Reyes Projects


  
LaKela Brown: Opening Reception
Join Reyes Projects for the opening of LaKela Brown's solo exhibition at the gallery. The work in the show will include a series of plaster reliefs and attribution to African-American culture and 1990s hip-hop era.









Opening Reception, Saturday June 23rd,
6-8pm  [Birmingham] 
100 South Old Woodward

On view through August 10th.

  
Library Street Collective


  
 
Xeriscape Group Show
Library Street Collective is excited to announce this year's iteration of Public Matter and its accompanying gallery exhibition, Xeriscape, featuring artists Nina Chanel Abney, Rosson Crow, Beverly Fishman, Tschabalala Self, and Wendy White. This adept group of female artists - each considered a strong member of the contemporary art world regardless of gender - are brought together to present varied perspectives on gender, race, identity, materiality, space and form.


Opening Reception, Saturday June 23rd,  6-8pm.   [Downtown, Detroit] 
1260 Library St.

On view through August 25th.


What Pipeline


  
 
Puppies Puppies "Andrew D. Olivo 6.7.1989 - 6.7.2018"
What Pipeline presents "Andrew D. Olivo 6.7.89 - 6.7.18", an installation of new work by Puppies Puppies that reflects on past trauma, the physicality of transitioning, and mourning the death of an old self.








Opening Reception, Thursday June 21st,  6-9pm.  [Southwest, Detroit]
3525 W Vernor Hwy.

On view through July 22nd.

                   

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center


  
37th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition
The 37th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition exhibition opens Friday, June 22! 101 works of art by 90 artists from 60 cities in 5 states juried by Emily Smith and Adam Henry.






Opening Reception, Friday June 22nd, 6 -8pm  [Birmingham] 
1516 S. Cranbrook

On view through August 23rd.
  
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

  
 
Intersection: Mythological Reputation to Black Future Speculation
Please join the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and Science Gallery Lab Detroit as we present The Intersection: From Mythological Reputation to Black Future Speculation. This program will feature the work of world-renowned artist Cauleen Smith followed by conversation with Detroit's very own Dr. Tonya Matthews.


Sunday June 24th,  1-3pm.  
[Midtown, Detroit] 
4454 Woodward Ave.

Black Box Gallery


  
 
Contemporary Portraiture
Portraits can represent individuals in many different ways. They can be literal representations of a person or they can represent a person symbolically. Join us as we explore the complex fabric and direction of contemporary portraiture as the theme for the grand opening of Black Box Gallery.




Opening Reception, Friday June 22nd
5pm.  [Dearborn]
3700 Monroe St.
                   
 
Lectures and Other Events


Public Pool:
For this BUFFET we'll be surrounded by a show titled SUGAR SUGAR. The Writers Buffet considers Sugar in all it's various forms, be it saccharin or just sweet or the highest of high-fructose!
Saturday, June 23rd, 7-10pm. [Hamtramck] 3309 Caniff St.

Galerie Camille:
Join Galerie Camille on for the closing reception of Waking Up In a Rainbow. A show featuring Jef Bourgeau and Jessica Hopkins.
Closing Reception, Saturday June 23rd, 5-7pm. [Midtown, Detroit] 4130 Cass Ave.

Detroit Film Theater:
Jean-Luc Godard's pioneering work of avant-garde sci-fi is set in a futuristic city on another planet, yet was filmed in a moody, contemporary nighttime Paris.
Friday, June 22nd, 7pm. [Midtown, Detroit] 5200 Woodward Ave.

 
Art Writing

Short essays, Workshops, and Events


NEW! 102 Nancy Rodwan

 
 101 Leslie Rogers




 
Detroit Art Review

Photorealism @ 
Flint Institute of Arts

Michael Luchs @ 
MOCAD


Scott Hocking @ 
David Klein Gallery