Barbed

Barbed Featuring artists from minority groups. Founded in 2014. Intentionally Mindful, issue #12 Funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation and CultureSource. W.A.G.E.

Barbed Magazine is a contemporary art magazine based in the greater Detroit metro area. Its exclusive content features artists who work and live in the region as well as those living in cities at the US-Canada border. Barbed was founded in September 2014 with the purpose of promoting artists and their work, especially emerging and minority artists. The magazine was inspired by frequent discussions

about the shortage of exposure opportunities, gallery spaces, and muted conversations that inhibit artists at the beginning stages of their careers. Today, Barbed is a blended publication consisting of artists’ notes, performance art, food interactions, interviews, and socially engaged, inspired, experimental, and confessional art. Barbed Magazine is produced in limited edition quantities and printed twice annually, in the spring and winter. Barbed is a proud member of the W.A.G.E. Coalition, a growing group of artists, art workers and arts organizations that share Barbed's goal of building a sustainable business model in which artists are paid for their work. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) is a New York-based activist organization focused on regulating the payment of artist fees by nonprofit art institutions and establishing a sustainable labor relation between artists and the institutions that contract our work.

Excited to be making these tote bags, each hand-stitched with blue ribbon, in celebration of Barbed’s tenth anniversary....
06/15/2025

Excited to be making these tote bags, each hand-stitched with blue ribbon, in celebration of Barbed’s tenth anniversary. A few weekends ago, I met with Redd .q ,a local Detroit artist, for an improvised photoshoot and a conversation about featuring his work in the upcoming issue of Barbed—Issue #13, titled “FREEDOM in the shape of US.”

Proceeds from these tote bag sales will help fund the production of Issue #13. Bags available now at the Barbed Shop.

Excited for this! Barbed (née ARTWINDSOR)—from its 2014 beginnings to the latest issues—is being added to the CCS Librar...
06/06/2025

Excited for this! Barbed (née ARTWINDSOR)—from its 2014 beginnings to the latest issues—is being added to the CCS Library periodicals collection!

Behind the scenes with our guest Artistic Director, Dalejuan Littleton, as we start shaping Barbed Issue #13. Lots of i...
05/12/2025

Behind the scenes with our guest Artistic Director, Dalejuan Littleton, as we start shaping Barbed Issue #13. Lots of ideas flowing—can’t wait to share more as it comes together later this year.

Very excited about our new upcoming home, look for at the College for Creative Studies, CCS library. .Image credit: Ba...
05/07/2025

Very excited about our new upcoming home, look for at the College for Creative Studies, CCS library. .Image credit: Barbed issue #12, cover mockup, 2024. From the Liberation collection. (From the archives) Muse Photographer/ Director/ Editor

This Saturday!
09/12/2024

This Saturday!

Your guide to contemporary art in Detroit           Scarab Club Memorias y Sueños Opening September 13, 5-8PM On view through October 5 Metropolitan Museum of Design Detroit Barbed Magazine: Issue #12

LAUNCH PARTY ISSUE #12INTENTIONALLY MINDFUL, 10TH ANNIVERSARYPlease join us! SEPTEMBER 14, 6PMMetropolitan Museum of De...
09/03/2024

LAUNCH PARTY ISSUE #12
INTENTIONALLY MINDFUL, 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Please join us!

SEPTEMBER 14, 6PM
Metropolitan Museum of Design Detroit (MM-O-DD)
904 HENRY STREET
3RD FLOOR, DETROIT, MI 48201

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Tania Bennett
Carolyn Catlos
DaleJuan Littleton
Coral Sifre
Dino Takashi
Michael Wright

Image credit: Barbed Magazine, Carolyn Catlos, studio visit, 2024, interviewed by Precious Johnson and Cherry.

This event is financially sponsored by:
CultureSource
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Intentionally MindfulSpring-Summer 2024Barbed 10th Anniversary issue #12Visiting Editor Precious JohnsonVisual Designer...
08/22/2024

Intentionally Mindful
Spring-Summer 2024
Barbed 10th Anniversary issue #12
Visiting Editor Precious Johnson
Visual Designer Jetshri Bhadviya

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Tania Bennett
Carolyn Catlos
DaleJuan Littleton
Coral Sifre
Dino Takashi
Michael Wright

Available now online and at MOCAD this weekend.

This is issue is financially sponsored by:
CultureSource
The Andy Warhol Foundation

Thankful to Carolyn Catlos for letting us visit their studio in Southwest Detroit. We have officially completed the roun...
02/27/2024

Thankful to Carolyn Catlos for letting us visit their studio in Southwest Detroit. We have officially completed the round of interviews for this issue. Our plan continues, and we look forward to the release party of issue #12, "intentionally mindful" this coming Spring. Thanks again to CultureSource and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their support!

02/27/2024

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Barbed Magazine is a contemporary art magazine based in Metro Detroit. Barbed features studio visits, mini show reviews, and artists’ works who live in the area. Founded in September 2014, Barbed promotes the work of artists from emerging, LGBTQ, female, and other minority communities. Barbed is a limited edition publication, printed twice annually; in the spring and winter. Available for purchase locally in Detroit, at MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit,) in San Francisco at Adobe Books. Barbed is also available in McNally Jackson Books, in Manhattan, New York. All issues are accessible for viewing at the University of Michigan Library, at the Room Project - Communication Library, Midway Contemporary Art libraries in Minneapolis, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library. Copyright © 2018 by Barbed Magazine All rights reserved. Barbed and Barbed Magazine are registered trademarks. This magazine and the entire contents of barbedmag.com or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a review.