Collage of photographs from the Fall 2022 Exhibitions opening at Cranbrook Art Museum.
ArtMembers' Opening Preview Party
Friday, November 4, 2022
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Opens to the Public
Saturday, November 5, 2022

Celebrate the 2022 Fall Season at Cranbrook Art Museum and preview Scott Hocking: Detroit Stories, James Benjamin Franklin: Full Circle, Bakpak Durden: The Eye of Horus.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
11:30am - 3:00pm

We’re opening all three of our vaults during this special tour celebrating the 11th anniversary of our Collections Wing!
Open during museum hours

Arranged like a contemporary curiosity cabinet, Constellations and Affinities spans numerous media and represents a broad range of practices taught at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Photograph of SUE the t.rex
Open during museum hours

Explore the most complete, best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever found, and get to know SUE in this immersive and interactive experience for visitors of all ages!

This exhibit is presented by PNC Bank, with additional support from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
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During Thanksgiving break, come see SUE, enjoy a planetarium show, explore the observatory, and more.
Photograph of Matthew Bengtson at his fortepiano.
Sunday, November 6, 2022
3:00pm

Hear the music of Mozart performed by acclaimed pianist Matthew Bengtson on a fortepiano. The fortepiano is the style of instrument that Mozart wrote for and the earliest precursor to the modern piano.
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Sunday, December 4, 2022
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Visit with Santa, meet Mrs. Claus, and take a family photo inside the enchanted Cranbrook House Library!
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022
Both tours begin at 1:00pm

Celebrate the holiday season on a guided tour of Cranbrook House complete with tea and live piano music.
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
11:00am - 12:15pm
7:00pm - 8:15pm

Join us virtually for a screening of the Director’s Cut of Room for a Lady: Loja Saarinen at Cranbrook. This expanded documentary includes a new interview with Loja’s granddaughter, landscape architect Susan Saarinen.
Tour season ends Sunday, November 27, 2022
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Tour a Usonian-style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Eliel Saarinen's Art Deco masterwork.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
10:00am - 4:00pm

Prospective students are invited to join us on the Cranbrook Academy of Art campus to meet Artists-in-Residence, current students, and alumni; tour studio spaces, learn about life on campus, and visit Cranbrook Art Museum.
Photograph of children with CK backpacks walking into Cranbrook Schools.

Any school can offer an education. At Cranbrook Schools, we offer opportunity that lasts a lifetime. Please visit our website to learn more and request information.
Cranbrook Art Museum Photo Credits
Top Left: Scott Hocking, Ziggurat and Fisher Body 21, East Summer 2, (detail), 2008 Courtesy the artist and David Klein Gallery. Bottom Left: Bakpak Durden, Hope/Less, 2022. Collection Cranbrook Art Museum. Image courtesy the artist and Playground Detroit. Right: James Benjamin Franklin, Rise, 2022 Courtesy the artist and Reyes | Finn Gallery).

Exhibition view of Constellations & Affinities: Selections from the Cranbrook Collection.

Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Photo Credits
Smith House photography by James Haefner.

Cranbrook Academy of Art Photo Credit
Photography by PD Rearick.

Explore Cranbrook Membership Photo Credits
Cranbrook Art Museum photography by James Haefner.

Cranbrook House photography by James Haefner.

Cranbrook Institute of Science photography by Tara Danielle Photography.
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