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Gordon Newton

A central figure of the Cass Corridor, shown from the Willis Gallery to the Guggenheim.

This artist's work is shown through the museum and artist links on this page while it remains under copyright or awaits a permission-cleared image.

Newton began with art classes at Port Huron Community College, then moved to Detroit in 1969 to attend the Society of Arts and Crafts and Wayne State.

He appeared in the Willis Gallery's inaugural 1971 show and exhibited at the Guggenheim, the Whitney, the Detroit Institute of Arts and MOCAD. He received a Kresge Artist Fellowship in 2009.