Tiff Massey’s ‘7 Mile + Livernois’ exhibition is a tribute to Black Detroit

7 Mile + Livernois at the Detroit Institute of Arts celebrates Detroit as a place for Black women to live and create by elevating both the work of the featured artist, Tiff Massey, and the community from which she comes. The exhibition draws attention to how Detroit is represented in the national—and even global—imagination. As an art historian who specializes in modern and contemporary art of the African diaspora, I found the exhibition absolutely mesmerizing. I appreciate the...