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The museum received a major expansion in 1907 with the addition of the Hall of Architecture, Hall of Sculpture, and Bruce Galleries, with funds again provided by Carnegie. [ 4 ] Under the directorship of Leon A. Arkus, the Sarah Mellon Scaife Gallery (125,000 square feet) was built as an addition to the existing Carnegie Institute.
The old Detroit Museum of Art building opened in 1888 at 704 E. Jefferson Avenue (it was finally demolished in 1960). The Detroit Museum of Art board of trustees changed the name to the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1919 and a committee began raising funds to build a new location with Scripps still at the helm. The present DIA building on ...
Carnegie Museum of Art's Sarah Scaife Gallery annex. Designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and Associates. [10] When Andrew Carnegie envisioned a museum collection consisting of the "Old Masters of tomorrow," the Carnegie Museum of Art arguably became the first museum of modern art in the United States. The museum was founded as the Department of ...
Detroit Institute of Arts. This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
sculpture: bronze: 9 feet x 44 inches x 42 inches (2.7 m x 1.1 m x 1 m) City of Detroit [12] Gracehoper: Detroit Institute of Arts: 1961: Tony Smith: sculpture: steel and paint: 23 × 22 × 46 feet (7 m 1 cm × 6 m 70.6 cm × 14 m 2.1 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts [13]
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Michigan Science Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit are also located in the Art Center area. Substantial residential areas, including the East Ferry Avenue Historic District and late-19th century homes to the east of the Detroit Institute of Art. These neighborhoods ...
Carnegie Institute of Technology (1924-1926), Fellow at Tiffany Foundation (Summer 1927), New York School of Industrial Design (1928-1929), Rhode Island School of Design (1929-1930), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1930-1931), Instructor, Cranbrook Academy of Art: Known for: Sculpture: Awards
[24] [25] The sculpture is the main image on Detroit Community Scrip. [26] The sculpture was used in the logo of DTE Energy, seen here at the music venue renamed Pine Knob. A stylized version of The Spirit of Detroit was used as the logo for the utility company Detroit Edison which was later renamed DTE Energy. [27]