November 14, 2015 - May 22, 2016 - At first appearing monochromatic (one color), Marioni’s canvases produce color sensations that shift with changes in light and viewpoint. In fact, each work features several distinct layers of acrylic paint of contrasting colors and intensities. Through unhurried contemplation, we can gain a deeper understanding that color is not a fixed entity, but rather ...

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November 15, 2015 - June 30, 2016 - Why do some species have bigger brains than others? Do social animals have bigger brains? This exhibition uses modern technologies, including computerized tomography, digital measurement, and 3D reconstruction, to examine MSU research on brain size evolution in mammalian carnivores, a group that includes lions, hyenas, wolves, and wolverines. The exhib...

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November 20, 2015 - November 28, 2016 - This showcase presents a selection of cast-iron and tinplate toys from the museum’s collection dating from the 1870s to the 1950s, illustrating the ever-evolving nature of American childhood and home life and bringing to light aspects of play. Included in the display are a variety of vehicles, from boats and airplanes to horse-drawn wagons, as wel...

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November 20, 2015 – July 10, 2016 - This exhibition showcases Sinatra’s contributions to America’s songbook and film history through photographic portraits by Herman Leonard and archival photos from Director George Sidney’ s collection, sheet music, album covers, and posters. The key artifacts illustrating Sinatra’s career include the trench coat worn by him in t...

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November 20, 2015–August 21, 2016 - This site-specific installation by artist Stephen Powers recalls the birth of new public art in Coney Island, and the emergence of a uniquely American and wholly “Coney Island” style of painting. As a longtime admirer of the fading craft of sign painting, Powers has revitalized the tradition of colorful, hand-painted signage and advertisements ...

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November 21, 2015 - June 19, 2016 - Culled from the Museum’s renowned collection, the eighty decoys featured in the exhibition represent the work of master artisans. The exhibition will feature thirteen different bird species ranging from black ducks and Canada geese, to swans, herons and shorebirds. Operating under the principle that “birds of a feather flock together,” de...

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November 21, 2015 - May 15, 2016 - This exhibition is on view in the DIA's special exhibition galleries off of Rivera Court. Detroit Weather: 365 Days is a 90-minute video by Susan Goethel Campbell. The two-channel video comprises thousands of still images taken every minute, 24 hours a day, for one year, enabling the viewer to see how weather patterns come and go and move in all directio...

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November 21, 2015 - May 8, 2016 - Kathryn Andrews: Run for President, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States, features the sculptures that have made her one of the crucial new voices of her generation. For this exhibition, Andrews situates her sculptures against a conceptual and, at times, pictorial backdrop of presidential elections that functions as a rich alle...

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November 21, 2015 - June 5, 2016 - The exhibition highlights one of the most traditional values in the visual arts: looking. All of the artworks that populate The Conjured Life bear close scrutiny, both in observing and exploring the subject matter and noting the various visual strategies and formal means, from the straightforward representation of Magritte to the low-relief plaster technique of M...

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November 25, 2015 - April 10, 2016 - See more than 500 artifacts from ancient Greece at The Field Museum . Explore epic stories from the perspectives of the ancient Greeks themselves, including men and women known to us through historical accounts, mythological tales, and the archaeological record.

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