Tiff Massey: 7 Mile + Livernois

May 5, 2024 – May 11, 2025

Updated May 5, 2024

"Tiff Massey, a trained metalsmith, crafts installations, public art, and wearable sculptures inspired by adornment. She scales up jewelry to architectural proportions, celebrating Detroit's neighborhoods and the history of West African and Black American culture. Massey intertwines her art with community engagement, exploring identity and public space.  

Her latest project, 7 Mile + Livernois, pays homage to Detroit's Black business and fashion district, where she grew up. This ambitious museum installation at the DIA features her new sculptures alongside works by other artists, reimagining art's role in community and offering a vibrant, inclusive view of Detroit. Massey's work invites us to celebrate our collective identity, ancestral flyness, and beauty." 

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Tiff Massey is standing inside the museum.

7 Mile + Livernois, a solo exhibition by Detroit artist Tiff Massey, opens at the DIA on May 5, 2024. Photo: Taizon Taylor.

"Tiff Massey, a trained metalsmith, crafts installations, public art, and wearable sculptures inspired by adornment. She scales up jewelry to architectural proportions, celebrating Detroit's neighborhoods and the history of West African and Black American culture. Massey intertwines her art with community engagement, exploring identity and public space.  

Her latest project, 7 Mile + Livernois, pays homage to Detroit's Black business and fashion district, where she grew up. This ambitious museum installation at the DIA features her new sculptures alongside works by other artists, reimagining art's role in community and offering a vibrant, inclusive view of Detroit. Massey's work invites us to celebrate our collective identity, ancestral flyness, and beauty." 

Press release

Tiff Massey is standing in the museum.

7 Mile + Livernois, a solo exhibition by Detroit artist Tiff Massey, opens at the DIA on May 5, 2024. Photo: Taizon Taylor.

 

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Tiff Massey is standing inside the museum.

7 Mile + Livernois, a solo exhibition by Detroit artist Tiff Massey, opens at the DIA on May 5, 2024. Photo: Taizon Taylor.

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Tiff Massey exhibition. Tiff is standing next to a car in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

7 Mile + Livernois, a solo exhibition by Detroit artist Tiff Massey, opens at the DIA on May 5, 2024. Photo: Taizon Taylor.

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Tiff Massey exhibition. Tiff is standing next to a car in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

7 Mile + Livernois, a solo exhibition by Detroit artist Tiff Massey, opens at the DIA on May 5, 2024. Photo: Taizon Taylor.

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Tiff Massey exhibition. Tiff is standing next to a car in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

7 Mile + Livernois, a solo exhibition by Detroit artist Tiff Massey, opens at the DIA on May 5, 2024. Photo: Taizon Taylor.

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Tiff Massey exhibition. Tiff is standing next to a car.

7 Mile + Livernois, a solo exhibition by Detroit artist Tiff Massey, opens at the DIA on May 5, 2024. Photo: Taizon Taylor.

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Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1981). I’ve Got Bundles and I Got Flewed Out (Green), 2023. Canvas, Kanekelon, beads. Collection of the artist.

Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1982). I’ve Got Bundles and I Got Flewed Out (Green), 2023. Canvas, Kanekelon, beads. Collection of the artist.

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Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1981). Everyday Arsenal, 2018. Steel. Collection of the artist.

Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1982). Everyday Arsenal, 2018. Steel. Collection of the artist.

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Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1981). Baby Bling, 2023. Metal beads, woven rope, brass. Collection of the artist.

Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1982). Baby Bling, 2023. Metal beads, woven rope, brass. Collection of the artist.

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Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1981). Whatupdoe, 2024. Stainless steel. Collection of the artist

Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1982). Whatupdoe, 2024. Stainless steel. Collection of the artist.

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