IAN SWANSON

• Ashley Cook, "Standards: Ian Swanson at Matéria Core City", Runner Magazine, July 15th, 2024. Read Review. Download PDF. 

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• Aderyn Wood, “Ian Swanson, painter, sculptor and sound artist,” ARTWRIT. May 2012.  Read interview. Download PDF.

 

​​JOVA LYNNE

• Tessa Soloman, "The Best Booths at NADA New York, From Sci-Fi Utopias to Remixed Folklore", ARTnews, May 3, 2024. Read Review.                                                                                                                                                          

• Torey Ackers, "The New Art Dealers Alliance fair returns to New York’s Chelsea with off-the-wall works", The Art Newspaper, May 2, 2024. Read Review.                                                                                                                     

• Will Heinrich, "Hometown Favorites and Promising Newcomers", The New York Times, May 3, 2024. Read Review.                                                                                                                                                                                       

• Ashley Cook, "Jova Lynne: Split at Matéria Core City", Runner Magazine, January 4, 2024. Read Review. Download PDF.

 

JAMES COLLINS

• Ashley Cook, "Islands Inlands: James Collins @ Matéria Core City", Detroit Art Review, February 26, 2024. Read Review. Download PDF.

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• Ron Scott, “James Collins @ Simone DeSousa Gallery”, Detroit Art Review, April 3, 2018.  Read Review. Download PDF

 

MEGAN HEERES

• Randiah Camille Green, "Megan Heeres uses invasive plants and repurposed ‘junk’ to tend time in Matéria show", Detroit Metro Times, September 29, 2023. Read Article. Download PDF.

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• K. A. Letts, "New Work @ Matéria Core City (formerly Simone DeSousa Gallery)", Detroit Art Review, September 23, 2023. Read Review. Download PDF.

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• Lynn Crawford, “Up Close: The Once and Future Detroit,” ART IN AMERICA, September 1, 2016. Read article. Download PDF.

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• Open Letters Monthly, “Flexible and Ephemeral,” OPEN LETTERS MONTHLY.  February 20, 2012.. Read interview. Download PDF.

 

MARK NEWPORT, JANE LACKEY

• Dennis Nawrocki, “Mark Newport and Jane Lackey @ Simone DeSousa Gallery” Detroit Art Review, July 7, 2023. Read Review. Download PDF

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BRENDA GOODMAN

• Michael Hodges, “Brenda Goodman @ Simone DeSousa Gallery” Detroit Art Review, May 20, 2023. Read Review. Download PDF

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ROBERT SESTOK

• Michael Hodges, “Robert Sestok @ Simone DeSousa” Detroit Art Review, December 6, 2022. Read Review. Download PDF

 

CAROLE HARRIS

• K.A. Letts, “Journey’s In Place : Fiber Art by Carole Harris,” New Art Examiner, Spring Quarter Reviews (April/May/June), 2021. Read Review. Download PDF

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MICHAEL LUCHS

• K.A. Letts, “Michael Luchs: May 20. 1938 – June 9, 2021,” New Art Examiner, Summer Quarter (July/August/September), 2021. Read Feature. Download PDF

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• Dennis Nawrocki, “Michael Luchs @ MOCAD”, Detroit Art Review, May 25, 2018. Read Review Download PDF

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• Sarah Rose Sharp ” When Art Becomes a Lens Through Which Detroit Can Shine”, Hyperallergic, July5, 2018. Read Review. Download PDF

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• Sarah Rose Sharp, “Detroit’s famed Cass Corridor art movement spotlighted at Simone DeSousa”, Detroit Freepress, April 21, 2017. Read Review. Download PDF

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KYLIE LOCKWOOD

• K.A. Letts, “Kylie Lockwood:  Becoming a Sculpture @ Simone DeSousa Gallery,” Detroit Art Review, November 26, 2019. Read Review. Download PDF

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TIMOTHY VAN LAAR, DAVID KLAMEN

• Michael H. Hodges, “Idiosyncratic sculpture & collage at Simone DeSousa Gallery”, The Detroit News, July 23, 2019.  Read Review. Download PDF

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NANCY PLETOS, HENRY CRISSMAN

• Glen Mannisto, “Nancy Pletos & Henry Crissman @ Simone DeSousa Gallery”,  Detroit Art Review, April 25, 2019.  Read Review. Download PDF

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MELANIE MANOS

• Michael Hodges, “Techno-Struggles at Simone Desousa…”,  The Detroit News, February 6, 2019.  Read Review. Download PDF

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MARK NEWPORT

• Glen Mannisto, “Mark Newport: Stitches @ Simone DeSousa Gallery”, Detroit Art Review, January 29, 2018.  Read Review. Download PDF

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SHARON QUE

• Glen Mannisto, “Vaporous Quill: Sharon Que @ Simone DeSousa Gallery”, Detroit Art Review, September 27, 2017.  Read Review. Download PDF​​

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ADAM SHIRLEY

• Amanda Jakubik, “ADAM SHIRLEY: STILL LIFE,” TRENDLAND.  July 30, 2012. Read story. Download PDF.​​

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MATT ZACHARIAS

• Lynn Crawford, “Boyz 2 Men: A Detroit Artist’s Sonic Youth,” HYPERALLERGIC, July 14, 2012. Read review. Download PDF.

 

• Jim Welke, “Childhood, Boyhood, Sonic Youth :: Matt Zacharias,” Grassfedart. June 24, 2012.  Read review.

 

• Jeremy Schmall, “Childhood, Boyhood, Sonic Youth now showing at Re:View Contemporary Gallery,” KNIGHT ARTS. June 22, 2012.  Read review.

 

• Peter Markus, “Sonic manhood,” METROTIMES. June 6, 2012. Read interview. Download PDF.

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CEDRIC TAI

• Sarah Rose Sharp, “Glasgow Artists Flock to Detroit for a Creative Exchange,” HYPERALLERGIC, August 13, 2015. Read review. Download PDF.

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CASS CORRIDOR

• Sarah Rose Sharp “The Cass Corridor Movement’s Salvation Through Salvage”, Hyperallergic, January 25, 2022. Read Review. Download PDF

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• Glen Mannisto, “Cass Corridor @ Simone DeSousa Gallery”, Detroit Art Review, September 28, 2018.  Read Review. Download PDF

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IRIS EICHENBERG

• Dora Apel, “118 Iris Eichenberg”, Essay’d, February 18, 2019.  Read Review. Download PDF

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GEORGE RAHME

• Clara DeGalan, “George Rahme @ Simone DeSousa Gallery”, DETROIT ART REVIEW, January 30, 2017. Read Review  Download PDF

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BEN HALL, ANDREW MEHALL AND JASON MURPHY

• Glen Mannisto, “Threesome @Simone DeSousa Gallery”, Detroit Art Review, April 3, 2017. Read Review. Download PDF​

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MARIE T. HERMANN

• Sarah Rose Sharp, “The Deep-Rooted Expression of Ceramics,” HYPERALLERGIC, March 9, 2016. Read review. Download PDF.

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•  Sarah Rose Sharp, “Unpacking the Contradictions in Quiet Ceramic Tableaus,” HYPERALLERGIC, June 3, 2015. Read review. Download PDF.

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• Sarah Rose Sharp, “Curating a Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities,” HYPERALLERGIC, March 5, 2015. Read review. Download PDF.

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• Jillian Steinhauer, “A Very Personal Art History of the Motor City,” HYPERALLERGIC, August 5, 2014. Read review. Download PDF.

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CORRIE BALDAUF, RACHEL REYNOLDS Z, and ROB ZAHORSKY

• Sarah Rose Sharp, “Three Artists Blur the Line Between Art and Play,” HYPERALLERGIC, August 15, 2016. Read review. Download PDF.

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TOM PHARDEL

• Ron Scott, “Tom Phardel @ Simone DeSousa Gallery,” DETROIT ART REVIEW, October 21, 2016. Read review. Download PDF.

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GALLERY PRESS

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• K. A. Letts, "New Work @ Matéria Core City (formerly Simone DeSousa Gallery)", Detroit Art Review, September 23, 2023. Read Story.

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• Randiah Camille Green, "Cass Corridor’s Simone DeSousa Gallery changes name to Matéria, adds second location in Core City", Detroit Metro Times, Aug 17, 2023. Read story.

 

• “NADA Welcomes Eighteen New Gallery Members”, Art Forum. February 2020. Read story. Download PDF.

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• Andrew Bender, “Detroit evolving into a haven for artists”, Los Angeles Times. November 2011. Read story. Download PDF.

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• Doron P. Levin, “The visionaries of Detroit”, Fortune Magazine. Re:View Contemporary’s Owner and Director, Simone DeSousa, has been named one of the ‘visionaries of Detroit’. August 2010. Read story. Download PDF.

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• Constance Crump, “Retail revival: Business owners hope success breeds growth off Woodward corridor”, Living & Investing in the D: special issue of Crain’s Detroit Business.  August 2010. Read article. Download PDF.