ultimately reflects a certain kind of classism: it subtly reinforces notions of a global hierarchy in which developed nations provide […]
OAXACA, Mexico — In the introduction to her remarkable book High Static, Dead Lines, on “sonic spectres” and artifacts, curator Kristen Gallerneaux asserts: “Finding ways to allow our media to haunt us is crucial to understanding it.” Though Gallerneaux’s interest concerns unexplained audio phenomenology, she entertains the notion of “stone tape theory,” […]
Excited to announce participation in the latest installation of Open Source at The Carnegie in Covington, KY. OPEN SOURCE 1.2 is a continuation of an experimental curatorial series of rotating installations and objects selected by a fluid team of curators, artists, collectors, writers, critics, and community organizers from across the […]
DETROIT — Detroit’’s local scene has been abuzz with excited chatter, following the recent announcement that Larry Ossei-Mensah will fill the vacated Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator position at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD). Mensah brings prodigious and diverse experience to the appointment. He has been an independent […]
Calling all paraders, Detroiters, art weirdos and adventurers to help a.gen.cy fill out a second line tomorrow night, for artist Shannon Goff’s sendoff to her “Miles to Empty” cardboard Lincoln Continental! We’ll be parading with the Detroit Party Marching Band, and the event will be filmed by the inimitable Oren […]
Tonight’s the awards presentation for the All Media show at the Ann Arbor Art Center, which I was honored to guest jury this year. There’s a lot of wonderful work and A2AC did a phenomenal job rationally installing all of the things my brain loved so irrationally. Awards go out […]
MEXICO CITY — Certain professions have a niche within the avocation — practitioners who are lauded by their colleagues due to their nuanced approach to their field, but perhaps under-recognized by a wider audience — “comedian’s comedian,” “athlete’s athlete,” and so on. Irish painter Pádraig Timoney is sort of an […]
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The 21c Museum Hotel chain — which combines luxury hospitality facilities with contemporary art mini-museums — continues its culture march across the American heartland. In mid-July, its newest location opened in downtown Kansas City during the course of a weeklong press tour and community celebration. Open to […]