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Detroit Institute of Arts Launches Initiative to Deepen Collection of African American Art
Last week, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) acquired “Bird” (1990), a striking sculpture by David Hammons.
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A Show of African American Artists Resonates in Racially Divided Detroit
DETROIT — Can an exhibition be informed by the place it visits?
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Raises for Detroit Institute of Arts Execs Who Helped Save Its Collection
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will give pay raises and bonuses to three of its top executives in recognition for their work securing the museum's collection during the city of Detroit's bankruptcy negotiations.
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Museum Plants Artworks in Detroit's Community Gardens
DETROIT — It’s a quiet Sunday in Brightmoor, a northwest Detroit neighborhood that’s about as good an example as any of the city’s fall from grace — and its unofficial rebirth via urban agriculture, grassroots activism, and community-based intervention.
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Offer Dueling Accounts of Detroit's Industrial Glory
DETROIT — The Detroit Institute of Arts’s major exhibition Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit closes on Sunday. This show was in the works for a decade, long before the city’s bankruptcy and the grand bargain, which shifted the ownership of the art from the city to the museum.
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"Abortion," "Miscarriage," or "Untitled"? A Frida Kahlo Lithograph's Complicated History
DETROIT — Art may be open to interpretation, but when the work in question is a reflection of an artist’s life, historians and museums tend to present their interpretations as fact.
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Detroit Through the Eyes of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
The period between April 1932 and March 1933, when artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo sojourned in Detroit, was a desperate time for the city.
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Judge Approves Historic Detroit Bankruptcy Plan, Protecting Its Museum
Judge Steven Rhodes approved Detroit's bankruptcy plan today, allowing the city to move out of insolvency in the coming weeks and slowly towards financial independence. Rhodes called the plan "fair and feasible," the Detroit Free Press reports, "providing the legal authority for the city to slash mo
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11th-Hour Appraisal Imperils Detroit Institute of Arts "Grand Bargain"
A recent appraisal commissioned by Art Capital Group claims that the Detroit Institute of Arts collection is worth significantly more than previously found by both Christie's and Artvest Partners, the two firms that had previously evaluated the collection in connection with the city of Detroit's ban
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Detroit Pensioners Approve "Grand Bargain"
Detroit's civilian and police-and-fire retirees overwhelmingly voted to approve cuts to their benefits in connection with the city's bankruptcy "grand bargain," the Detroit Free Press reported.
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New Report Values Detroit Institute of Arts Collection at $4.6 Billion
A new valuation of the 66,000-item collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has found it to be worth between $2.8 and $4.6 billion, the Detroit Free Press reported.
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Automakers Pledge $26 Million to Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts announced today that the city's automakers will contribute $26 million to the museum's $100 million share of a "grand bargain" fund destined to support municipal pensions.