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Collector: ‘Detroit Institute of Arts Has My Painting!’

Jan 16, 2023 | Art, Museums, News & Trending

The Detroit Institute of Arts is in a legal fight with the alleged owner of a van Gogh painting on display there. The painting, titled “The Novel Reader” or “The Reading Lady,” depending on which art history book you read, is not one of Vincent van Gogh’s better...

Children’s Art Museum Founder Takes Art to Detroit Kids in 18-Foot Trailer

Aug 12, 2020 | Art, Museums, News & Trending, Profiles

The Red Children’s Art Museum, in Detroit’s North End, also known simply as The Red, is a space dedicated to displaying and archiving art by Detroit-area youth, and to teaching a new generation of artists, from free-play art ‘classes’ for...

Photos of the Most Violent City In America

Oct 16, 2013 | Articles

Flint, Michigan lies in the literal shadow of Detroit, and photographer Brett Carlsen describes it as “the fast forward version” of the Motor City. Carlsen has seen first hand, through the lens of a camera, the violence, poverty, and economic ruin that has washed over...

Batman, Superman, and Ron Bloom Head to Detroit

Oct 4, 2013 | Articles

For years, the country has been dreading the news of Detroit’s official declaration of bankruptcy. Detroit has long been an example of an American city full of hardworking, tenacious people, but in recent history it has also become synonymous with failed industry,...

Photos of the Most Violent City In America

Batman, Superman, and Ron Bloom Head to Detroit

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