Cranbrook Art Museum


  
Cranbrook Art Museum's Fall Exhibitions' Opening
You are invited to join us for the opening reception of our fall exhibitions that examine the intersection between art and street culture. ArtMembers-Only Reception is 6-7pm and includes complimentary cocktail and appetizers. Memberships may be purchased at the door. The Opening Reception is at 7-9pm and $15 non-members with Cash bar. The exhibitions include: "Basquiat Before Basquiat: East 12th Street, 1979-1980", "Keith Haring: The End of the Line", "Ryan McGinness: Studio Views and Collection Views", and "Maya Stovall: Liquor Store Theatre Performance Films".



Opening Reception, Friday, November 17th, 6-9pm.  [Bloomfield Hills] 
39221 Woodward Ave


  
Hill Gallery


  
 
Ledger Drawings + Richard Nonas
The Hill Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of "Ledger Drawings + Richard Nonas" with an extraordinary museum collection of Native American Ledger Drawings paired with a sited sculptural installation by the New York artist Richard Nonas. The exhibition runs from November 16th - December 22nd 2017. Please join us for a rare evening of interaction with Richard Nonas and Donald Ellis at the Hill Gallery on November 16th from 5 - 8pm, located at 407 W. Brown St. Birmingham, MI 48009






Opening Reception, Thursday November 16th, 5-8pm. [Birmingham] 
407 W. Brown St.

Show runs through December 22nd.
                                            
  
What Pipeline


  
 
Nolan Simon
What Pipeline presents "Reflections", an exhibition of new paintings and monoprints by Nolan Simon. Nolan Simon's culling of images from the internet as sources for his paintings started in 2010 as an open-ended, experimental practice and in recent years congealed into a more personal, focused review of his own media consumption. The diasporic images Simon selects share a common trait of being able to evoke feelings that are simple and familiar, and yet complicated enough to be difficult to describe in a few words. Simon acknowledges a time of self-reflection with this series.



Opening Reception, Thursday November 16th, 6-9pm. [Southwest, Detroit]
3525 W Vernor Hwy

Show runs through December 23rd.


                   

Red Bull House of Art


  
Red Bull House of Art Resident Artist Exhibition
Join us for the opening of our Resident Artist Exhibition featuring new work from Judith Supine, Julie Schenkelberg, and Lucien Shapiro, created during their 3-month residency at Red Bull House of Art. This event is free & open to the public of all ages. Doors will be open from 7pm - 10pm. 



Opening Reception, Friday November 17th, 7-10pm.  [Eastern Market, Detroit] 
1551 Winder St.

  
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University

  
 
Michigan Stories: Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw Opening
Explore our newest exhibition and enjoy a performance at 7:30pm by Jim Shaw and Cary Loren, original members of the band Destroy All Monsters. Michigan Stories: Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw is the first exhibition to feature never-before-seen works by both artists that draw from their upbringing in Michigan.



Opening Reception, Friday November 17th, 7-9pm.  [East Lansing] 
547 East Circle Dr.


  
Cass Cafe


  
 
When Things Become Thoughts
"When Things Become Thoughts" is a decidedly Detroit-centric look into the photographic vision of Ramiro Zarate, Jr. Join us in celebrating this new exhibition of large scale photographic prints , 7-10 pm on Saturday November 18. Exhibition runs through January 24, 2018,





Opening Reception, Saturday November 18th, 7-10pm.  [Midtown, Detroit] 
4620 Cass Ave.


                            

Friendship Circle of Michigan


  
Soul Studio's 2nd Annual Gift Show!
Opening November 16 is our 2nd annual Gift Show! Our walls will be full of original artwork, apparel, furniture, and other creations made at the Dresner Foundation Soul Studio that are perfect gifts for everyone you know!






Thursday November 16th, 6-9pm 
[West Bloomfield] 
5586 Drake Rd.

  
Seafoam Palace


  
 
Seafoam Palace Presents: Art, Anomalies and Shadow Puppets
Open House. Please come! This is a rare opportunity to take a peek inside our historic building--a work in progress--and see what we've been up to. We will have installations by Seafoam Palace artists and examples of our programming and workshops.




Saturday November 18th, 1-5pm. 
[East Side, Detroit] 
6460 Kercheval St.

  
Flophouse


  
 
Scape
Scape is an ode to the power of clothing to affect the wearer's perception of herself and the way others perceive her. In this performance and installation, Margaret Hull explores the actions of dressing, wearing, and caring for clothes and the implications of a committed relationship to fabric on the body. Performance at 6:30pm & 8:30pm



Opening Reception, Saturday November 18th. 6-10pm.  [Royal Oak] 
3123 Parker Dr.



                   
 
Other Events 


UMMA: Matisse Drawings
MOCAD: Black History 101 Pop Up
Signal-Return: INK UP! Fundraiser
 
Lectures

Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium; College for Creative Studies :
Contemporary artist Willie Cole transforms ordinary domestic objects such as shoes, bicycle parts, irons, and lawn jockeys into powerful works of art, embedded with references to the African American experience and inspired by West African religion, mythology, and culture.
Thursday November 16th, 6:30-8:30pm. [Midtown, Detroit] 201 E. Kirby

Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning:
Ananya Roy's research and scholarship has a determined focus on poverty and inequality and lies in four domains: how the urban poor in cities from Kolkata to Chicago face and fight eviction, foreclosure, and displacement.
Friday, November 17th, 5-6pm. [Ann Arbor] 2000 Bonisteel Blvd

Cranbrook Art Museum:
Join exhibition curator Nora Abrams of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Alexis Adler, along with other friends of the experts on Basquiat for a lively conversation about the artist and the pioneering role he played in the world of contemporary art.
Saturday November 18th, 1-3pm. [Bloomfield Hills] 39221 Woodward Ave.

N'Namdi Center For Contemporary Art:
"Abstract Minded" curator Osi Audu and the Detroit Institute of Art's curator of contemporary art Laurie Ann Farrell discuss the artists, the exhibition, and the influence of the African Diaspora on contemporary art.
Saturday, November 18th, 2-5pm. [Midtown, Detroit] 52 E Forest Ave.

 
Art Writing

Read short essays on 83 Detroit artists


NEW! 83 Sharon Que

 
82 Timothy Van Laar
 
Detroit Art Review

Frederic Edwin Church @ 
Detroit Institute of Arts

A Family Affair @ 
Ellen Kayrod Gallery


Jim Nawara @ 
WSU Art Department Gallery