The Detroit Institute of Arts

YOU HAVEN'T LIVED HERE UNTIL...: You've visited these holiday locales

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday

HOLLY: You may deck the halls -- but not the residents -- of this northern Oakland County township and village.

Museum Adventure Pass starts year 3

Monroe on a Budget (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan: The Detroit Museum Adventure Pass, which is a program allowing those with library cards at participating southeast Michigan libraries to request free museum passes in the area, has started its third year of grant funding. Monroe County Library System is participating for its second year. Milan Public Library [...]

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Ample Sanity (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." Ben Okri And Sadly This is True . Rodriguez at the Detroit Institute of Arts . Hello, my name is John and I ride a bicycle . Room to twirl and play plus a clock tower? I'm so there. I wish. Wants & Desires | BDDW Stone Barns . Pick the apps...

Local movie news and notes: Youmacon '09 draws Japanese artists

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Nearly 5,000 fans of Japanese animation are expected to attend the Youmacon '09 anime convention, which runs today through Sunday at the Hyatt Regency and the Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn. Convention founder Morgan Kollin calls the event "a celebration of all things anime," referring to Japanese animation made even more popular today on stations like cable's Cartoon...

Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000 In Detroit

V-Style (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009

I have always loved fashion photography. I loved it so much when I was in 6th grade I started tearing out pages from Vogue, Vanity Fair, Instyle and never stopped. I now have binders and binders full of stunning photos...

Robert Reid - The Miniature [c.1912]

Gandalf's Gallery (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009

Robert Lewis Reid (July 29, 1862 – December 2, 1929) was an American Impressionist painter and muralist. Reid was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Otto Grundmann, where he was also later an instructor. In 1884 he moved to New York City, studying at the Art Students League, and in 1885 he went to Paris to study at the Académie...

Scan & plan: The biggest and best in arts & entertainment

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009

"Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000" opens at the Detroit Institute of Arts Shonen Knife at the Magic Stick "Twilight: New Moon" soundtrack in stores Bowfire at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts Jay-Z at the Convocation Center (EMU)

William Smith Pledges Second Major Gift to Detroit Institute of Arts

Artdaily (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009

DETROIT, MI.- William Smith, former owner of Allied Film & Video in Detroit, has once again demonstrated his commitment and love for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) by making a second $2 million donation to the museum. The gift is in commemoration of his wife, Patricia (Patsy), and will be used for museum operations. Smith, an honorary board member and longtime supporter of the DIA's Detroit...

Richard Avedon's Fashion Photographs Coming to Detroit Institute of Arts

Artdaily (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009

DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) celebrates fashion and photography with the work of Richard Avedon, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000, on view Oct. 18, 2009–Jan. 17, 2010, features 181 works, including many vintage prints, magazines, contact sheets and other archival material from the Avedon estate. “This...

Art Detroit Now beckons again

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009

Detroit's contemporary art scene is throwing a party this weekend and inviting the public to openings, exhibitions and demonstrations at more than 50 galleries, museums and other spaces.

Rarely seen Rembrandt portrait to be auctioned

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009

A Rembrandt portrait that once hung in the president's office at Columbia University is expected to sell for up to 25 million pounds ($41 million) when it is auctioned later this year.

Detroit Institute of Arts Big Art Sale October 1 and 2

Artdaily (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009

DETROIT, MI.- When the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) invited the public to donate artworks for a Big Art Sale fundraiser, the response was remarkable. The museum accepted 180 objects, each valued between $250–$30,000, to auction off on Thursday and Friday, October 1 and 2. The Big Art Sale will take place at DuMouchelle Art Galleries, 409 E. Jefferson in Detroit, and proceeds benefit the DIA....

Della Garretson - Miss G

Gandalf's Gallery (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

The Garretson Twins, as they were affectionately known by their host of friends, were born in Logan, Ohio, October 3, 1859. Educated in the Detroit Public schools, Della (Dillie) and her sister Lillie always studied and worked together, first in Detroit and later, about 1892, in Dexter. Della maintained her own studio in New York City in the early nineties, during which time (1893) she was honoured...

Richard Avedon’s Fashion Photographs Coming to Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)

Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009

Detroit, MI - The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) celebrates fashion and photography with the work of Richard Avedon, one of the most influential photographers of the 20 th century. On view Oct. 18, 2009 Through Jan. 17, 2010, Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000 features 181 works, including many vintage prints, magazines, contact sheets and other archival material from the Avedon estate . “This...

An Art is Born-Photography from Birth to 100 Years at Detroit Institute of Arts

Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009

DETROIT, MI.- Imagine a world without photography. Now imagine being alive when photography was invented, and how for the first time, it was possible to view the world through someone else’s eyes. Photography—The First 100 Years: A Survey from the Detroit Institute of Arts DIA’s Collection looks at the evolution of photography from its beginnings in the 1830s through the experimentation...

• An Art is Born-Photography from Birth to 100 Years at Detroit Institute of Arts - Artdaily