April 16 - August 21, 2016 - The Faces of Politics: In/Tolerance asks artists to examine, on a personal level, how their creative vision is influenced by the current political unrest – locally, nationally, and on a global scale. 2016 will be a pivotal time in the United States: a watershed moment in the divide of our national political system. Racial tensions, religious freedom, women&rsquo...

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April 16 - July 24, 2016 - This exhibiton opens with Meiji-era photographs and nineteenth-century cartes de visite to explore the way that photographs can distill and preserve identity and serve as placeholders for people, places, eras, and cultures. The exhibition also investigates a modern network of cultural connections. There are links between individuals within the same social circle and lin...

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April 16 - September 18, 2016 -  Here & Now marks the first survey exhibition of photography drawn solely from the Mint’s permanent collection and comprises approximately 215 of the Mint’s most stunning and provocative photographs. Including recent acquisitions and many never-before-seen treasures alongside signature works, Here & Now offers a fresh perspective on an ...

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April 17 – July 10, 2016 - This exhibition examines some of the ways artists have represented personal, cultural, and racial identity, within the context of western art history. The twenty-four figurative works primarily by artists of the African Diaspora were made over the last fifty years by influential 20th century artists as well as internationally recognized contemporary artists.

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April 17 – July 10, 2016 - The United States is reported to be the world’s leader in incarceration with 2.2 million people currently in the nation’s prisons or jails a 500% increase over the past thirty years.  Elizabeth Duffy: Maximum Security considers perceived ideas about security and poses questions about our culture of surveillance and incarceration.

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April 17 – July 10, 2016 - ​Judith Henry:  Me as Her, is a solo exhibition of black and white photographs by this artist who chooses to remain hidden or masked within her work. The inclusion of the artist’s hands holding the masks reflects the artist’s aging process, and becomes a meaningful element in each portrait. Her hands allow us to reflect on aging in regards to fem...

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April 17 - June 5, 2016 - This multi-media exhibition features six women artists whose work either inverts stereotypes, or undermines assumptions about personal and cultural individuality. Lisa Ruyter creates brightly colored paintings basClaudia DeMonte calls our attention to the everyday events in a women life and her sculptures reflect the perception of women as the caretakers of society.&...

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April 17 - May 15, 2016 - The most innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists, and designers will be on display at the 2016 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art. The Degree Exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of more than 80 graduates as they launch their careers.

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April 18 - August 14, 2016 - This exhibition, featuring 100 photographs drawn exclusively from the Art Institute’s extensive holdings of Siskind’s work, examines some of his most influential abstract photographs and series. Beginning with Siskind’s new attention to the power of a single object in the 1940s, the presentation continues through formally graphic series such as barely...

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April 18, 2016 - February 28, 2017 - Exhibit / Brick by Brick - The sensational LEGO® structures and hands-on challenges in Brick by Brick reveal the power of play as a gateway to creating greatness. Spectacular LEGO®-built marvels of engineering will inspire the builder within you in this world-premiere exhibit. Brick by Brick features more than a dozen giant constructions by LEGO® C...

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