DETROIT — Art clubs were a popular phenomenon around the turn of the 20th century, cropping up in major cities across the US. Several, like the National Arts Club in New York (est. 1898) and the California Art Club in Los Angeles (est. 1909) are still in operation, some 100 […]
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For artist Liz Cohen, photography initially seemed well-suited to serve her natural curiosity about the lives of others, but she quickly had to reckon with a sense of voyeurism that left her standing apart from her subjects. Her first big project, CANAL, was a four-year work of street photography and […]
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“Flora and Fauna,” an exhibit of 26 artists who work in and around the Catskill Mountains or who engage the regional biodiversity in their art making practices, opened Friday, March 17, at 1053 Gallery In Fleischmanns. According to a media release, curated by Ryan Steadman and Haley Mellin, local biodiversity […]
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Artists are fundamentally problem solvers. They are generally understood to be solving problems of a personal-expressive nature, or perhaps ones related to community, and occasionally political or environmental problems. They are not often considered the front line for solving, say, problems of city infrastructure. But maybe they should be. If […]
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Let’s conjecture that the world of fine art is best geared to recognize and promote those artists who approach artmaking as a career. Careerism among artists enables MFA programs, blue-chip galleries, auction houses, annual and biennial art fair circuits, and other institutions that inextricably make artistic means meet capitalist ends. […]
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Reyes | Finn gallery is pleased to present Get Together, an exhibition opening February 25th that will collect and celebrate the work of over 150 Detroit-based artists, the largest show in the gallery’s history. With invitational representation of artists at every stage in their careers, the show is dedicated to the […]
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Though its origins are somewhat disputed, a popular maxim holds that “writing about music is like dancing about architecture” — which is a sideswipe at music criticism, specifically, but might also be more broadly interpreted to mean that certain expressive media cannot be effectively used to convey a sense of […]
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