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May 2013

21 posts

“The DIA strongly believes that the museum and the City hold the museum’s art...”

– From a statement issued by the Detroit Institute of Arts this morning.

“The museum should be a rallying point for the rebirth of Detroit and not a...”

– Ford Bell, president of the American Alliance of Museums, on the assessment of the Detroit Institute of Arts’ multibillion-dollar collection as a possible city assets which potentially could be sold to cover the city’s roughly $15 billion of debt.

“We have no interest in selling art, I want to make that pretty clear. But it is...”

– Bill Nowling, a spokesperson for Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr, on the question of whether the Detroit Institute of Arts’ multibillion-dollar collection should be considered city assets that potentially could be sold to cover the city’s roughly $15 billion of debt.

April 2013

43 posts

I’m convinced.

gnate1: The dB’s - Black and White

“There are times when every act, no matter how private or unconscious, becomes...”

– Renata Adler, from Speedboat (1976)

Les Blank, Filmmaker of America’s Periphery, Dies... →