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In recognition of Artpacks’ four decades of engagement with collectors, museums, designers, galleries, artists, and architectural restorations, we are introducing a series that will look back at the various projects throughout our company’s history. We are especially proud of our connections with Michigan and the rebirth of Detroit as a cultural and architectural destination, the result of the vision that those who preceded us and those currently investing in the future of our city and state.

Cleaning The Rackham Fountain at The Detroit Zoological Society

March 26, 2024/0 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna W

Colby College Museum of Art, Bob Thompson: This House is Mine

July 1, 2021/0 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna W

Artpack Services recently had the privilege of working closely with Colby College Museum of Art and local Detroit, Michigan collectors to arrange crating of the local portion of a beautiful Bob Thompson traveling exhibition starting at Colby College in July that will make its way around the country for 2 years. Bob Thompson, a visionary […]

“An Artful Perch”

June 24, 2021/0 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna W

Artpack’s Design and Display Department worked closely with Providence Athenaeum and Art History Professor Tripp Evans to create a mount for the bronze medallion “Triumviri Americani” (“American Triumvirate”) in the newly refurbished Art Room at the Library. Acquired by the Athenaeum’s founding members 151 years ago, this is the first time the medallion has been […]

“Howard Ben Tre’ Private Vision, Public Ideals”

February 23, 2021/0 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna

Artpack Vice President Wendy MacGaw curated and designed the installation “Howard Ben Tre’ Private Vision, Public Ideals”, a tribute to the legacy of sculptor Howard Ben Tre’. The exhibition currently on view at the 35,000 square foot Waterfire Event Center in Providence RI consists of large scale sculptures, works on paper, video interviews and models […]

WSU Art Collection Newsletter

July 9, 2020/0 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna W

Art Collection Curator/Coordinator Report In these very challenging times of Covid-19 and civil unrest due to racial discrimination, all of us at Wayne State and the University Art Collection are sending our wishes of good health and peace to you. We believe in the power of art, and its ability to heal and […]

Colloquy 2018 From CCS to Centre Pompidou

February 26, 2020/1 Comment/in Article, New Posts /by Anna

“In 1968 Gordon Pask’s COLLOQUY OF MOBILES comprised sculptural figures that interacted through light and sound, with each other and with the public. COLLOQUY explored the nature of machine-to-machine and person-to-machine conversations in an immersive environment, the first of its kind. In 2018 we replicated COLLOQUY at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.” Artpack Services designed and fabricated […]

Detroit Fox Theater: Cleaning the Moorish Globe Chandelier

October 14, 2019/1 Comment/in New Posts /by Anna

The Fox Theater in Detroit was built in the late 1920’s by business man William Fox ( 20th Century Fox) and architect C. Howard Crane. The Art Deco theater interior was designed with Burmese, Chinese, Indian and Persian design motifs over three levels and seated 5,174.. The theater opened in 1928 with silent films and […]

Berry Gordy reinvests in Detroit, donates $4 million to Motown Museum expansion

September 4, 2019/0 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna

Gordy’s contribution comes as the museum gears up for Motown Weekend, Sept. 21-23, a series of Detroit events tied to the label’s 60th anniversary. Read Full Detroit Free Press Article Here

July 29, 2019/2 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna

Artpack has a long history working with major Detroit and Michigan collectors. Sandy Schrier, fashion historian, couture collector and a long time client of Artpack is featured on a NY Times article on the upcoming exhibition at the Costume Institute at the Met. Congratulations, Sandy!

“National Council on the Arts to visit Detroit next week”

June 19, 2019/0 Comments/in New Posts /by Anna

Next week will be only “the second time in nearly 30 years that the oversight for the National Endowment for the Arts has met out side of Washington DC. Having the NEA in Detroit will attract “a lot of national attention to what is happening here in ways that could spur additional investment and excitement […]

Welcome

May 18, 2019/1 Comment/in New Posts /by Christos

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