The door to the Edition gift shop, similar to the door for the main exhibition space.

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Simone DeSousa Gallery

444 W. Willis, #112
Detroit MI 48201

Opening receptions were typically on Sat­ur­days from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Gal­lery hours were Wednesdays through Sat­ur­days from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For a time there were gallery hours on Sun­days, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and lat­er on to just 3:00 p.m., but those were eventually dropped.

This was a mildly avant-garde gallery with flaw­less pre­sen­ta­tion, occasionally printing glossy books for the ex­hi­bi­tions. Owned and directed by Simone DeSousa. This gal­lery was originally known as Re:View Con­tem­po­rary.

The gallery was actually subdivided into two spaces, and sometimes Gallery 1 and Gallery 2 showed dif­fer­ent artists. However, on July 16, 2016, Gallery 2 be­came the Edi­tion gift shop, which had the same hours as the gallery. For a time, Edition did somewhat function as Gallery 2. And, starting May 2018, there has been a rough­ly monthly "Edition highlight."

During the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, the gallery downsided to just one space, what was once Gallery 2 became the whole gallery, and what was once Gallery 1 was giv­en over to Taz the Tailor.

In 2022, it was announced the gallery would have a new location, it wasn't made clear if the new location would be in addition to the Willis location. And on August 17, 2023, it was announced that the gallery would once again be renamed, this time to Matéria. The first exhibits under the new name opened September 2023.

Upcoming exhibitions

• ??? Correspondence, Jane Lackey and Mark Newport. Slated to open June 24 and run to August 12. ????

Past exhibitions

Elise DeChard (left) and Fernando Bales up on their site-specific installation, Picnic.

I believe this listing is complete prior to 2020 and incomplete from 2020 to the present.

• Back on Willis Street, Brenda Goodman. April 21, 2023 — June 10, 2023.
• New Positions (2023), Heidi Bjørgan, Karin Forslund, Alessandro Marchi, Philipp Skillman. March 11, 2023 — April 8, 2023.
• Collision / Re-Vision, Kathryn Brackett-Luchs. January 14, 2023 — February 18, 2023.
• Space and Time, Robert Sestok. November 5, 2022 — December 17, 2022.
• Still. Moving., Carole Harris. September 16, 2022 — October 22, 2022.
• New Positions, Annelie Grimwade Olofsson, Morten Klitgaard, Maria Koshenkova. These three Danish artists all collaborated with the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Klitgaard also collaborated with the Flint Institute of Arts. April 29, ??? 2022 ???? — June 4, ??? 2022 ????.
• sometimes, it doesn't fit..., Mark Newport. May 1 — 30, 2021.
• Landscapes for Later, Megan Heeres. April 1 — 30, 2021.
• An installation by Margaret Hull, visible from outside the gallery. February 1 — February 28, 2021.
• Living Room Portrait, Tyanna Buie. November 1 — 28, 2020.
• New Positions: Danish Art and Design in Detroit, Rosa Tolnov Clausen, Maria Bang Espersen, Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan, Malene Hartmann Ras­mus­sen, Alberte Tranberg, in Edition. March 7, 2020 — May 30, 2020.
• January 11, 2020 — February 22, 2020:
  • Always Sometimes Never, Timothy van Laar, in Gallery 1.
  • I went to work but I did not get there, Ryan Standfest, in Edition.
• Holiday celebration in Edition. November 23, with a reception from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Kylie Lockwood. November 9, 2019 — December 21, 2019.
• Sincerely Yours, Laura Bombach, in Edition. October 12, 2019 — No­vem­ber? ??, 2019.
• Many moons, same sky, Neha Vedpathak. September 7, 2019 — October 26, 2019.
• Arcade, Elise DeChard and Fer­nan­do Bales in Edition. September 14, 2019 — October 5, 2019.
• Tyanna Buie and Santiago Cucullu. July 19, 2019 — August 17, 2019.
• David Klamen and Timothy van Laar in Edition. June 15, 2019 — September 7, 2019.
• Turning the First Sod, Alberte Tranberg. June 1, 2019 — July 6, 2019.
• Besides, I did not want to do any­thing but be here, Nancy Pletos, with Henry Crissman in Edition. April 12, 2019 — May 25, 2019.
• Absolute Truth, Sophie Eisner. With Amy Weiks and Gabriel Craig in Edition. March 2, 2019 — April 6, 2019.
• Truing, Melanie Manos. January 12, 2019 — February 23, 2019.
• Edition 18. November 30, 2018 — December 23, 2018.
• Kate Silvio. October 20, 2018 — November 24, 2018.
• A "site-specific" installation by Fernando Bales and Elise DeChard in Edition. September 22, 2018 — November? ??, 2018.
• Cass Corridor, Connecting Times, Brenda Goodman, Kathryn Brack­ett Luchs, Ann Mikolowski, Nancy Mitchnick, Ellen Phelan, Nancy Pletos. September 7, 2018 — to October 14, 2018.
• Off the Press, Kathryn Luchs, Michael Luchs, Robert Sestok, in the main exhibition space. July 28, 2018 — August 18, 2018.
• Other Nature, Emmy Bright and Megan Heeres, in Edition. July 28, 2018 — August 18, 2018.
• Edition June highlight: Brian Caponi, in the Edition gift shop. June 16, 2018 — July 22, 2018.
• Root of the Head, Karen Azoulay, Bianca Beck, Kylie Lockwood, in the main gallery space. June 9, 2018 — July 22, 2018.
• Edition May highlight: Alissa La­marre, in the Edition gift shop. May 12, 2018 — June 9, 2018.
• Mimetic Gestures, Tyanna Buie. April 20, 2018 — June 2, 2018.
• Exploring the Tributaries, James Collins. March 17, 2018 — April 15, 2018.
• Stitches, Mark Newport, in Gallery 1. January 13, 2018 — March 3, 2018.
• To Hold, Kim Cridler and Brian Kritzman, in Edition. January 13, 2018 — February 24, 2018.
• Edition 17. December 2, 2017 — December 23, 2017.
• Something about hardware stores in Edition. October 21, 2017 — December 23, 2017.
• Iris Eichenberg. October 21, 2017 — November 25, 2017.
• Vaporous Quill, Sharon Querciagrossa. September 8, 2017 — October 8, 2017.
• Detroit Design Festival exhibit in Edition. September 16 — 30, 2017.
• Steve Foust, Greg Murphy, Nancy Pletos, the third of three exhibits of Cass Corridor artists, curated by Nancy Mitchnick. July 15, 2017 — August 19, 2017.
• Jim Chatelain, John Egner, the second of three exhibits of Cass Corridor artists, curated by Nancy Mitchnick. June 10, 2017 and July 8, 2017.
• Four artists from the Dresner Foundation Soul Studio in the Edition gift shop. June 2 — 4, 2017.
• Michael Luchs, the first of three exhibits of Cass Corridor artists, curated by Nancy Mitchnick. April 21, 2017 — May 28, 2017.
• Delights of the Garden, Ben Hall, Andrew Mehall, Jason Murphy. March 11, 2017 — April 8, 2017.
• A Soldier of Stars, George Rahme. January 14, 2017 — February 26, 2017.
• Edition 16. November 26, 2016 — December 24, 2016.
• Tom Phardel. October 15, 2016 — November 20, 2016.
• Addie Langford. September 9, 2016 — October 9, 2016.
• Corrie Baldauf, Rachel Reynolds and Rob Zahorsky. July 23, 2016 — August 21, 2016.
• Ian Swanson. June 4, 2016 — July 10, 2016.
• Anthony Marcellini. April 29, 2016 — May 29, 2016. There was a gallery talk with the artist joined by Susan Goethe Campbell and Haleem Rasul scheduled on May 22, 2016.
• Adam Shirley and Bowie Croisant. March 5, 2016 — April 10, 2016.
• Timothy van Laar solo show in Gallery 1 and Macyn Bolt, Barbara Kendrick and David Klamen in Gallery 2. January 16, 2016 — February 28, 2016.
• Edition/15, featuring many artists who have previously exhibited in the gallery. November 28, 2015 — December 24, 2015.
• Iris Eichenberg, Mark Newport, and Heather McGill. October 24, 2015 — November 22, 2015.
• Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus. September 11, 2015 — October 10, 2015.
• A special exhibit of four current and former gallery staffers: Laura Bombach, Ani Garabedian, Alissa Lamarre, and Karianne Spens-Hanna. August 14 — 15, 2015. Also concurring with a Megan Heeres exhibition book event.
• A group show of artists from Glasgow, curated by Cedric Tai. July 11, 2015 — August 8, 2015.
• And dusk turned dawn, Blackthorn Marie T. Hermann. May 2, 2015 — June 20, 2015.

On November 14, 2015, the gallery sent out an e-mail announcing the addition of Sunday gallery hours from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., to start on November 15. After a short break for the first three months of 2018, Sunday gallery hours were slated to resumed on April 8, 2018, but from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., ac­cord­ing to an April 4, 2018 e-mail.

For exhibits under the old name, see Re:View Contemporary.

External links

• Official website, still active, but with a link to the Matéria website.
• Facebook page

For the curious: www.reviewcontemporary.com no longer redirects to www.simonedesousagallery.com.

News

• Sarah Rose Sharp, "A History of Detroit Through Its Bricks", Hyperallergic, May 23, 2016.
• Sarah Rose Sharp, "Unpacking the Contradictions in Quiet Ceramic Tableaus", Hyperallergic, June 3, 2015.
• Alonso del Arte, "5 recent Detroit art gallery moves and renames", Examiner.com, April 25, 2015.

Reviews

• Glen Mannisto, "Nancy Pletos & Henry Criss­man @ Si­mone De­Sou­sa Gal­lery", Detroit Art Review, April 25, 2019. "Continuing to focus on the local art landscape, Simone DeSousa Gallery has combined Detroit history and future in two solo exhibitions in the work of Cass Corridor artist Nancy Pletos, one of the central figures of that moment in Detroit’s vibrant art scene and Henry Criss­man. ... Henry Crissman’s new work occupies the “Edition” side of the Simone DeSousa Gallery and as such seems to suggest an in­tro­duc­tion of Crissman’s work to the DeSousa collection of artists."