MOCAD, founded in 2006, is a major anchor in the developing Sugar Hill Arts District, attracting young audiences and international attention with its exhibitions program. MOCAD will upgrade its interior spaces and eventually develop the surrounding area as an outdoor arts venue, improving its street presence and providing a link between area greenways and a proposed light rail line along Woodward Avenue.
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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project
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Jun 28, 2012
The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is to present art at the forefront of contemporary culture. As a non-collecting institution, MOCAD is... Read More
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May 18, 2012
MOCAD, founded in 2006, is a significant anchor for the developing Sugar Hill Arts District, attracting young audiences and international attention with its exhibitions program... Read More
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May 02, 2012
MOCAD, founded in 2006, is a major anchor in the developing Sugar Hill Arts District, attracting young audiences and international attention with its exhibitions program... Read More
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Apr 04, 2012
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit has begun the imagining process for a facility renovation and site overhaul. The museum recently engaged the team of... Read More
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Jan 30, 2012
MOCAD’s winter exhibition is pretty epic! Joshua White and Gary Panter’s Light Show is a new exhibition organized especially for the Museum by two great... Read More
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Dec 03, 2011
Vibrancy -- defined as “a place with an unusual scale and intensity of specific kinds of human interaction” -- is an important word in the... Read More
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Nov 01, 2011
MOCAD is Detroit’s first museum dedicated to contemporary art and, when we were first getting started, locals wondered if the institution could sustain itself. After... Read More
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Sep 26, 2011
The very same day that the news of our ArtPlace grant went live, we opened our fall exhibitions season. So it was a pretty busy... Read More