Last fall, Detroit Salon, a new city-wide arts initiative, flew 26 Detroit and Metro Detroit-based artists to France for Paris Art Week 2025. They were part of a cohort of 31 artists and 5 fashion designers whose work was selected for exhibition in three prestigious Parisian venues: the Hôtel de Talleyrand (October 21-23), the Grand Palais (October 24-26), and the Palais de Tokyo (October 18-November 9)...
Roopa Chauhan
January 22, 2026
art, culture
A conversation with Nolan Simon about the series of three paintings that he produced for 47 Canal at Art Basel 2025, on view in Switzerland from June 19 - 22, 2025...
Ashley Cook
June 20, 2025
art
In 2024, Baldwin would have been one-hundred years old. His milestone birthday was celebrated all over the United States, and the world. In Paris, from September 9th to 13th, 2024, the James Baldwin Centennial Festival recognized his continued relevance by honoring his life and writing. The festival was organized by Tara Phillips, the eloquent and dedicated Executive Director of the Paris-based non-profit, La Maison Baldwin, which was established in 2016 to preserve James Baldwin’s memory and contributions to literature and political activism...
Roopa Chauhan
January 20, 2025
activism, culture
The Soothsayings of Iris, created in 2020 by artists Lauren Huret and Maria Guta, is a film that examines the topic of influence in the digital age. Through the employment of Vogue’s “73 Questions” rapid-fire interview format, the fictional character Iris, who is a mystical influencer living in Switzerland, gives a tour of her home while answering questions ranging from basic interests to esoteric craft...
Ashley Cook interviews Maria Guta and Lauren Huret
December 16, 2024
art, columns
Exhibition review and interview with Switzerland-based Dutch artist Linda Voorwinde about her most recent show Kakophonie Der Diskrepanz at Austellungsraum Friedengasse in Zurich...
Ashley Cook and Linda Voorwinde
November 13, 2023
art, columns
Made by American artist, Yashua Klos, these pieces explore how identity is assembled not only from within, but also from without: “one’s identity cannot be separated from the geography around them. Just as the environment is built by people, the environment in turn – builds us,” says Klos...
Roopa Chauhan
October 10, 2023
art
On September 23, 2022, the exhibition With a Flick of a Tale opened at Loner, an unconventional exhibition space in Paris located in the attic above the apartment of Gilles Jacot, who directs and curates for the space. As a collaborative project between Linda Voorwinde and Ashley Cook, the show served as a recollection of a series of chaotic events in Detroit and Hamtramck that happened 5 years ago in 2017...
Linda Voorwinde and Ashley Cook
October 27, 2022
art, culture
Gen Kuzak’s most recent pornographic film The French Boys premiered at the Cranbrook DeSalle Auditorium in Bloomfield Hills on October 14, 2021. The film features a transmasculine couple in Paris, France who responded to Gen’s call for actors after having also become fans of his work in recent years...
Ashley Cook
December 2, 2021
art, film