It must be that time of year again… The New York Times today has another story on how artists are revitalizing Detroit. It’s actually a pretty good article. I don’t mean to come across as cynical. It’s just that, for the past few years, it seems like this same story keeps getting recycled. The good […]
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“Wringing Art Out of Rubble in Detroit”
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit | Also tagged arts centered development, Banksy, Corine Vermeulen, Design 99, Detroit, Garden of the Gods, Jerry Paffendorf, Jessica Hernandez, Kate Daughdrill, Kevin Putalik, Loveland, Maker Faire, Matthew Barney, MexicanTown, Mitch Cope, Phil Cooley, ruin porn, Scott Hocking, Slows Bar BQ, soup, The Yes Farm | 11 Comments
Detroit, attractive to artists?
Some folks out there say that, by the time something hits the New York Times, it’s culturally irrelevant. I don’t know that I believe it, but it sure seemed to be the case a few weeks ago, when the esteemed paper of record ran the feature on the “bacon explosion.” After it appeared, the once […]
Posted in Michigan | Also tagged Ancient Evenings, bacon explosion, Design 99, Detroit, Detroit Unreal Estate Agency, Financial Times, General Motors, hipsters, Kwame Kilpatrick, Matthew Barney, Mitch Cope, New York Times, Steve Hughes, Stupor, Toby Barlow, Tyree Guyton, Van Abbemuseum | 27 Comments