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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Detroit, MI – It’s been an unusual journey from Fourteenth Street in New York to Woodward Avenue in Detroit for a painting created by American artist John Sloan. Sloan painted Fourteenth Street at Sixth Avenue in 1934 for the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), created to employ artists during the Great Depression. The painting, which had been officially missing since 1938, has been located...
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Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
As with 2000 and 2001 , I'm reprinting my original top ten lists and commentary. If I've got something new to say, it'll be in red below. Please note: This list was based on NYC release dates in the year 2002. Some movies are listed as different years at the IMDb based on when they were produced or released in their home country or in LA or whatnot. Undervalued: Morvern Callar, Roger Dodger, About...
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Design Hole (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
I’m taking the rest of the week off to celebrate Thanksgiving. My mother is arriving this evening. Our Thanksgiving traditions include Cranberry Pudding with Rum Sauce (more like a cake – I’ll give you the recipe in time for Christmas). We follow that with a rousing game of 99 where cheating is encouraged depending on [...]
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Monroe on a Budget (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan: Target hosts a Family Sunday series on a regular basis at the Detroit Institute of Arts with art-inspired activities. But on Sunday Nov. 22, the Target Family Sunday special includes free museum admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The usual admission free is $8 for adults and [...]
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Fashion Me Fabulous (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
becca's currently bemoaning her separation from her hometown of Detroit as the Detroit Institute of Arts will be showing a collection of sixty years of Richard Avedon fashion photography through January 17th. Rather than attempt to wax eloquent about why you should see this show if you are anywhere near, I'll let some of his photographs speak for themselves. This series, In Memory of The Late Mr. and...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A library program that provides free admission or special discounts to metro Detroit cultural attractions continues without four familiar names.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
For perspective on the sweep of the exhibition "Energy: Charles McGee at Eighty-Five," which opens Monday at Eastern Michigan University, consider this: The earliest works were made when Truman was president. The most recent works were made during the Obama administration.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
HOLLY: You may deck the halls -- but not the residents -- of this northern Oakland County township and village.
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Monroe on a Budget (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan: The Detroit Museum Adventure Pass, which is a program allowing those with library cards at participating southeast Michigan libraries to request free museum passes in the area, has started its third year of grant funding. Monroe County Library System is participating for its second year. Milan Public Library [...]
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Ample Sanity (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." Ben Okri And Sadly This is True . Rodriguez at the Detroit Institute of Arts . Hello, my name is John and I ride a bicycle . Room to twirl and play plus a clock tower? I'm so there. I wish. Wants & Desires | BDDW Stone Barns . Pick the apps...
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V-Style (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
I have always loved fashion photography. I loved it so much when I was in 6th grade I started tearing out pages from Vogue, Vanity Fair, Instyle and never stopped. I now have binders and binders full of stunning photos...
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Gandalf's Gallery (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Robert Lewis Reid (July 29, 1862 – December 2, 1929) was an American Impressionist painter and muralist. Reid was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Otto Grundmann, where he was also later an instructor. In 1884 he moved to New York City, studying at the Art Students League, and in 1885 he went to Paris to study at the Académie...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
DETROIT, MI.- William Smith, former owner of Allied Film & Video in Detroit, has once again demonstrated his commitment and love for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) by making a second $2 million donation to the museum. The gift is in commemoration of his wife, Patricia (Patsy), and will be used for museum operations. Smith, an honorary board member and longtime supporter of the DIA's Detroit...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) celebrates fashion and photography with the work of Richard Avedon, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000, on view Oct. 18, 2009–Jan. 17, 2010, features 181 works, including many vintage prints, magazines, contact sheets and other archival material from the Avedon estate. “This...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
MIDLAND, Mich., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), received a 2009 Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award at the inaugural event held at the Detroit Institute of Arts on September 24.
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