Cranbrook Museum of Art 

 
The Cranbrook Hall of Wonders: Artworks, Objects, and Natural Curiosities
A contemporary interpretation of the Cabinet of Curiosities or Wunderkammer, a sixteenth-century collecting and display technique in which art, ornate functional objects, natural oddities, and anthropological discoveries co-existed together as a microcosm of knowledge. 

Theater of the Mind
Theater of the Mind sets its scene in the imagination with artworks that conjure time-based dramaturgies that play out in the mind and entice speculative thinking. 

Iris Eichenberg: Bend

Eichenberg presents s an unconventional retrospective of her twenty-five-year career told through a body of new work. Decades in the making, this exhibition is an introspective look at the alchemic process of creation and the artists life-long research into the behavior of materials.

 
ArtMembers Opening Saturday, November 22, 6-8pm.  Open to the public Sunday, November 23, 10am-5pm. (Bloomfield Hills)

Susanne Hilberry Gallery  


Leni Sinclair
Leni Sinclair was a founding member of the Detroit Artist Workshop (est Nov 1964) The group of musicians, poets and artists self-published literature, hosted performances, & sponsored visiting musicians and poets. Leni began photographing jazz and rock musicians, documenting the Workshop and later counter-culture movements.  Her iconic images have appeared in countless publications.

John Torreano
John Torreano's most recent paintings are based on imagined collisions between deep space objects with images of/theories about dark matter. "By combining these images/concepts of dark matter with images of various nebula, such as Orion or Carina, I find a place of working wherein I have to invent ways to bring these imagined collisions to some kind of painterly resolution. "

Opening Friday, November 21, 6-8pm. (Ferndale)

Shows run through January 17. 
North End Studios  

  

 

Zo� Ligon, Other Nature

North End's resident artist, Zo� Ligon is a sex educator and visual artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. One of her recent works appeared in TIME magazine's "The New Age of Heroines." Ligon creates subversive collage work that pushes boundaries of sexuality, gender, and power. Other Nature is a celebration of matter-of-fact sexuality. 


 

Opening Thursday, November 20, 7-11pm. (Grand RIver/Woodbridge District, Detroit)


 


Inner State Gallery 

 
Remix by ABOVE

The exhibition introduces a brand new body of work highlighting Above's iconic arrow that has appeared prominently in a massive public art campaigns spanning 15+ years, 100+ cities and 60+ different countries across the globe. Above has meticulously dissected and reassembled his latest collection of arrow and targets by creating multiple color palettes and weaving them together to create new seamless body of work. 


Opening Friday, November 21, 7-10pm. (Eastern Market, Detroit)

  

Block One Gallery 


The Sean Nader Show
Over 40 new art works by Sean Nader. You've seen them on the internet now see them live! Plus a live performance by the artist at 8pm.

Opening Friday, November 21, 5pm-12am and Saturday, November 22, 5pm-12am.

Block One Gallery is located at 14708 E.Jefferson, Detroit.

CAVE Gallery   

  

 

Alivia Zivich: Fat Hacker

A super callous fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.


 

Opening Saturday, November 22, 6-9pm. Located inside the Russell Industrial Center, 1600 Clay Street, 3rd floor. (North End District, Detroit)

Show runs through January 24.   


 


Galerie Camille   


Delray : Beyond Isolation
WDET 101.9 and Galerie Camille are pleased to present Delray : Beyond Isolation. The exhibition will feature 30 photographs from Karpov & audio stories by Laura Herberg, that explores the daily life of normal people: business owners and laborers, families and children living in the small isolated area that is Delray. What is life like now? After the factories, the jobs, the schools and residents vanished.

Opening Friday, November 21, 5-9pm. (Midtown, Detroit)

Show runs through November 29.
  

Rosa Parks Boys 


SOFT: An Exhibit by Mary Bustamante
Mary Bustamonte grew up in the rural suburbs of Detroit with a fiery need to create. Mary's background is in poetry, editorial styling, and textile manipulation. "Soft" is her first foray into the conventional displaying of works- perhaps in still an unconventional manner.

One night only, opening Friday, November 21, 5-10pm. (Corktown, Detroit)

Rosa Parks Boys is located at 2051 Rosa Parks Avenue in Corktown, Detroit. 
333 Midland  

  

 

New Work by Mike Ross

New Paintings by Mike Ross, featuring music spun by DJ Pierce Reynolds.


 

Opening Saturday, November 22, 5-11pm. After opening, you can see the show by appointment by calling 248 808 2562. (Highland Park)

   
 
LECTURES & OTHER EVENTS: 
 
3rd Thursday   
Detroit's Gallery Crawl:  Plan out your route, there is so much to see, do and experience.
Thursday, November 20 5-11pm.

Popps Packing
Gallery Talk with Andrew Mehall + Ben Hall: Popps Packing, Wake Gallery, and Young World are pleased to present an intimate discussion with the artists who created Zookeepers. Natalie Bell, Curatorial Associate at the New Museum, NYC will be moderating the conversation. Listen to their interview with Travis Wright from WDET.
Saturday, November 22, 5pm. Exhibition on view through November 28.

N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art 
ShopTalk with George N'Namdi, Sarah Cox and Tommey Walker: George N'Namdi: G. R. N'Namdi Gallery / Sarah Cox: Write A House / 
Tommey Walker: Detroit Vs. Everybody
Thursday, November 20, 7-9pm.

Detroit Institute of Arts   
FMCA Annual Meeting: Join FMCA for Member Reception and Annual Meeting. Schedule: 5:30 pm Member Reception (free for FMCA members, tickets $40 for non-members), 6:00 Sarah Thornton Book Signing, 6:30 pm FMCA Annual Meeting, 7:00 Discussion with Sarah Thornton and Vince Carducci (free tickets required). Reserve tickets by 3:00 pm on Nov. 21, by calling DIA ticket office at 313.833.4005 during business hours.
Events take place Sunday, November 23, 5:30pm.    
 
Live Coal Gallery   
Artist Talk with Christopher Batten & Senghor Reid:  Artists Christopher Batten & Senghor Reid share about their current work in a show called "Refractions." The show closes November 25th. Market Day vendors will be open for business, serving food, hot drinks, & more.
Friday, November 21, 5-6pm.