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November 21, 1983. The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is a museum institution located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m 2) [2][3] with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that ...
The Detroit Industry Murals (1932–1933) are a series of frescoes by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit. Together they surround the interior Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Painted between 1932 and 1933, they were considered by Rivera to ...
Beal was hired in 1999 as the Director and President of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). [2] During his early days, Beal was embroiled in several controversies over the suppression of contemporary exhibitions, despite his identification as an advocate of contemporary art. The first example of this was in 1999, when Beal shut down an exhibit ...
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) takes a bold new step with a special exhibition by native Detroiter Tiff Massey. The spectacular “Tiff Massey: 7 Mile + Livernois,” opening Sunday, is the ...
Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press. March 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM. The Detroit Institute of Arts has been named as the nation’s best art museum in USA TODAY’s 2024 10Best Readers’ Choice ...
November 21, 1983. The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center (or Cultural Center): the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [ 1]
In 2013, Detroit-based artist Jerry Vile placed a 4-ft. tall can of Crisco in front of the monument [10] with a statement indicating it was for "helping to ease the pain of Detroit's bankruptcy." [ 11 ] Many interpreted the can as a reference to fisting , [ 12 ] a sex act in which Crisco is sometimes used as lubricant.
The Wedding Dance (sometimes known as The Village Dance) is a 1566 oil-on-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Owned by the museum of the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan, the work was discovered by its director in England in 1930, and brought to Detroit. It is believed to be one of a set of three Bruegel works from around ...