Vedpathak with <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Agnes-Martin/8E9DC2766A9B654A">Agnes Martin</a> will showcase a new body of work by Detroit-based abstractionist Neha Vedpathak alongside important canonical works by Agnes Martin, the great American painter associated with Minimalism and a principal influence on Vedpathak’s practice.<p><br></p>" itemprop="description" />
Cranbrook Art Museum</a> inaugurated a new permanent collection devoted to celebrating and preserving the work of artists and designers in the metro Detroit area—its first new collection in decades. At the same time, the Art Museum dedicated funds to acquire more works by women, artists of color, and LGBTQ+ identified individuals in a project to diversify its permanent collection. Designed to acknowledge the long-standing history of artists who have called Detroit home and the area’s rich and diverse community of practitioners, the Detroit Collection is particularly focused on art from the 1960s to the present in a variety of media. How We Make the Planet Move takes its title from a poem by Detroit-born poet, jessica Care moore, A Poem Saved My Life: An Homage to Detroit. Cranbrook Art Museum’s Detroit Collection itself aims to hold the art of Detroit up, giving it the attention and reverie it has rightfully earned. This landmark exhibition represents the first public debut of works from this collection, which has been amassed through generous gifts, museum purchases, and commissions.<p><br></p>" itemprop="description" />
Cranbrook Art Museum</a>’s permanent collection, showcasing the work of iconic Pop artists such as <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Jim-Dine/BADABF4421E7CB43">Jim Dine</a>, <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Roy-Lichtenstein/1D75C7E9A1F23527">Roy Lichtenstein</a>, <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Robert-Rauschenberg/232FBBEE07F9F245">Robert Rauschenberg</a>, <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Jasper-Johns/8541518AF93D42D4">Jasper Johns</a>, <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Andy-Warhol/85A84FA828A34B78">Andy Warhol</a>, <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Claes-Oldenburg/306B144AAB24004F">Claes Oldenburg</a>, and more. The exhibition also underscores the enduring influence of Pop in the work of later artists and designers like <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Ed-Rossbach/AD5D4999F6371085">Ed Rossbach</a>, <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Terence-Main/C5AB0A7F20134714">Terence Main</a>, and <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Keith-Haring/69A9AED2DBC3F57C">Keith Haring</a>, and in the work of contemporary artists such as KAWS.</p><p><br></p>" itemprop="description" />

Cranbrook Art Museum presents fine contemporary art exhibitions featuring the work of local, national and international artists. The Museum is the home of The Cranbrook Collection, which comprises significant works by Cranbrook alumni and artists-in-residence. The Museum presents an ambitious program of public lectures and educational programs designed to increase attendance and awareness of contemporary art. Built in 1942, the Art Museum represents Eliel Saarinen’s final effort on Cranbrook’s campus, and the plaza at the Museum entrance features a Carl Milles sculpture that has become synonymous with Cranbrook, the Orpheus Fountain. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums.

Current exhibitions

Vedpathak with <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Cranbrook-Art-Museum/"/Artist/Agnes-Martin/8E9DC2766A9B654A">Agnes Martin</a> will showcase a new body of work by Detroit-based abstractionist Neha Vedpathak alongside important canonical works by Agnes Martin, the great American painter associated with Minimalism and a principal influence on Vedpathak’s practice.<p><br></p>" />
Cranbrook Art Museum</a> inaugurated a new permanent collection devoted to celebrating and preserving the work of artists and designers in the metro Detroit area—its first new collection in decades. At the same time, the Art Museum dedicated funds to acquire more works by women, artists of color, and LGBTQ+ identified individuals in a project to diversify its permanent collection. Designed to acknowledge the long-standing history of artists who have called Detroit home and the area’s rich and diverse community of practitioners, the Detroit Collection is particularly focused on art from the 1960s to the present in a variety of media. How We Make the Planet Move takes its title from a poem by Detroit-born poet, jessica Care moore, A Poem Saved My Life: An Homage to Detroit. Cranbrook Art Museum’s Detroit Collection itself aims to hold the art of Detroit up, giving it the attention and reverie it has rightfully earned. This landmark exhibition represents the first public debut of works from this collection, which has been amassed through generous gifts, museum purchases, and commissions.<p><br></p>" />

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