$1M Art Treasure Hunt In Detroit At Great Lakes Arts Fest

DETROIT, MI — Looking up if you’re at Campus Martius Park this weekend could be worth $1 million in original art in what Guinness World Records artist Gurmej Singh is calling the “Detroit Treasure Hunt.” The Kalamazoo artist will hang upside down from a crane about 70 feet in the air and create custom pieces of art during each of the three days of the Great Lakes Food, Art and Music Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday.

Singh is one of eight artists who will be painting, sculpting and performing at the festival. Dozens of musical acts will perform on three states during the festival, including headliner Eddie Money on Friday, and more than 20 food vendors will offer American and international favorites.

There’s a kids’ zone, and admission to all events but the Money concert is free. You can find all the details on the festival website. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Detroit Patch, and click here to find your local Michigan Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

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Singh, who goes by “Artist SinGh,” already holds the Guinness record for the world’s longest painting, which is nearly 2.14 miles long displayed in Grand Rapids. It took him 38 days to create the entire painting.

He has built his reputation by performing stunts while painting, including levitating, jumping from planes and hanging himself from trees, according to his website.His performances are at 9 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.

So, how do you get your share of $1 million worth of art? Singh will 100 paintings valued at $10,000 each in area that spans the Detroit River to Interstate 75 near Fox Town and Sixth Street to Interstate 375. They will be rolled and placed inside art tubes.

If you find one, take a picture, post it on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat using the hashtags #DetroitTreasureHunt and #ArtistSingh.

Here is the geographic area for the treasure hunt.

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