Art patrons see cultural gem in Detroit Institute of Arts
When it comes to culture, the city of Detroit frequently gets overlooked. While art patrons are lured westward by nearby Chicago or eastward by not-so-nearby New York, few are willing to admit that Detroit has just as much to offer as those other cities.
Monet behind the scenes: After two years of planning, research, Monet works reunited at Art Museum
Claude Monet, largely known to college students through calendars and dorm-room posters, is considered the founder of Impressionism and still looms large in the art world today. Last week, his work became the focus of one the biggest exhibitions ever at the University's Museum of Art: "Monet at Vétheuil: The Turning Point" finally hit Ann Arbor after years of planning and preparation.
France, family influenced Monet's artistic output
Monet is one of the best-known and most popular artists in the world. His work appears everywhere from museum walls to bookstore posters. But as the University Museum of Art's "Monet at Vétheuil" exhibit kicks off, spectators may be led to wonder about the lesser-known creator of these paintings.
School of Art and Design draws students pursuing variety of careers
Monet has achieved fame beyond belief: the kind that few University artists in this changed world expect to see during their lifetimes. Nevertheless, several hundred students at the School of Art and Design are planning art careers and preparing for diverse artistic futures.
Local galleries are treasure troves for Ann Arbor art aficionados
The "Monet at Vétheuil" exhibit recently opened at the University's Museum of Art and its much-celebrated arrival has brought many Ann Arbor residents to the Museum to observe firsthand the works of one of the world's most respected landscape artists.
Column: TV Nation
The dreaded moment has finally come to pass.
For three and a half years of school, I managed to avoid it. Oh, there were times when I almost succumbed, times when a scratchy throat or runny nose almost did me in. But somehow, some way, I always managed to fight through it.
Art enlivens A
Art in Ann Arbor isn't just limited to the Art Fair. Art is all around the city, including not only the sculptures and paintings in the University Museum of Art, but also the public artworks around campus.
A walk around the University, ranging from the Medical Center to Central Campus to downtown Ann Arbor, takes students past some well-known artworks, such as the Cube, by Bernard Rosenthal, in Regents Plaza. Carl Milles' "Sunday Morning in Deep Waters," near Hill Auditorium, is also familiar to students.
When Dr. Dre released "The Chronic" five years ago, the rap landscape experienced, for better or for worse, the most radical transformation of its brief history. Since then, two prominent rappers have been shot and killed, one record executive has been jailed and another has such a tight stranglehold on the mainstream that MTV has toyed with the idea of renaming itself "Puffy Productions.
Rakim produces innovative hip-hop
Column: Will the real 'McBeal' please stand up?
It's that time of the week, kids. Time for another editorial about the scandal that's rocking the pants off the country, dividing loyalties and shaping opinions.
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What the @%&$? "Saturday Night Live" cast member Norm Macdonald, who anchors the show's "Weekend Update" segment, was demoted from his position three days before the Jan. 10 episode. Macdonald, who has been a centerpiece of the "Live" cast for four years now, lost his position at the request of NBC West Coast president
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