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Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

4454 Woodward Avenue
Detroit MI 48201

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD, or sometimes MOCA Detroit) is in Midtown, just a few blocks away from the De­troit Institute of Arts (DIA). The main build­ing, though smaller than the DIA, is still quite much larger than pretty much any art gallery in De­troit.

In addition to the main building, which is gen­er­al­ly subdivided into three to four dif­fer­ent ex­hi­bi­tion spaces, there is also the Mike Kelley Mo­bile Homestead parked near­by. If you can't find it, go in the main building and ask for di­rec­tions.

Upcoming exhibitions

• A Surreality, Chris Schanck, hosted for Library Street Collective. Slated to open November 22.

Past exhibitions

• Girl Raised in Detroit, Sydney G. James. April 15, 2023 — September 3, 2023.
• November 5, 2022 — March 26, 2023:
  • The Artist's Instruments, Jason Revok.
  • Relief from the Heat, Rashaun Rucker. There will be a gallery talk with the artist on November 30 at 6:00 p.m.
• October 29, 2022 — March 26, 2023:
  • Gratiot Griot, Judy Bowman.
  • Swan Song, Halima Afi Cassells and Shanna Merola, in the Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead.
  • Wend, Bree Gant.
• Spring / Summer 2022 exhibitions. April 22, 2022 — October? ??, 2022.
• Where Do We Go From Here?, an exhibit presented by the MOCAD Teen Council. April 8 — 29, 2022.
• Intercontinental Super Fruits, John Kørner. Opened November 18 and slated to run to January 9.
• All Monsters in the Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead. October 22, 2021 — December? ??, 2021?
• Michael Luchs memorial exhibition. August 28, 2021.
• May 11, 2019 — August 18, 2019:
  • Alone Again Eddie, Brian Donnelly. Presented in collaboration with Library Street Collective.
  • Fast Eddie Unboxing, Martinez.
  • Doublespeak Nicholas Lobo in the the Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead.
• February 1, 2019 — April 21, 2019:
  • Unfurled: Supports/Surfaces 1966 — 1976. Curated by Wallace Whitney.
  • Parallels and Peripheries. Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah.
  • Useless Utility, James Benjamin Franklin, Tyanna Buie, Iris Eichenberg, Osman Khan, Tiff Massey, Tony Rave. Curated by Jova Lynne. There will be a gallery talk on February 28 at 6:00 p.m.
  • ProjectArt presents Gradient Colors in the Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead.
• Standing Still, Lying Down, As If, curated by Ouliana Ermolova. Not sure when it opened. Closed January 6, 2019.
• Something about the Heidelberg project, Tyree Guyton. Opened September 7, 2018, I think it closed January 6, 2019.
• Michael Luchs and some other artist. May 11, 2018 — ??? ??, 2018.
• Drawings by Tom Finland in the Mobile Homestead. April 19, 2018 — May 19, 2018.
• Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance. September 8, 2017 — January 7, 2018.
• May 19, 2017 — August 20, 2017:
  • Some other exhibits?
  • Detroit Affinities, Alivia Zivich.
• February 11, 2017 — April?, 2017:
  • The Architectural Imagination
  • Detroit Affinities, Adriana Martínez. Gallery talk slated for February 12 at 1:00 p.m.
  • Five Rings, Dana Hoey
  • HOME, Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
• Young People's Biennial 2017. January 13 — 22, 2017.
• ...many more going back years...

There was a "book signing and launch party" for Essay'd 3 on January 10, 2019.

I believe MOCAD has been having exhibitions since 2000, but it wasn't until 2017 that I started keeping track.

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page