July 2012

cranbrook, flw in the area

This past weekend several of us carpooled to Cranbrook Art Museum for a guided tour of the George Nelson exhibit–it was fantastic. We then had a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed “Gregor Affleck” home on Woodward avenue. What a beautiful home. Just so you know, the Nelson exhibit continues at Cranbrook until October 14, 2012. In addition, there is an accompanying exhibit “Vision and Interpretation: Building Cranbrook 1904-2012” in the lower level of the museum. For FLW enthusiasts, Cranbrook is sponsoring a tour of the Smith house on September 30, 2012 at 1:00 and 3:00. Tickets are $25 and you can obtain them by calling 248-645-3319.

Photographs of a2modern at the Gregor Affleck residence by Frank Lloyd Wright. The tour was lead by Brian Shell.

umma 2 great exhibits to see this summer

The University of Michigan Museum of Art currently has until September 2, 2012 two great exhibits. One is abstract art form the collection (including works by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell and Joan Miro) curated by Professor Celeste Brusati and the other (exhibited in the gallery next to the abstract art) is a wonderful architectural photograph exhibit “The Flatness of Ambiguity.” The photographs are by Judith Turner and include photographs of architectural works by Wright, Alvar Alto and Meier. Both exhibits are outstanding and a2modern highly recommends a stop at the museum before September 2.